"From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy"
"As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages."
Source: NYTimes, 10/23/2025
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"Fears Of Heat-Rationing For Millions In US As Shutdown Delays Energy Aid"
"Millions of Americans face having to ration heating this winter as the US federal government shutdown and mass layoffs by the Trump administration cause unprecedented delays in getting energy assistance aid to low-income households, a group that helps people pay energy bills has warned."
Source: Guardian, 10/22/2025
"Record Annual Rise In Atmospheric CO2 Levels Alarms UN Climate Body"
"The United Nations warned Wednesday that CO2 levels in the atmosphere saw their biggest annual jump on record in 2024, driven by fossil fuel emissions, wildfires and weakening natural absorption by land and oceans. The findings come ahead of November’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, with scientists warning of a “vicious cycle” of feedback effects that could push the planet past critical tipping points."
Source: France 24, 10/22/2025
"Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks"
"Federal regulators have rescinded a requirement that the nation’s largest financial institutions factor climate risks into their long-term planning, a policy dating from the Biden administration that Federal Reserve Board staff called “distracting” and “not necessary” and that Republicans have labeled overreach."
Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2025
Calif. Suit Says Plastic Bag Makers Lied About Products Being Recyclable
"California ramped up its efforts to curb plastic pollution Friday — suing three plastic-bag makers, alleging the companies falsely claimed their products were recyclable."
Source: AP, 10/21/2025
Brazil OKs Oil Drilling Near Mouth Of Amazon R. Ahead Of UN Climate Summit
"Brazil’s government approved on Monday exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River. The decision comes only weeks before the United Nations climate conference in Belem, COP30, where efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuels will be discussed."
Source: AP, 10/21/2025
"The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels."
"More than 700,000 federal employees have been sidelined and thousands more are at risk of being fired as the government shutdown drags on." "Federal workers who issue permits for oil, gas and mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal pollution limits."
Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2025
US Blocks Global Fee On Shipping Emissions As IMO Meeting Ends
"With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations."
Source: AP, 10/20/2025
NY To Appeal After Judge OKs Radioactive Indian Point Water In The Hudson
"A federal judge in New York last month struck down the state’s Save the Hudson Act, a law that aimed to prevent Holtec International, the owner of the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear plant, from dumping over a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River."
Source: Nexstar, 10/20/2025
"Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains"
"Colorado oil and gas companies used toxic chemicals prohibited under state law in operations involving dozens of wells on either side of the Rocky Mountains over at least the last 18 months, a Capital & Main investigation found."
Source: Capital & Main, 10/20/2025
