Environmental Health

Appeal Could Ease Spreading of Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways

"In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing back."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/02/2025

Federal Agents Shove Journalists At NYC Immigration Court, Hospitalizing One

"Federal agents grabbed and shoved journalists in a hallway outside a New York City immigration court on Tuesday, sending one to the hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and members of the public seeking to observe and document their actions."

Source: AP, 10/02/2025

"How Big Sugar Pushed Fluoride — New Study Alleges A Century Of Spin"

"The sugar industry and companies that make sweet drinks and foods have spent nearly a century downplaying sugar’s role in health problems and distorting the science around fluoride — and the practice continues today, according to a new study."

Source: The New Lede, 10/01/2025

"World’s Major Cities Hit By 25% Leap In Extremely Hot Days Since The 1990s"

"The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said."

Source: Guardian, 10/01/2025

"As Floods Worsen, Pakistan Is the Epicenter of Climate Change"

"This season’s intense monsoon rains caused flooding that killed hundreds and displaced millions of people in Pakistan — an increasingly frequent occurrence. Scientists who study extreme weather warn that Pakistan is more vulnerable to climate change than any other nation."

Source: YaleE360, 10/01/2025

Industry, Enviros Spar Over California Bill To Ban PFAS in Cookware

"As US states increasingly pass laws to limit PFAS chemicals in consumer products, a debate is heating up over a California bill that proposes banning the sale of cookware with intentionally added “forever chemicals” beginning in 2030."

Source: The New Lede, 10/01/2025

"Shutdown Threatens To Delay Zeldin’s Climate Rule Rollback"

"EPA is trying to complete an agencywide restructuring effort while also weakening marquee regulations in October and November. Now it might have to do that in the midst of a government shutdown."

Source: E&E News, 10/01/2025
October 9, 2025

CCNow Webinar: Covering the COP in the Amazon

As global newsrooms prepare their coverage of COP30, how are Brazilian newsrooms planning for the summit? What do they want their journalistic colleagues from outside of Brazil to understand? Also, access a live feed of COP coverage. Join Covering Climate Now at 12pm ET.

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"Endangered Whooping Crane Dies Of Avian Flu At Wisconsin Wildlife Refuge"

"The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after becoming infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, a strain of avian flu."

Source: AP, 09/30/2025

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