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Melissa To Become Major Hurricane In Caribbean With Intense Winds, Flooding

"As Tropical Storm Melissa crawls through the Caribbean, it will strengthen to a hurricane and unleash torrential rain that may trigger major to extreme flooding and mudslides, endangering lives and property."

Source: AccuWeather, 10/23/2025

"US Hits Top Russian Oil Companies With Sanctions, EU Bans Russian LNG"

"U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia for the first time in his second term, targeting oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft as his frustration grows with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war."

Source: Reuters, 10/23/2025

Anti-Science Bills Hit Statehouses, Ending Public Health Protections

"More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law."

Source: AP, 10/23/2025

Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIEHS

"Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/23/2025
November 11, 2025

Forked Podcast Live in DC

Join the Food & Environment Reporting Network for a LIVE taping of FORKED, food politics in the age of MAHA with hosts Theodore Ross and Helena Bottemiller Evich. 6-9 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The event is free but registration is required.

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Purdue Student Journos Deliver 'Solidarity' Newspaper To IU Bloomington

"On Friday afternoon, students and staff from Purdue's student paper, The Exponent, traveled two hours from West Lafayette to Bloomington to do what the Indiana Daily Student couldn’t: deliver a paper to newsstands."

Source: Bloomington Herald-Times, 10/22/2025

Scientists Cautiously Optimistic After Right Whale Numbers Grew In 2024

"The number of North Atlantic right whales ticked up in 2024, according to researchers’ latest estimate of this critically endangered species. Scientists, while cautiously optimistic, said threats including entanglement in fishing gear, climate change and low birth rates still loom over efforts to save the animals from extinction."

Source: WBUR, 10/22/2025

""Fix Our Forests Act" Draws Mixed Reactions"

"A U.S. Senate committee hearing Tuesday revealed the dramatically differing views regarding the potential benefits of the Fix Our Forests Act, a bipartisan proposal that critics say would lead to logging of old-growth trees and weaken the country's environmental laws."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 10/22/2025

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