Pollution

"Calif. Farms Applied Millions Of Pounds Of Pfas To Key Crops, Study Finds"

"California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows."

Source: Guardian, 11/20/2025

India Delays Climate Pledge, Pressures Rich Nations On Funding At COP30

"India is unlikely to submit its climate pledge before the end of the annual United Nations climate summit, raising questions about how the world’s most populous nation can influence others on confronting climate change. Experts say the delay may be a sign of India’s displeasure with a lack of progress toward funding global climate priorities. However, this can also hurt its ability to lead at the climate talks in Brazil."

Source: AP, 11/20/2025

"Data-Center Power Forecasts Climb To Unreachable Heights"

"Utilities expect electricity growth to reach levels that are hard to fathom — and they’re using those estimates to justify costly new investments in fossil gas."

Source: Canary Media, 11/19/2025

"UN Maritime Chief Links Rise Of Dark Fleet To Worker Abuses"

"The head of the United Nations' maritime agency warned of a disturbing rise in the criminalisation of seafarers, driven by geopolitical tensions and a surge in substandard shipping practices linked to the so-called dark fleet operating outside international norms."

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 11/19/2025

"Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico"

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over a plan to sell oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups say the sale violates a core environmental law and threatens coastal communities and endangered whales."

Source: NYTimes, 11/19/2025

"Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People"

"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies."

Source: NYTimes, 11/19/2025

EPA Moves To Limit Scope Of Clean Water Law To Reduce Wetlands It Covers

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for vast areas."

Source: AP, 11/18/2025

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