Pollution

Dumping Mining Waste In Norway’s Arctic Ocean Worries Sámi Fishers, Herders

"Mining company Blue Moon Metals plans to dispose of its mining waste in Repparfjord, a nationally protected salmon fjord in the Norwegian Arctic that Indigenous Sámi fishers rely on."

Source: Mongabay, 11/24/2025

Global Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Pollutant Falls Short, UN Says

"Despite the efforts of more than half of all countries worldwide to curb a key climate super-pollutant, a report released this week by the United Nations Environment Programme at the U.N. climate summit shows that global methane emissions continue to climb at a troubling pace."

Source: Inside Climate News, 11/24/2025

"Trump’s Energy Department Revamp Nixes Clean-Energy Offices"

"The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy."

Source: Bloomberg, 11/24/2025

"Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling"

"The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production."

"The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region off Alaska in the northern Arctic where drilling has never before taken place.

The plan is one of President Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, the burning of which is dangerously heating the planet.

Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2025

"Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End"

"Global climate negotiations ended on Saturday in Brazil with a watered-down resolution that made no direct mention of fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming."

Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2025

"EPA Sees “Greater Uncertainty” With Paraquat Risk Factor, Seeks More Data"

"New data is adding to regulatory concerns about potential human health risks from the weed killer paraquat, leading the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to seek more information from manufacturers of the pesticide."

Source: The New Lede, 11/21/2025

"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

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