"The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived"
"A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year."
Source: WIRED, 11/17/2025
EJToday: Top Headlines
EJToday is a daily weekday digest of top environment/energy news and information of interest to environmental journalists, independently curated by Editor Joseph A. Davis. Sign up below to receive in your inbox. For queries, email EJToday@SEJ.org. For more info, read an EJToday FAQ. Plus, follow EJToday on social media at @EJTodayNews, and flag stories of note by including the @EJTodayNews handle on your posts. And tell us how to make EJToday even better by taking this brief survey.
Want to join the EJToday team? Volunteer time commitments can vary from just an hour a month up to a daily contribution, and would involve helping to curate content of interest. To learn more, reach out to the director of publications, Adam Glenn, at sejournaleditor@sej.org.
Note: Members have additional options to choose from (you'll need your log-in info).
"BHP Liable For 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse, UK Court Rules In Mammoth Lawsuit"
"BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London's High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants' lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48 billion)."
Source: Reuters, 11/17/2025"New York Pauses Its Landmark Gas Ban In New Buildings"
"New York just slammed the brakes on rules that would’ve prohibited fossil fuels in new homes and businesses."
Source: Canary Media, 11/17/2025EPA Panel Warns Plastics Threaten Kids’ Health. Bayer Says Evidence Lacking
"A committee of expert advisers is calling for stronger environmental regulations to protect children from plastics and other harmful chemicals, despite a dissenting industry position claiming there is little evidence that plastic is toxic to children."
Source: The New Lede, 11/17/2025Seasonal Underground Energy Storage in Twin Cities: Old Technology Revived
"Nearly half a century ago, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a clean energy experiment beneath the University of Minnesota with a simple goal: storing hot water for months at a time in an aquifer several hundred feet below ground."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/17/2025"Fresh Warnings As A Maryland Community’s PFAS Crisis Continues"
"A PFAS contamination crisis is continuing to plague a Maryland community as a plume of contaminated groundwater moves through the area, residents and their attorneys said this week."
Source: The New Lede, 11/17/2025"Brazil Promotes Biofuels At COP30, But How Clean Are They?"
"Countries are betting big on biofuels, but critics say it could deepen food insecurity and fuel new climate risks."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 11/17/2025Turkey Proposes Joint Leadership For COP31 With Australia To End Standoff
"Turkey has proposed jointly leading next year's U.N. climate summit with Australia, though the two sides have not yet reached an agreement and the discussions on the hosting standoff remain unresolved, Turkish diplomatic sources said."
Source: Reuters, 11/17/2025Northern California Tribes Will Restore Eel River After PG&E Dam Removal
"Two Northern California tribes announced Wednesday that they signed a treaty last month, committing to jointly restore the Eel River and its fish populations."
Source: Mendocino Voice, 11/17/2025Why Tucker Carlson Is Talking About The "Chemtrail" Conspiracy Theory
"Everyone has looked up at the clouds and seen faces, animals, objects. Human brains are hardwired for this kind of whimsy. But some people – perhaps a surprising number – look to the sky and see government plots and wicked deeds written there. Conspiracy theorists say that contrails – long streaks of condensation left by aircraft – are actually chemtrails, clouds of chemical or biological agents dumped on the unsuspecting public for nefarious purposes. Different motives are ascribed, from weather control to mass poisoning."
Source: The Conversation, 11/17/2025Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions To Set New Record In 2025, As Land Sink ‘Recovers’
"Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025, reaching a record 38.1bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project."
Source: Carbon Brief, 11/14/2025Supply Boom In Cheaper Renewables Will Seal End Of Fossil Fuel Era: IEA
"The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)."
Source: Guardian, 11/14/2025"Lawmakers Press EPA for $3B in Stalled Lead Pipe Replacement Funds"
"A group of Illinois congressional delegates is calling for the release of $3 billion in withheld federal funding that’s meant to help replace toxic lead service lines that supply drinking water to homes across the country."
Source: WBEZ, 11/14/2025Ammonia Gas Leak From Tanker Truck In Okla. Sickens Dozens, Forces Evacuations
"A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals."
Source: AP, 11/14/2025Trump DOI Repealing Protections For Key Swaths Of Alaska Petroleum Reserve
"The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife."
Source: AP, 11/14/2025
Advertisement 
