"Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast, Records Show"
"Now, parish lawsuits, including one in front of the Supreme Court, could make oil giants pay to restore the state’s vanishing marshes."
Source: ExxonKnews, 03/19/2026
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"Trump’s Pro-Coal Crusade Hits A Snag In Washington State"
"The DOE just ordered the TransAlta coal plant to keep running. But it has been offline since December, and a new state law would make it too costly to turn back on."
Source: Canary Media, 03/19/2026"Trump Deal For A $33B Gas Megaplant In Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles"
"The Trump administration says one of the world’s biggest natural gas–fired power plants will come to Ohio. But financial risks, permitting hurdles, and uncertainties about the project’s access to equipment have critics doubting when — and if — the plant will come online."
Source: Canary Media, 03/19/2026A Do-Or-Die Moment For Hawaiʻi’s Contested Aquarium Fish Trade
"A proposed aquarium fishing ban is in play as state aquatic resource officials move to revive the controversial fishing practice."
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, 03/19/2026"A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights"
"Hardly anyone in the natural wine world is talking about environmental justice for those who pick the grapes, labor advocates say. The Guardian Vital label aims to change that."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/19/2026"Democrats Hammer Trump on ‘Energy Affordability’ as Iran War Continues"
"Democrats are dialing up their rhetorical attacks against President Trump over energy affordability as the war against Iran drags into its third week and oil prices remain elevated." "A new Senate report argues the Trump administration has also pushed costs up by stifling clean energy."
Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2026Study Finds “Hot Spots” For Glyphosate And Cancer In Iowa, Midwest States
"A new analysis links high use of the weed killer glyphosate to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly in the Midwest, reinforcing years of research linking cancer to the weed killer made popular by Monsanto."
Source: The New Lede, 03/18/2026Iran War Pushes Nations To Triage As They Conserve Power To Curb Prices
"The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing governments to choose where to cut demand or absorb costs, while prioritizing dwindling supplies. Asia is the most exposed since it relies heavily on imported fuel, much of it shipped through the now-blocked Strait of Hormuz."
Source: AP, 03/18/2026Wisc. Senate Sends Gov. $133 Million Package To Combat ‘Forever Chemicals’
"The Wisconsin Legislature sent a $133 million plan to combat contamination from so-called forever chemicals to Gov. Tony Evers for his approval Tuesday, promising an end to years of squabbling between the Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers over the issue."
Source: AP, 03/18/2026As Winters Warm, Deadly Falls Through The Ice Become More Common
"Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children."
Source: AP, 03/18/2026Okla. Found 100s Of Waste Wells Violating Rules. Then It Ignored Findings.
"Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act."
Source: The Frontier, 03/18/2026"Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms"
"Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."
Source: NYTimes, 03/18/2026Iran War Shows Relying on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional’: UN Climate Chief
"Price spikes from the war highlight the necessity of the renewable energy transition for stability and national security, the U.N. official says."
"The Iran war’s disruption to the global energy market should be a wake-up call for countries that continue to rely on fossil fuels, said United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell in a speech on Monday.
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/18/2026Ten Million Tons of Manure In California Are Unaccounted for: New Report
"Factory farms in California routinely avoid pollution regulations intended to protect the state’s water, finds a new white paper out of Stanford. Ten million tons of animal manure in the Golden State are unaccounted for, the report finds, thanks to a combination of non-compliance, non-enforcement and opaque disclosure rules."
Source: Sentient, 03/18/2026"Ruling The Night: Bat Species At Risk"
"On a recent afternoon, deep in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and less than an hour’s drive from Shenandoah National Park, a tricolored bat was moving its mouth rapidly, as if it was trying to chew something. In fact, it was echolocating, using its mouth to shape and direct pulses of ultrasonic sound as a way to survey its surroundings."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/18/2026
