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"Big Bend Wall Protests Draws Thousands To Texas Capitol" [9]

"Thousands of protesters gathered at the steps of the Texas Capitol Saturday to protest against the construction of a border wall through Big Bend, in a show of bipartisan opposition to the White House’s plans."

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Source: Public Domain [24], 04/06/2026
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"Green Steel Is The Way Forward For Indiana, Former Steelworkers Say" [25]

"Advocates warn that what’s left of the industry could be lost if companies choose to invest in dirty blast furnaces instead of modernizing with cleaner steelmaking."

Chemicals [26]
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Source: Canary Media [36], 04/06/2026
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"Nation’s Largest Urban Battery To Take Center Stage Near San Francisco" [37]

"The Cow Palace arena, just south of San Francisco, has hosted Dwight Eisenhower, the Beatles, the San Jose Sharks NHL team, and an annual rodeo since it opened in 1941. But an even bigger act is setting up next door: an enormous battery that will perform a starring role in the Bay Area’s energy ecosystem."

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California [38]
Source: Canary Media [39], 04/06/2026
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Florida Power & Light Profit Margins Top Other Utilities’ Nationwide: Report [40]

"Florida Power & Light’s profit margins consistently ranked among the highest in the nation over the past five years and topped other utilities’ in 2024 and 2025, with 27 cents of every dollar in revenue last year retained as profit, according to a new report." "Utility profit margins are one reason why electricity bills are rising, the report says. Advocates say low-income communities are hardest-hit by the costs."

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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 04/06/2026
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"Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands" [44]

"An Interior Department proposal would cancel BLM grazing leases for American Prairie's buffalo in Montana, but it could affect tribal and private herds across the West."

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Source: Inside Climate News [47], 04/06/2026
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"Who Is Lee Zeldin? Possibly Trump’s Next Attorney General" [48]

"Lee Zeldin, currently the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is understood to be the leading candidate for Attorney General after President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi."

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Source: TIME [50], 04/03/2026
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Chemical Industry Lobbies EPA To Allow Pollution From Plastic Pyrolysis [51]

"When former top Environmental Protection Agency official Judith Enck noticed a cavalcade of chemical and plastics industry lobbyists visiting the agency’s Washington headquarters in February, she wondered what could be up."

Chemicals [26]
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Source: Inside Climate News [53], 04/03/2026
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"Trump EPA Punished Dissenters Despite ‘Legal Risk‘ Warning" [54]

"An EPA lawyer said the dissent letter “is likely protected speech under the First Amendment” and advised against “retaliatory” moves."

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Source: E&E News [56], 04/03/2026
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Warming Winters Bring More Nitrate Pollution In Drinking Water Near Farms [57]

"When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It’s a fact of life in the agriculture-dependent state — and climate change is making the water quality problem even worse."

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Source: AP [59], 04/03/2026
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"Trump’s Budget May Target Climate Programs. Here’s What Still Survives." [60]

"President Trump has tried to cut funding for virtually every federal program that addresses climate change. But Congress has been pushing back, sometimes with surprising bipartisan support."

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Science [61]
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Source: NYTimes [62], 04/03/2026
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Marina Silva Steps Down As Brazil Environment Minister To Run For Congress [63]

"Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva, a globally recognized climate leader, said she was stepping down Wednesday from her role in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration to run for Congress later this year."

Climate Change [27]
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Source: AP [66], 04/03/2026
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Record Low Colo. Snow Bodes Ill For Water In The Drought-Stricken US West [67]

"Hydrologist Maureen Gutsch trudged through the mud and slush to confirm a grim picture: Colorado just had its worst snowpack since statewide recordkeeping began in 1941."

Agriculture [45]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Source: AP [68], 04/03/2026
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EPA Mulls Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals As Contaminants In Drinking Water [69]

"The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities."

Chemicals [26]
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Source: AP [70], 04/03/2026
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"Republicans Seek Protections for Oil Giants Against Climate Lawsuits" [71]

"Republicans at the state and federal levels are working to shield fossil fuel companies from laws and legal claims that aim to make them pay for some of the damage caused by climate change."

Climate Change [27]
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Source: AP [72], 04/03/2026
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"Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms" [73]

"In announcing one of the largest reorganizations in the 120-year history of the U.S. Forest Service, the Trump administration declared that there would be “no interruption or change” to the agency’s firefighting force. But critics say the upheaval comes at the worst possible time ... .

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Source: Inside Climate News [75], 04/03/2026
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