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Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats — and Has Determined Protectors [9]

“Groups work to identify, save and reseed areas to help the culturally significant resource thrive as climate change portends more strains.”

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Food [12]
Health [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 06/09/2026
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‘Severe’ Stress on Oceans as Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles in 10 Years, UN Warns [19]

“Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says.”

Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Food [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Policy [22]
Pollution [23]
Science [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [27]
Source: The Guardian [28], 06/09/2026
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Why Are Blue States Scapegoating Energy Efficiency? [29]

“A handful of Democratic-led states are targeting energy-efficiency programs in an attempt to provide relief on soaring utility bills. It’s surprising, given the broad support energy-efficiency programs have among Democrats — and the fact that these incentives produce energy savings that benefit both the climate and all consumers. The short-term savings may be tempting, advocates say, but chasing them is misguided."

Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Government [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [36], 06/09/2026
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MAHA’s CAFO Conundrum [37]

“While the movement has long railed against harmful pesticides — such as glyphosate and paraquat — that are sprayed on crops and linked to cancers and other health ills, there is mounting evidence that CAFOs, which generate massive amounts of manure, are linked to some of these same health problems, including increased cancer rates.”

Agriculture [10]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [33]
Food [12]
Government [34]
Health [13]
Policy [22]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [39], 06/09/2026
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Hot Weather Hurts Asian Crops as Powerful El Nino Takes Shape [40]

“Dry weather is disrupting crop planting across Asia, raising concerns about food supplies in the world's most populous region, and an expected severe El Nino weather pattern could inflict more damage.”

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Food [12]
Health [13]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
International [27]
Asia [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 06/09/2026
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EPA’s HFC Delay Tests Trump’s Made in America Agenda [44]

“The agency’s regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.”

Chemicals [45]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [33]
Government [34]
Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Policy [22]
Pollution [23]
Technology [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [47], 06/09/2026
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Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action [48]

“For decades, a landfill has towered over the town of Brookhaven. A groundwater contamination plume has spread beneath nearby properties.”

Activism [49]
Conflict/Corruption [50]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [52]
Health [13]
Pollution [23]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 06/09/2026
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U.S. Revokes Endangered Species Listing for Permian Basin Lizard, Resolves Texas Attorney General Lawsuit [56]

“The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United ‌States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”

Biodiversity [57]
Conflict/Corruption [50]
Government [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Policy [22]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: Reuters [59], 06/09/2026
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White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American Values’ Spark Broad Alarm [60]

“New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.”

Government [34]
Journalism & Media [61]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Policy [22]
Science [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Guardian [62], 06/09/2026
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Arizona Lake Closes Indefinitely to Visitors After All of Its Fish Die [63]

“Wildlife department says drought conditions and water released from dam led to ‘major fish kill’ at San Carlos Lake.”

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [51]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Food [12]
Infrastructure [64]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: The Guardian [65], 06/09/2026
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Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk [66]

“Necropsy reports from sloths imported by a planned Orlando tourist attraction document stressed animals riddled with bacteria, parasites and viruses. Scientists say the situation is a warning about the threat the booming wildlife trade poses to human health.”

Environmental Health [38]
Government [34]
Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Policy [22]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [67]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 06/08/2026
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A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation [69]

“More than a decade of voluntary farm conservation programs hasn’t gotten the state far enough on water quality, the Lobe Rangers say.”

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [45]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [31]
Food [12]
Government [34]
Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 06/08/2026
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A New DC ‘Museum’ Raises Awareness About the Looming Consequences of Extreme Weather [71]

“At the Museum of Unnatural Disasters, members of Congress, disaster survivors and activists are bringing their worries about preparedness to the seat of power.”

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [51]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 06/08/2026
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Fishermen Prepared for the Longest Red Snapper Season in Recent Memory. A Court Order Stopped It [73]

"Recreational fishermen like Kemp are pitched against commercial fishermen and environmentalists in a legal dispute that has halted what was expected to be the longest snapper season in years, reflecting broader tensions over the Trump administration’s efforts to loosen fishing rules and deregulate the seas."

Environmental Politics [33]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Food [12]
Government [34]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [74], 06/08/2026
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Limited Interest in Latest Oil and Gas Lease Sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [75]

"Two corporations bid on a handful of leases during the latest oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, a showing critics described as tepid but one that further opens the door to possible development in the pristine region."

Government [34]
Other or All [76]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [77], 06/08/2026
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