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"Trash Piles Up In Havana As US Oil Chokehold Halts Garbage Trucks" [9]

"Garbage has begun to pile up on street corners in the Cuban capital of Havana, attracting hordes of flies and reeking of rotten food, in one of the most visible impacts of the U.S. bid to prevent oil from reaching the Caribbean's largest island."

Consumer [10]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 02/17/2026
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US Ocean Regulator Criticized Over Changes To Right Whale Protection Rule [20]

"The U.S.'s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing whales, prompting criticism from environmental groups who cite the recent death of an endangered whale."

Biodiversity [21]
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Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [25], 02/17/2026
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"The Voracious Vine That ‘Ate the South’ Can Also Fuel Wildfires" [26]

"Brought to the United States as an ornamental porch decoration, the kudzu vine has reshaped itself into ladder fuel for wildfires."

Activism [27]
Biodiversity [21]
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Source: Inside Climate News [31], 02/17/2026
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Toughening Louisiana Coast Against Worsening Storms: 4 Years And 30,000 Trees [32]

"Across the calm waters behind a pumping station near Lake Borgne, hundreds of saplings stand out in the mist, wrapped in white plastic cylinders. To get there and to other sites like it, organizers have ferried dozens of volunteers week after week in airboats. They have a trailer equipped with supplies. Rubber boots in all different sizes. Bins full of snacks for the end of a hard day’s work."

Activism [27]
Agriculture [33]
Forests [29]
Infrastructure [34]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [35], 02/17/2026
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"'We Will Not Be Erased': Stonewall Pride Flag Raised In Defiance" [36]

"In defiance of a Trump administration edict, New York City officials and activists have raised the rainbow pride flag again at the Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, after it was removed by the National Park Service."

Activism [27]
Diversity [37]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: USA TODAY [40], 02/17/2026
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"Trump Guts Basis For Climate Regulation, Setting Up A Courtroom Clash" [41]

"President Donald Trump’s campaign to quash climate change policies notched its biggest win yet Thursday, as EPA eliminated the legal basis for regulations aimed at restricting greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes and smokestacks that are heating the planet."

Climate Change [42]
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Transportation [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [46], 02/13/2026
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GOP House Bill Guts Laws Protecting US Consumers From Toxic Chemicals [47]

"A new Republican House bill proposes sweeping changes to US toxic chemical laws that would gut protections for consumers, workers and the environment, public health advocates mobilising against the legislation warn."

Chemicals [48]
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Environmental Justice [49]
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Technology [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [51], 02/13/2026
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"Black Residents Win Key Ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ Environmental Racism Case" [52]

"Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery."

Air [53]
Chemicals [48]
Consumer [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [49]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [44]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Capital B [54], 02/13/2026
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Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Mouth Sores. Okla. Refused to Find Out Why. [55]

"When one couple’s water turned toxic, state oil regulators delayed key tests that could find a source of contamination. The state didn’t tell the couple for over a month that tests showed their drinking water was contaminated with high levels of barium, which can cause heart problems."

Chemicals [48]
Consumer [10]
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Environmental Justice [49]
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Pollution [44]
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Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: The Frontier [57], 02/13/2026
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"Hospitality Executive Gets Trump Nod To Lead National Parks" [58]

"President Donald Trump has nominated a hotel and food management executive to be director of the National Park Service."

Biodiversity [21]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Forests [29]
Government [59]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [62], 02/13/2026
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"RFK Jr. Pledged More Transparency. Here’s What The Public Doesn’t Know Anymore" [63]

"A year ago, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wanted to rebuild trust in federal health agencies, and vowed to employ “radical transparency” to do it. But many types of health information that steadily flowed from the government for years or decades has been delayed, deleted and in some cases stopped all together."

Chemicals [48]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [64]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [13]
Science [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [65], 02/13/2026
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"Potomac Wastewater Spill Appears To Be Largest In US History" [66]

"A wastewater spill into the Potomac River that began last month now appears to be one of the largest in American history."

Consumer [10]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [43]
Infrastructure [34]
Pollution [44]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [67]
Source: The Hill [68], 02/13/2026
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"Supreme Court Sets April Hearing For Roundup Preemption Case" [69]

"The US Supreme Court has set an April hearing in a closely watched case brought by Bayer that seeks to make the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the ultimate arbiter of warning labels on pesticides such as the company’s popular Roundup weed killer."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [48]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [44]
Science [45]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [70], 02/13/2026
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"How Ukraine Is Turning to Renewables to Keep Heat and Lights On" [71]

"Russia continues to bomb Ukraine’s fossil-fueled power plants, leaving much of the nation shivering during a brutal winter. But Ukraine’s new emphasis on developing decentralized power — from solar panels to wind turbines — is advancing an unexpected green energy transition."

Climate Change [42]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [43]
Infrastructure [34]
Military [72]
Technology [50]
Public [16]
Europe [73]
Source: YaleE360 [74], 02/13/2026
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Scientists Say Genetic Analysis Could Speed Restoration Of American Chestnut [75]

"Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. ... But by the 1950s, this venerable tree went functionally extinct, culled by a deadly airborne fungal blight and lethal root rot. A new study out Thursday in the journal Science provides hope for its revitalization, finding that the genetic testing of individual trees can reveal which are most likely to resist disease and grow tall, thus shortening how long it takes to plant the next, more robust, generation."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Studies [64]
Forests [29]
Science [45]
Technology [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [76], 02/13/2026
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