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Okla. Found 100s Of Waste Wells Violating Rules. Then It Ignored Findings. [9]

"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."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [17]
Waste [18]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: The Frontier [21], 03/18/2026
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"Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms" [22]

"Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [17]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 03/18/2026
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Iran War Shows Relying on Fossil Fuels Is ‘Delusional’: UN Climate Chief [29]

"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.
Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [25]
Technology [17]
Public [19]
International [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 03/18/2026
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Ten Million Tons of Manure In California Are Unaccounted for: New Report [32]

"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."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [23]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
California [34]
Source: Sentient [35], 03/18/2026
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"Ruling The Night: Bat Species At Risk" [36]

"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."

Biodiversity [37]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [38]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: National Parks Traveler [40], 03/18/2026
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Admin Targeted NCAR Climate Lab in Effort to Free Trump Ally: Suit [41]

"The Trump administration has targeted a climate and weather research lab as retribution against Colorado officials for imprisoning a county clerk backed by the president who was convicted of helping election deniers meddle with voting equipment in 2020, a lawsuit filed Monday by the lab’s leadership alleged."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [42]
Technology [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [43], 03/17/2026
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"Group Says “God Squad” Meeting Ignores Procedures Set By Law" [44]

"As the Trump administration prepares to convene the Endangered Species Committee, also known as... the “God Squad,” conservation groups are expressing anger over what they call an “illegal end-run around” that doesn’t seem to be following clear procedures set forth in the law. The committee is planning to discuss exemptions for Gulf of Mexico oil and gas activities from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [45]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [13]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Government [47]
Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [17]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: National Parks Traveler [49], 03/17/2026
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Top US Lobbying Firms Working Both Sides Of The Pfas Issue At The Same Time [50]

"Some top US lobbying firms are simultaneously working both sides of the Pfas “forever chemicals” issue, raising serious conflict of interest questions and concerns that their activity is slowing states’ efforts to rein in the public health threat."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [30]
Source: Guardian [52], 03/17/2026
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Mining Made Tar Creek A Toxic Wasteland. Quapaw Nation Brought It Back. [53]

"The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination"

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [55]
People & Population [56]
Pollution [16]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Guardian [57], 03/17/2026
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Inside The Deadly Silicosis Epidemic Killing Countertop Stonecutters [58]

"A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough."

Air [59]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [25]
Health [60]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [56]
Pollution [16]
Technology [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [34]
Source: Capital & Main [61], 03/17/2026
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What Displays Get Scrapped at America’s Parks? Looks Like Anyone’s Guess. [62]

"President Trump ordered officials to remove information deemed disparaging to the United States. A review of government documents shows little guidance and striking inconsistencies."

Diversity [63]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [47]
Journalism & Media [48]
People & Population [56]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [64], 03/17/2026
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"Did Fake Comments Sink SoCal Clean Heat Rules? Advocates Want Answers." [65]

"Last year, Southern California’s air regulators rejected landmark rules that would have encouraged the switch from polluting gas heaters to electric heat pumps in the smoggiest region in the country. Now, environmental and public health advocates are pressing state and local officials to investigate whether opposition in the run-up to the decision was largely faked."

Air [59]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [56]
Science [42]
Public [19]
California [34]
Source: Canary Media [66], 03/17/2026
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Apache Women Ask Supreme Court To Stop Transfer Of Oak Flat Land For Mine [67]

"The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete, but a group of Apache women is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene as a last-ditch effort to stop the project."

Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [55]
People & Population [56]
Pollution [16]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [68]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: AP [69], 03/17/2026
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"Federal Judge Halts RFK Jr.'s Changes To Children's Vaccine Policies" [70]

"A federal judge Monday dealt a major blow to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul the nation's vaccine policies, including the controversial decision to slash the number of federally recommended vaccinations for children."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [25]
Health [60]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [56]
Technology [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NPR [71], 03/17/2026
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Mezcal’s Popularity Booming In US, At Growing Environmental Cost In Mexico [72]

"Thirty years ago, a single light bulb would illuminate the mezcal distillery owned by Gladys Sánchez Garnica’s family in rural Oaxaca, where the agave-based spirit was made through the night. As drops dripped from a clay oven, Garnica and her siblings listened to stories told by their parents while neighbors arrived by horse to get a taste of a drink known for its smoky flavor."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [37]
Consumer [51]
Environmental Politics [25]
Food [73]
People & Population [56]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [30]
Mexico [74]
Source: AP [75], 03/17/2026
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