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What Displays Get Scrapped at America’s Parks? Looks Like Anyone’s Guess. [9]

"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 [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 03/17/2026
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"Did Fake Comments Sink SoCal Clean Heat Rules? Advocates Want Answers." [19]

"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 [20]
Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [15]
Science [24]
Public [16]
California [25]
Source: Canary Media [26], 03/17/2026
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Apache Women Ask Supreme Court To Stop Transfer Of Oak Flat Land For Mine [27]

"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 [28]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [30]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: AP [33], 03/17/2026
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"Federal Judge Halts RFK Jr.'s Changes To Children's Vaccine Policies" [34]

"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 [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [15]
Technology [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [37], 03/17/2026
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Mezcal’s Popularity Booming In US, At Growing Environmental Cost In Mexico [38]

"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 [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [42]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [44]
Mexico [45]
Source: AP [46], 03/17/2026
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Did Trump Cuts Slow Access To Public Records? 26 Cases That Say Yes. [47]

"Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices."

Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [48], 03/16/2026
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Trump Backs FCC Chief’s Threat To Broadcasters, Attacks Iran War Coverage [49]

"Brendan Carr warned media outlets to correct course or lose their licenses, as Trump escalated attacks on the media over Iran war coverage."

Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [50], 03/16/2026
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EPA Moves To Weaken Pollution Limits On Toxic Chemical Ethylene Oxide [51]

"The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration finding of high cancer risks at manufacturing facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean medical devices like catheters and syringes."

Air [20]
Chemicals [52]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [53], 03/16/2026
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"Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan" [54]

"The Trump administration on Friday approved a $5 billion oil drilling project in ultradeep waters of the Gulf of Mexico over protests from Democrats and environmental activists who said the venture posed significant risks to wildlife and communities."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [55]
Energy & Fuel [56]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [57]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Source: NYTimes [60], 03/16/2026
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Construction Finishes On A Major Offshore Wind Farm, Despite Trump [61]

"Construction is finished on a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm, the first project to reach this stage during President Donald Trump’s time in office.:

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [56]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [62], 03/16/2026
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Ruptured Pipe That Leaked Raw Waste Into The Potomac Is Back In Operation [63]

"The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River returned to operation Saturday after the completion of emergency repairs."

Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [22]
Infrastructure [58]
Waste [64]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Source: AP [66], 03/16/2026
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Energy Secretary Directs Oil Company To Restore Operations Off California [67]

"U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act."

Disasters [55]
Energy & Fuel [56]
Fish & Fisheries [57]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [25]
Source: AP [68], 03/16/2026
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First US Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in AZ Biodiversity Hotspot [69]

"The U.S. Forest Service said it plans to approve South32’s Hermosa project in Patagonia, Arizona, despite the water problems the mine is already causing."

Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [70]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [30]
Waste [64]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 03/16/2026
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Confidential Report Calls for Sweeping Changes to Track Covid Vaccine Harms [72]

"A federal work group says Covid vaccine injuries deserve urgent attention, even as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shifts away from talking about vaccine policy."

Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [22]
Health [35]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [73], 03/16/2026
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Dams Full Of Toxic Mining Waste, Dotted Around The World, Often Burst [74]

"As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back mining waste in Zambia’s copper belt in February 2025, more than 50m cubic litres of acid and heavy metals poured into the Chambishi stream – a tributary of the Kafue River, the country’s longest waterway."

Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [52]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [11]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [30]
Waste [64]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
International [44]
Source: Guardian [75], 03/16/2026
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