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War Is Pushing Up Energy Prices Now. Trump's Policies Could Hurt For Years. [9]

"If you've opened your natural gas or electric bill lately and bit back a scream, or watched the numbers tick up and up at the gas pump, you're not alone. For many Americans, energy prices feel uncomfortably high right now."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Middle East [22]
Source: NPR [23], 03/31/2026
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"Health Groups Sue EPA Over Power Plant Mercury Emissions Rule" [24]

"A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a petition for review Monday, arguing the EPA’s recent move to weaken power plant emission rules endangers people’s health and lives."

Air [25]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [30], 03/31/2026
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Iran War Could Leave Environmental Damage, Health Risks For Decades: Experts [31]

"The Iran war has unleashed a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health — and will leave behind environmental damage and health risks that could persist for decades, experts said."

Air [25]
Chemicals [26]
Disasters [32]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Military [33]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
International [21]
Middle East [22]
Source: AP [34], 03/31/2026
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"Maine’s Support for Farms With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Seen as Model" [35]

"It’s been a decade since farmers began to learn that contamination from PFAS unknowingly spread across their property could devastate their lives and livelihoods, but Maine is showing it’s possible to keep farms going despite the problems caused by the “forever chemicals.”

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [26]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [37]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 03/31/2026
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Border Wall Plan Unites GOPers and Dems in Texas: ‘This Is Insane’ [41]

"Plans for a wall in Big Bend National Park prompted public protests and behind-the-scenes lobbying to sway the Trump administration to stop."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [42]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [29]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mexico [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 03/31/2026
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Trump Appears To Relax Oil Blockade On Cuba As Russian Oil Tanker Arrives [46]

"Donald Trump has signalled a new flexibility in allowing oil into Cuba, hours before a Russian oil tanker under US sanctions arrived in the Caribbean island amid a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Military [33]
People & Population [29]
Transportation [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Europe [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 03/30/2026
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"House Progressives Launch Environmental Justice Caucus" [49]

"A trio of House progressives launched a new caucus Thursday they say will allow communities to better liaise with Congress on environmental issues."

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [51], 03/30/2026
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"Judge Declines To Halt ‘God Squad’ Meeting" [52]

"A federal judge has declined to act on an emergency request from an environmental group to stop the Trump administration from exploring an exemption to the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas drilling, setting the stage for an unusual government meeting to be held next week."

Biodiversity [53]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [54], 03/30/2026
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This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut Support [55]

"Cahokia Heights, a Black Illinois community, was already drowning in sewage. Now it faces the loss of crucial federal repair money."

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [16]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [56]
Source: Capital B [57], 03/30/2026
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"As Fuel Prices Rise, US Lawmakers Push To Suspend The Federal Gas Tax" [58]

"As the war in Iran pushes U.S. gas prices toward $4 a gallon nationally, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax in the latest attempt to try to control surging energy costs."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [59], 03/30/2026
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"Scientists Urge Action On Glyphosate, Citing Strong Links To Cancer [60]

"US and European regulators should take urgent action to more tightly regulate glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer, in light of strong scientific evidence that the pesticide can cause cancer and other health problems, a group of international scientists said on Friday."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [26]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [42]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [16]
Science [61]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [62], 03/30/2026
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Arctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Level As Global Heat Smashes Records [63]

"Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [64]
International [21]
Antarctica & Arctic [65]
Source: AP [66], 03/30/2026
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"Japan and the U.S. Agree to Team Up on Seabed Mining" [67]

"The United States has spent nearly a year pursuing deep sea mining without cooperation from the rest of the world. Now, Japan has said it will help out." "The arrangement could signal a fracture in the decades-long effort among nations to reach consensus on how to mine the ocean floor while protecting ecosystems."

Biodiversity [53]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Studies [68]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [43]
Technology [70]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Asia [71]
Source: NYTimes [72], 03/30/2026
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Video: Female Sperm Whales Work Together During A Birth To Protect Calf [73]

"Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals."

Biodiversity [53]
Environmental Health [27]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [74]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Source: AP [75], 03/30/2026
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Washington’s Cherry Blossoms Hit Peak Bloom, In Fleeting Burst Of Pink [76]

"It’s finally peak bloom for the airy pink cherry blossoms in Washington, a welcome sign of spring in a city of concrete and granite continuously weighed down by the necessary heft of the nation’s decision-making."

Biodiversity [53]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
People & Population [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [77]
Source: AP [78], 03/30/2026
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