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Trump Wants To Put A $75M Coal Terminal In Oakland. Residents Resist. [9]

"Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, rally against a coal export facility"

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [25]
Source: Guardian [26], 06/17/2026
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State Bans Reduce ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Clothing And Textiles: Report [27]

"State laws banning Pfas in clothing and textiles have significantly reduced the amount of toxic “forever chemicals” used in the products, which public health advocates say marks a major public health win and underscores the value in protective policy."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Technology [31]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [32], 06/17/2026
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Half Of World’s Children Face At Least Three Climate Hazards: Unicef [33]

"Half of the world’s children are exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards threatening their health, education and survival, according to a Unicef report."

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [35]
People & Population [18]
Public [23]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 06/17/2026
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Trump Promised Clear Water. The Reflecting Pool Went Green. [38]

"Algae spread across the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool shortly after a multimillion-dollar renovation. The Interior Department says fixes are on the way."

Biodiversity [39]
Infrastructure [16]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Source: E&E News [41], 06/17/2026
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Some Anglers Praise New Sonar, Others Say Tech Ruins A Day At The Lake [42]

"Ah, the serenity of fishing. Just an angler, a fishing pole and maybe thousands of dollars worth of sonar equipment offering an exact image of what that walleye or bass is doing in the watery depths below."

Fish & Fisheries [43]
People & Population [18]
Technology [31]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [44], 06/17/2026
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What Most Battleground House Districts Have In Common: Data Centers [45]

"More than 200 data centers are going up in dozens of competitive House districts — and neither party knows how to handle their political fallout heading into the midterms."

Activism [10]
Air [46]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Pollution [20]
Technology [31]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Politico [48], 06/16/2026
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Pentagon Reviews Are Blocking Wind Farms, Putting Jobs At Risk: Lawsuit [49]

"Renewable energy groups are suing the U.S. military because they say national security reviews for new wind farms on private land have been effectively frozen for months. The groups say this logjam jeopardizes $47 billion in investments and thousands of jobs in 21 states."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Military [50]
Planning & Growth [19]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [51], 06/16/2026
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Trump DOE Issues Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running [52]

"The Orlando plant had been scheduled for retirement in 2025. The order cited an energy emergency related to a shortage of facilities and proliferation of data centers."

Climate Change [11]
Conflict/Corruption [53]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [20]
Technology [31]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 06/16/2026
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Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff [56]

"Some day in the next 12 months – maybe in late-August, maybe not until next spring – Lake Mead will drop below the critical threshold of 1,035 feet above sea level. That is the water-level elevation at which hydropower generating capacity at Hoover Dam, the largest in the Colorado River basin, will be cut by 70 percent."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [29]
Disasters [57]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [16]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Circle of Blue [58], 06/16/2026
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As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants [59]

"An executive order in Massachusetts and a regulatory commission action in Minnesota are among the big moves this year that highlight the growing role of virtual power plants in grid management."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [16]
People & Population [18]
Technology [31]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 06/16/2026
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Calif. Cuts Golden Mussel Safeguards At Vital Reservoir, Alarming Experts [61]

"The state of California is walking back protections meant to keep destructive golden mussels out of Lake Oroville, one of the largest and most important reservoirs in the state."

Biodiversity [39]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [20]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
California [25]
Source: CalMatters [62], 06/16/2026
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Battle Brews Over Forest Service Glyphosate Spraying Near Lake Tahoe [63]

"Katherine Levy remembers a childhood deeply rooted in the natural offerings of Lake Tahoe – water skiing in the summer and working as ski instructor on the surrounding snow-covered mountains during winter months." "A US government plan to spray multiple types of herbicides – including the cancer-linked glyphosate weed killer – within national forest property that abuts the community’s cherished lake."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Forests [64]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
California [25]
Source: The New Lede [65], 06/16/2026
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Dangerous Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Found In US Breast Milk Samples [66]

"Breast milk samples from mothers in Seattle contain alarming levels of dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals, including BPA, BPS, melamine, cyanuric acid, and triclosan, new peer-reviewed research has found."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [67]
Source: Guardian [68], 06/16/2026
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As Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ [69]

"If protected, researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs across the Central Pacific."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 06/16/2026
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A Solar-Powered Rubbish-Eating Boat? It Chomps Plastic Waste At Sea [71]

"Guided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA river"

Fish & Fisheries [43]
Pollution [20]
Technology [31]
Waste [72]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [25]
International [36]
Source: Guardian [73], 06/16/2026
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