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Okra Up North: Forgotten Heirloom Travels African Diaspora To Toronto [9]

"Okra holds a special place in many African-descended communities, and a Canadian farmer with Jamaican roots is growing a very old variety"

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Consumer [12]
Food [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Canada [17]
Africa [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 06/18/2026
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Billionaire Donor Benefits as Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Wells [20]

"Trump’s EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane. Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs."

Air [21]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [23]
Conflict/Corruption [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Government [28]
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Pollution [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
South America [32]
Source: ProPublica [33], 06/17/2026
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Paramount Rejected Ad Slamming Its Owners And Warner Bros Acquisition [34]

"Paramount Skydance refused to air an ad submitted by a press freedom group that heavily criticized the network’s leadership and merger with Warner Bros Discovery, with an advertising associate deeming it a “conflict of interest”.

Conflict/Corruption [24]
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National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Guardian [37], 06/17/2026
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Trump DOJ Supports Musk-Owned Data Center In Suit By NAACP [38]

"The Trump administration urged a federal court on Monday to dismiss an environmental lawsuit against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, saying the company’s Grok government model and the data centers that power it are crucial to national security. The NAACP alleges that xAI has rushed to build and continue expanding its Colossus Gas Plant in vulnerable and heavily Black communities near the Tennessee-Mississippi border without legally required permits or pollution controls."

Conflict/Corruption [24]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: E&E News [42], 06/17/2026
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Shrinking Strip Of New Orleans Marsh Helps Protect 1.5 Million People [43]

"There’s an increasingly narrow strip of New Orleans marshland that hardly anyone lives on, but without it, hundreds of thousands of people will face far greater risks from storms and floods."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [44]
Infrastructure [40]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Verite News [47], 06/17/2026
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Ex-Colonies Urge Quick Execution Of A Key Treaty Protecting Oceans [48]

"African and Commonwealth nations called Tuesday for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas, warning that despite record commitments to marine conservation, much of the world’s ocean protection still exists only on paper."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [27]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [50]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [51], 06/17/2026
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Trump Wants To Put A $75M Coal Terminal In Oakland. Residents Resist. [52]

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

Activism [53]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [45]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [54]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
California [55]
Source: Guardian [56], 06/17/2026
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State Bans Reduce ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Clothing And Textiles: Report [57]

"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 [22]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [26]
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Government [28]
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Technology [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Guardian [59], 06/17/2026
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Half Of World’s Children Face At Least Three Climate Hazards: Unicef [60]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Food [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [61], 06/17/2026
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Trump Promised Clear Water. The Reflecting Pool Went Green. [62]

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

Biodiversity [11]
Infrastructure [40]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Source: E&E News [64], 06/17/2026
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Some Anglers Praise New Sonar, Others Say Tech Ruins A Day At The Lake [65]

"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 [49]
People & Population [14]
Technology [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: AP [66], 06/17/2026
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What Most Battleground House Districts Have In Common: Data Centers [67]

"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 [53]
Air [21]
Climate Change [23]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [45]
Pollution [30]
Technology [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Politico [68], 06/16/2026
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Pentagon Reviews Are Blocking Wind Farms, Putting Jobs At Risk: Lawsuit [69]

"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 [23]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Military [70]
Planning & Growth [45]
Technology [58]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: AP [71], 06/16/2026
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Trump DOE Issues Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running [72]

"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 [23]
Conflict/Corruption [24]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [30]
Technology [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 06/16/2026
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Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff [74]

"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 [23]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [44]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [40]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Circle of Blue [75], 06/16/2026
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