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Florida Proposes Stronger Protections for Sloths After Dozens Died [9]

"Florida’s wildlife agency has proposed new rules to strengthen protections for sloths imported into the state, four months after an Inside Climate News investigation revealed dozens of wild sloths from South America died at a planned Orlando tourism attraction."

Biodiversity [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 09/11/2026
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Rabies Cases Increased 17 Percent In July And August, CDC Says [18]

"Rabies cases in the United States from July to August increased 17 percent compared to the same period last year, following several “high-profile rabies outbreaks” and exposure events, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday."

Biodiversity [10]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Health [21]
People & Population [22]
Science [23]
Technology [24]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [25], 09/11/2026
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Ag Industry Spent Big to Stop California From Banning PFAS Pesticides [26]

"An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 09/11/2026
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Midwest Farmers See Regenerative Ag As More Than Soil Health. It’s Spiritual [33]

"The towering maple trees and native hazelnut bushes on Salvatierra Farms break up the surrounding corn and soybean fields that sprawl across southern Minnesota."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [10]
People & Population [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: AP [36], 09/11/2026
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Indonesia Seeks To Bring Back Baby Orangutans Said Trafficked To India [37]

"Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orang utans found motherless in India, suspected to be trafficked from Sumatra. The infants are critically endangered, healthy, and under care at a zoo while DNA tests confirm their origin."

Activism [38]
Biodiversity [10]
Forests [39]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
Asia [40]
Source: AFP [41], 09/11/2026
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You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules [42]

"On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Jackson, Mississippi, which alleged the city knowingly let residents drink lead-contaminated water." "A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [19]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Mother Jones [47], 09/10/2026
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Cancer’s Toll On 9/11 Survivors Is Accelerating 25 Years Later [48]

"The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent."

Environmental Health [20]
Health [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 09/10/2026
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AP Will Refer To Lake Ontario By Its Original Name, Despite Order [51]

"The Associated Press is advising its reporters and others who follow AP style to continue referring to Lake Ontario by its original name, despite President Donald Trump’s order to rename it Lake America last month as the administration’s trade war with Canada escalated."

Environmental Politics [29]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [52]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [53]
Other or All [54]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [55], 09/10/2026
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Smithsonian Leadership Changes Give Trump An Opening For Control [56]

"The coming leadership transition at the Smithsonian Institution will give President Donald Trump his biggest opportunity yet to influence how it tells the story of America."

Environmental Politics [29]
Environmental Studies [57]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [52]
People & Population [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [58], 09/10/2026
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Nepal Puts Climate Justice At Centre Of Global Pitch For Flood Aid [59]

"Flood-hit Nepal will ask wealthier countries and global agencies for financial help this week, arguing they should contribute to the $5 billion needed for initial rebuilding as the disaster shows how ‌climate change has hit poor countries that did little to cause it, officials said."

Climate Change [60]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [52]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [61]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [14]
International [62]
Asia [40]
Source: Reuters [63], 09/10/2026
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Few People Connecting the Dots Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather [64]

"It’s been a relentless summer of extremes—only the latest in a half-decade packed with record-breaking weather events. A growing body of research shows they’re becoming more frequent and severe as human-caused climate change accelerates."

Activism [38]
Climate Change [60]
Energy & Fuel [65]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [52]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 09/10/2026
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NOAA Fisheries Takes A ‘Sharp Turn Away From Science’ [67]

"In July, the Trump administration relegated endangered leatherback turtles, sea lions and whales to mere collateral damage in its race to profit from the oceans. Now, fisheries science is in the government’s crosshairs."

Biodiversity [10]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [68]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [53]
Science [23]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 09/10/2026
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Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized [70]

"New polling shows that two-thirds of registered voters in Utah support restoring protections for the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [53]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [71]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 09/10/2026
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North Carolina Races Restore Critical Peatland Before It Dries Up [73]

"The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles." "But it’s what’s underground that has drawn scientists and investors to this 23-square-mile (60-square-kilometer) tract: spongy, dense peat up to 15 feet (5 meters) deep."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [29]
Natural Resources [53]
Planning & Growth [61]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: AP [74], 09/10/2026
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Farmers Turn To Perennial Grains As One Solution To Extreme Weather [75]

"Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what’s normal."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [60]
Food [76]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [77], 09/10/2026
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