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  • Trump Appears To Relax Oil Blockade On Cuba As Russian Oil Tanker Arrives [9]

    "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 [10]
    Infrastructure [11]
    Military [12]
    People & Population [13]
    Transportation [14]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [18]
    Europe [19]
    Source: Guardian [20], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about Trump Appears To Relax Oil Blockade On Cuba As Russian Oil Tanker Arrives [9]
  • "House Progressives Launch Environmental Justice Caucus" [21]

    "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 [22]
    Environmental Justice [23]
    Environmental Politics [24]
    Laws & Regulations [25]
    People & Population [13]
    Religion, Faith and Spirituality [26]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: E&E News [27], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about "House Progressives Launch Environmental Justice Caucus" [21]
  • "Judge Declines To Halt ‘God Squad’ Meeting" [28]

    "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 [29]
    Energy & Fuel [10]
    Environmental Justice [23]
    Laws & Regulations [25]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: E&E News [30], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about "Judge Declines To Halt ‘God Squad’ Meeting" [28]
  • This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut Support [31]

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

    Environmental Health [22]
    Environmental Justice [23]
    Environmental Politics [24]
    Infrastructure [11]
    Laws & Regulations [25]
    People & Population [13]
    Pollution [32]
    Waste [33]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
    Source: Capital B [35], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut Support [31]
  • "As Fuel Prices Rise, US Lawmakers Push To Suspend The Federal Gas Tax" [36]

    "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 [10]
    Infrastructure [11]
    Laws & Regulations [25]
    Transportation [14]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: AP [37], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about "As Fuel Prices Rise, US Lawmakers Push To Suspend The Federal Gas Tax" [36]
  • "Scientists Urge Action On Glyphosate, Citing Strong Links To Cancer [38]

    "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 [39]
    Chemicals [40]
    Consumer [41]
    Environmental Health [22]
    Environmental Politics [24]
    Government [42]
    Laws & Regulations [25]
    People & Population [13]
    Pollution [32]
    Science [43]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: The New Lede [44], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about "Scientists Urge Action On Glyphosate, Citing Strong Links To Cancer [38]
  • Arctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Level As Global Heat Smashes Records [45]

    "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 [46]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Alaska and Hawaii [47]
    International [18]
    Antarctica & Arctic [48]
    Source: AP [49], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about Arctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Level As Global Heat Smashes Records [45]
  • "Japan and the U.S. Agree to Team Up on Seabed Mining" [50]

    "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 [29]
    Chemicals [40]
    Climate Change [46]
    Consumer [41]
    Environmental Studies [51]
    Fish & Fisheries [52]
    Laws & Regulations [25]
    Natural Resources [53]
    Technology [54]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [18]
    Asia [55]
    Source: NYTimes [56], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about "Japan and the U.S. Agree to Team Up on Seabed Mining" [50]
  • Video: Female Sperm Whales Work Together During A Birth To Protect Calf [57]

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

    Biodiversity [29]
    Environmental Health [22]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Wildlife [58]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [18]
    Source: AP [59], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about Video: Female Sperm Whales Work Together During A Birth To Protect Calf [57]
  • Washington’s Cherry Blossoms Hit Peak Bloom, In Fleeting Burst Of Pink [60]

    "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 [29]
    Climate Change [46]
    Consumer [41]
    People & Population [13]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [61]
    Source: AP [62], 03/30/2026
    • Read more about Washington’s Cherry Blossoms Hit Peak Bloom, In Fleeting Burst Of Pink [60]
  • "Pentagon Seeks Species ‘God Squad’ Exemption for Gulf Oil" [63]

    "The Pentagon is behind the first-ever request to convene the “God Squad” to exempt all oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act due to national security reasons, the Justice Department said in a Wednesday court filing."

    Biodiversity [29]
    Energy & Fuel [10]
    Fish & Fisheries [52]
    Laws & Regulations [25]
    Military [12]
    Pollution [32]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Wildlife [58]
    Public [16]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
    Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [65]
    Source: Bloomberg Environment [66], 03/27/2026
    • Read more about "Pentagon Seeks Species ‘God Squad’ Exemption for Gulf Oil" [63]
  • "Explainer: What Does The Iran War Mean For Clean Energy Transition?" [67]

    "As the deadly war in Iran triggers what the International Energy Agency has described as the worst oil crisis in history, climate advocates are calling for a faster shift away from fossil fuels, but the conflict may also hamper that transition."

    Climate Change [46]
    Energy & Fuel [10]
    Environmental Politics [24]
    Infrastructure [11]
    Pollution [32]
    Technology [54]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Guardian [68], 03/27/2026
    • Read more about "Explainer: What Does The Iran War Mean For Clean Energy Transition?" [67]
  • "US Has Caused $10Tn Worth Of Climate Damage Since 1990, Research Finds" [69]

    "The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found."

    Agriculture [39]
    Biodiversity [29]
    Climate Change [46]
    Disasters [70]
    Economy & Business [71]
    Energy & Fuel [10]
    Environmental Health [22]
    Natural Resources [53]
    Pollution [32]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    International [18]
    Source: Guardian [72], 03/27/2026
    • Read more about "US Has Caused $10Tn Worth Of Climate Damage Since 1990, Research Finds" [69]
  • "Amid Oyster Bounty, Chesapeake Bay Watermen Suffer Dismal Harvest" [73]

    "It’s the best of times in recent memory for Chesapeake Bay oysters. It’s just the opposite, though, for the Maryland and Virginia watermen who make a living harvesting them."

    Biodiversity [29]
    Consumer [41]
    Fish & Fisheries [52]
    Pollution [32]
    Water & Oceans [15]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [61]
    Source: Bay Journal [74], 03/27/2026
    • Read more about "Amid Oyster Bounty, Chesapeake Bay Watermen Suffer Dismal Harvest" [73]
  • "Trump’s New Science Panel Is Stuffed With High-Tech Billionaires" [75]

    "U.S. President Donald Trump today unveiled a set of scientific advisers heavily skewed toward artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, topics his administration has emphasized. The roster, unlike previous iterations of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), features some of the world’s wealthiest people and several of Trump’s biggest political supporters from high-tech industry—but only one academic scientist."

    Environmental Politics [24]
    Environmental Studies [51]
    Infrastructure [11]
    Science [43]
    Technology [54]
    Public [16]
    National (U.S.) [17]
    Source: Science [76], 03/27/2026
    • Read more about "Trump’s New Science Panel Is Stuffed With High-Tech Billionaires" [75]

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