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Congress Votes To Remove Mining Moratorium On Boundary Waters Watershed [9]

"Despite hours of impassioned arguments from Sen. Tina Smith, the U.S. Senate ended a Biden-era moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness watershed."

Chemicals [10]
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Fish & Fisheries [14]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Canada [24]
Source: MinnPost [25], 04/17/2026
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Stakes High As Supreme Court Set To Rule On Law Involving Glyphosate [26]

"Risks from cancer and other diseases could be hidden with little accountability if justices favor big firms, critics warn"

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [28]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [29]
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Source: Guardian [34], 04/17/2026
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EPA May Ease Regs On Chemical Plastic "Recycling," And Enviros Worry [35]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators. The possible change is alarming environmental advocates who say it would lead to more dangerous pollution spewing into communities, with fewer or no checks at the federal level."

Air [36]
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Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [29]
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Pollution [32]
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Waste [40]
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National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [41], 04/17/2026
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"Capital Control: States Strip Power From Cities, Counties" [42]

"Climate change and the energy transition are driving a wave of state laws overriding local governments, with both parties driving their preferred policies."

Climate Change [43]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [29]
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National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [46], 04/17/2026
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"BLM Advances Contentious South Dakota Uranium Mine" [47]

"The Trump administration is moving ahead with a uranium mining project in South Dakota that’s drawn years of pushback from the Oglala Sioux Tribe." "Federal regulators are preparing an environmental review for a project opposed by members of a nearby tribe and conservation groups."

Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [48]
Pollution [32]
Technology [39]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Source: E&E News [50], 04/17/2026
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"Trump Officials Break Ground On New Pipeline At Floyd Bennett Field" [51]

"Top White House officials on Tuesday celebrated the start of construction on a controversial gas pipeline in Brooklyn that is backed by both Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Donald Trump."

Climate Change [43]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Transportation [52]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Source: Gothamist [54], 04/17/2026
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"Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court" [55]

"Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over its decision to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from complying with the Endangered Species Act, a move they say threatens both the coastline region and the law designed to protect threatened plants and animals."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [43]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 04/17/2026
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"Great White Sharks Are Overheating" [59]

"The ocean’s fastest and most formidable predators might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters, researchers warn." "The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [43]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
International [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 04/17/2026
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"At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, Wild Sloths Have Died by the Dozens" [62]

"On a busy tourist strip in Orlando, behind noisy bars and souvenir shops, 21 sloths in crates reached the end of a grueling international trip. Soon, they would all be dead."

Biodiversity [28]
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Environmental Health [29]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
South America [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 04/17/2026
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"The American Chestnut And Its Central Place In The Eastern Landscape" [67]

"In a quiet stretch of western Massachusetts stands a sycamore so old it was around when the Constitution was signed. It’s awe-inspiring, with branches bigger than the entire trunks of most trees. ... In the eastern United States, that rare sense of awe was once supplied in bulk by the American chestnut."

Biodiversity [28]
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Environmental Studies [30]
Forests [15]
Science [33]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [68], 04/17/2026
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"The Great Salt Lake Is Dying. Can This $1B Trump Plan Save It?" [69]

"Winter's disastrously low snowfall could further complicate an already audacious plan to refill the dying Great Salt Lake in time for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Utah."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [43]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [70]
Source: USA TODAY [71], 04/16/2026
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Trump DOI Crafted Talking Points For Mike Lee’s Public Land Sell-Off Scheme [72]

"Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s committee consulted with the Trump administration the day before Lee introduced his wildly unpopular bill to force a sell-off of up to 3.2 million acres of federal public lands across the West, Public Domain has learned."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [28]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
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People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [73]
Wildlife [20]
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National (U.S.) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [70]
Source: Public Domain [74], 04/16/2026
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"Oil Company Founded By DOE Chief Wright Paid No US Taxes Last Year" [75]

"The company founded and formerly run by Energy Secretary Chris Wright paid no federal corporate income taxes last year, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10 million back from the IRS."

Economy & Business [12]
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Environmental Justice [38]
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Natural Resources [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [76], 04/16/2026
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As Worker Silicosis Deaths Mount, GOP Moves to Shield Firms From Liability [77]

"Public health experts in California are pushing to ban engineered quartz in an effort to protect countertop fabrication workers from a growing epidemic of a deadly lung disease, but Republicans in Congress are trying to protect the industry with a bill that would ban lawsuits against manufacturers."

Air [36]
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Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [32]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Capital & Main [78], 04/16/2026
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MSHA Indefinitely Delays Rule To Protect Coal Miners From Black Lung [79]

"Implementation of a previously approved federal rule meant to help prevent black lung in the nation’s coal miners has been delayed indefinitely, according to an update posted this week in the Federal Register."

Air [36]
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Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
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Pollution [32]
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National (U.S.) [22]
Source: W.Va. Watch [80], 04/16/2026
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