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Louisiana Bets Big On ‘Blue Ammonia.’ Cancer Alley Braces For The Cost. [1]

"Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Floodlight [12], 02/12/2026
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Giant Snails And Tiny Insects Threaten The South’s Rice And Crawfish Farms [13]

"Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he’s finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: AP [19], 02/11/2026
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US Chemical Giant To Stop Producing Herbicide Critics Call ‘Toxic Cocktail’ [20]

"The chemical giant Corteva will stop producing Enlist Duo, a herbicide considered to be among the most dangerous still used in the US by environmentalists because it contains a mix of Agent Orange and glyphosate, which have both been linked to cancer and widespread ecological damage."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [14]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Guardian [22], 02/11/2026
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"Florida Tests Show Pesticide In Popular Breads" [23]

"Florida officials this week unveiled test results showing multiple breads commonly sold in grocery stores contained residues of glyphosate weed killer, a chemical scientists have linked to cancer."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: The New Lede [25], 02/10/2026
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Database Details Planetary Asset — Canada’s Forests [26]

They’re a carbon sink, a playground and a major market, but also a source of smoke pollution and pest infestation. Millions of acres of Canadian forest are a big North American story, and the latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a central data source that can help quantify, analyze and visualize the numbers and see the proverbial forest for the trees.

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Reporters Toolbox [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Air [28]
Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [31]
Forests [32]
Natural Resources [33]
Policy [34]
Pollution [9]
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National (U.S.) [21]
International [35]
Canada [36]
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"US EPA Reapproves The Controversial Herbicide Dicamba" [37]

"In a widely expected move, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the pesticide dicamba, an herbicide used on genetically modified crops including corn, cotton and soybeans that is prone to far-reaching drift and linked to crop damages."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Technology [38]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The New Lede [39], 02/09/2026
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"Florida Farm Bill Favors Big Ag Over Free Speech, Opponents Say" [40]

"Advocates for human health and the environment are pushing back against a Florida farm bill that would punish the spread of “false information” about agriculture, decrying a measure they say violates free speech rights and silences public debate about harmful farming practices."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [43]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: The New Lede [44], 02/06/2026
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"Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack" [45]

"Amid one of the driest winters on record, representatives from seven Western states have less than two weeks to meet an already-delayed federal deadline to find a new way to share the dwindling Colorado River—one that recognizes the megadrought and overconsumption plaguing the basin."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [29]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [46]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 02/05/2026
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"How Iowa Has Turned Against Wind" [48]

"Facing staunch local opposition and federal roadblocks, a new wind project in Iowa is teetering on the brink, despite growing power demand."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [31]
Infrastructure [49]
People & Population [8]
Technology [38]
Public [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 02/04/2026
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"Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels" [52]

"While record snowfall and single-digit temperatures pummel much of the United States, an extreme snow drought and unusually warm weather are keeping skiers off the mountains, snowmobilers off the trails and water out of the rivers across much of the West."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [29]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [53], 02/04/2026
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