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"Trash Piles Up In Havana As US Oil Chokehold Halts Garbage Trucks" [1]

"Garbage has begun to pile up on street corners in the Cuban capital of Havana, attracting hordes of flies and reeking of rotten food, in one of the most visible impacts of the U.S. bid to prevent oil from reaching the Caribbean's largest island."

Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [5]
Transportation [6]
Waste [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Central America & the Caribbean [10]
Source: Reuters [11], 02/17/2026
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"With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules" [12]

"The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be."

Climate Change [13]
Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [16], 02/17/2026
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"Supreme Court Sets April Hearing For Roundup Preemption Case" [17]

"The US Supreme Court has set an April hearing in a closely watched case brought by Bayer that seeks to make the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the ultimate arbiter of warning labels on pesticides such as the company’s popular Roundup weed killer."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The New Lede [23], 02/13/2026
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"Potomac Wastewater Spill Appears To Be Largest In US History" [24]

"A wastewater spill into the Potomac River that began last month now appears to be one of the largest in American history."

Consumer [2]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [20]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [15]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: The Hill [28], 02/13/2026
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"RFK Jr. Pledged More Transparency. Here’s What The Public Doesn’t Know Anymore" [29]

"A year ago, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wanted to rebuild trust in federal health agencies, and vowed to employ “radical transparency” to do it. But many types of health information that steadily flowed from the government for years or decades has been delayed, deleted and in some cases stopped all together."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [5]
Science [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [32], 02/13/2026
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"Hospitality Executive Gets Trump Nod To Lead National Parks" [33]

"President Donald Trump has nominated a hotel and food management executive to be director of the National Park Service."

Biodiversity [34]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Forests [36]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [5]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [39]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [40], 02/13/2026
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Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Mouth Sores. Okla. Refused to Find Out Why. [41]

"When one couple’s water turned toxic, state oil regulators delayed key tests that could find a source of contamination. The state didn’t tell the couple for over a month that tests showed their drinking water was contaminated with high levels of barium, which can cause heart problems."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: The Frontier [44], 02/13/2026
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"Black Residents Win Key Ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ Environmental Racism Case" [45]

"Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery."

Air [46]
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Capital B [48], 02/13/2026
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"The US Is Exporting Huge Amounts Of Natural Gas. Will It Cost Americans?" [49]

"As the Trump administration promotes U.S. natural gas exports, federal analysts warn that shipping massive volumes abroad could raise costs for consumers at home."

Climate Change [13]
Consumer [2]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Canary Media [51], 02/12/2026
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N.C. Judge Upholds Limits on 1,4-Dioxane Pollution in Utilities’ Wastewater [52]

"The chemical, used in solvents, degreasers and some consumer products, is a likely carcinogen that can harm the liver and kidneys."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 02/12/2026
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