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Human Waste Backing Up In Basements Shows US Infrastructure Problems [1]

"At least 18.7 million people are served by one of roughly 1,000 utilities that are in serious violation of pollution limits. At least 2.7 million live with a system that violated federal clean water rules continually over the last three years, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data."

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Source: AP [11], 03/12/2026
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40% Of Produce From Nation’s Largest Supplier Contains ‘Forever’ Pesticides [12]

"Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” according to a new investigation."

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Source: CNN [17], 03/12/2026
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"Report Raises Alarm Over GMO Wheat As It Inches Closer To US Fields" [18]

"A genetically modified wheat under development in the US would increase the use of an herbicide that is linked to soil, water and fetal harm, according to a new report."

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Source: The New Lede [20], 03/11/2026
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North Carolina Complaint System For Factory Farms Doesn't Work Very Well [21]

"Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs."

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Source: Inside Climate News [26], 03/11/2026
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"Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands" [27]

"Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system."

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Canada [32]
Source: NYTimes [33], 03/10/2026
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Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet, Without Much Proof [34]

"A new report finds that of 154 specific claims about how AI will benefit the climate, just a quarter cited academic research. A third included no evidence at all."

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Source: WIRED [38], 03/09/2026
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‘Fundamental Conflict’: Ethics Holds On Trump EPA Chemicals Officials Lift [39]

"A host of agency appointees will be free to reconnect with past industry clients on upcoming consequential regulatory matters."

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Source: E&E News [41], 03/09/2026
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"After Years of Gains, GOP Pushes to Roll Back Chemical Regulations" [42]

"In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the impact on the state’s petrochemical industry."

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Source: Capital & Main [44], 03/09/2026
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"Oil Tops $100 Per Barrel As Iran War Escalates" [45]

"Oil prices on Sunday crossed into triple digits for the first time since 2022 — a stark sign of how the Iran war is throttling global supplies and raising consumers' costs."

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Source: Axios [49], 03/09/2026
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West Va. Senate Moves To Weaken Aboveground Storage Tank Rules [50]

"West Virginia lawmakers in the Senate passed a bill to weaken drinking water protections by loosening regulations for certain aboveground storage tanks. It is the latest move to weaken the Aboveground Storage Tank Act, passed in 2014 after a chemical leak from Freedom Industries along the Elk River contaminated drinking water for nearly 300,000 West Virginians in the Charleston area."

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Source: Mountain State Spotlight [52], 03/06/2026
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