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"Alarm As Acting CDC Director Delays Report Showing Covid Vaccine Benefits" [1]

"A Trump administration appointee has delayed publication of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that shows benefits related to the Covid vaccine, leading to concerns that the administration is engaging in behind-the-scenes tactics to undermine vaccines."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
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Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
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Journalism & Media [10]
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People & Population [12]
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Wildlife [14]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 04/23/2026
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"As Cuba’s Grid Fails, Solar Power Becomes A Lifeline" [18]

"The Trump administration’s fuel blockade against Cuba has resulted in widespread power outages, gas shortages, garbage in the streets, and a humanitarian crisis – but also a surge in solar installations."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [21]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [22]
Technology [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [24]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [25], 04/22/2026
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"New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat" [26]

"As the Rio Grande dries out months early, water managers look to blessings, prayers and groundwater to save the acequias that have spread water, history and culture to farmers and families since the 16th century."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [5]
Food [28]
Infrastructure [21]
People & Population [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [29]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 04/22/2026
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"Moderna Launches mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine Trial After HHS Cancels Funding" [33]

"The Department of Health and Human Services had canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously committed to help develop mRNA vaccines."

"Moderna is launching a large-scale clinical trial of a shot to combat bird flu in humans after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department had canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously committed to aid in vaccine development.

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Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [35], 04/22/2026
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As Wildfires Worsen, Exposure To Smoke May Increase Risk Of Several Cancers [36]

"With cigarette smoking declining and fire frequency on the rise, wildfire smoke may emerge as a key driver of cancers in the United States, new research finds."

Climate Change [3]
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People & Population [12]
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Source: Washington Post [38], 04/22/2026
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Facing Drought, Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year [39]

'“Severe.“ “Critical.” “Dire.” “Challenging.” “Record-low.” Officials at the Rio Grande Compact Commission annual meeting Friday worked through the thesaurus to describe the conditions on the river that flows out of southwestern Colorado.'

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 04/22/2026
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Wildfires Used To ‘Sleep’ At Night. Climate Now Makes Them Burn Overtime [42]

"Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is extending the hotter and drier conditions that feed fires, a new study found."

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Forests [43]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
California [45]
Source: AP [46], 04/21/2026
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Trump Interior Dept. Unveils Emergency Plans For Colorado River [47]

"The Trump administration will pull its emergency levers to head off a major water and power crisis." "Interior said it will cut releases out of one of the river’s two main reservoirs, Lake Powell, to the minimum amount legally allowed — 6 million acre-feet — between now and October."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [48], 04/21/2026
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Green Group Warns Potomac Is Nation's Most Endangered River [49]

"The Potomac River, otherwise known as “the nation’s river,” has been named the most endangered river in the country, following a massive sewage spill earlier this year and the ongoing buildout of thirsty data centers across the watershed."

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [50]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Infrastructure [21]
Pollution [37]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [52]
Source: Virginia Mercury [53], 04/21/2026
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"Environmental Groups Sue to Block BP’s Plan to Drill in Deep Gulf Waters" [54]

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday to stop the British oil giant BP, which operated the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform that exploded in 2010, from starting a new $5 billion drilling project in ultra-deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico."

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Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Health [55]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
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Source: NYTimes [57], 04/21/2026
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