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EPA Moves To Limit Scope Of Clean Water Law To Reduce Wetlands It Covers [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for vast areas."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [16], 11/18/2025
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Data Centers — A Local Drain on Power and Water, Coming to a Community Near You [17]

Thousands of energy-hungry, water-gulping data centers are helping fuel the artificial intelligence boom in the United States (and elsewhere). The latest TipSheet takes a closer look at this escalating phenomenon and encourages environmental journalists to look into how it may be playing out in their communities. Ten story ideas and reporting resources to cover data centers’ local impact.

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Energy & Fuel [6]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Planning & Growth [21]
Policy [22]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
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"Brazil Promotes Biofuels At COP30, But How Clean Are They?" [24]

"Countries are betting big on biofuels, but critics say it could deepen food insecurity and fuel new climate risks."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [11]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [26], 11/17/2025
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Seasonal Underground Energy Storage in Twin Cities: Old Technology Revived [27]

"Nearly half a century ago, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a clean energy experiment beneath the University of Minnesota with a simple goal: storing hot water for months at a time in an aquifer several hundred feet below ground."

Energy & Fuel [6]
Infrastructure [19]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 11/17/2025
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"New York Pauses Its Landmark Gas Ban In New Buildings" [30]

"New York just slammed the brakes on rules that would’ve prohibited fossil fuels in new homes and businesses."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: Canary Media [33], 11/17/2025
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"The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived" [34]

"A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Planning & Growth [21]
Pollution [11]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: WIRED [36], 11/17/2025
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"Pennsylvania Abandons Northeast Climate Pact" [37]

"Pennsylvania will no longer seek to be part of a regional climate agreement among states in the Northeast U.S."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [38]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: The Hill [40], 11/14/2025
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Trump DOI Repealing Protections For Key Swaths Of Alaska Petroleum Reserve [41]

"The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [11]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
Source: AP [43], 11/14/2025
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Supply Boom In Cheaper Renewables Will Seal End Of Fossil Fuel Era: IEA [44]

"The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Science [45]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [46], 11/14/2025
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Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions To Set New Record In 2025, As Land Sink ‘Recovers’ [47]

"Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025, reaching a record 38.1bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [11]
Science [45]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Carbon Brief [48], 11/14/2025
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