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Farm Bill Stuck in the Mud? [1]

The Farm Bill — omnibus legislation that affects the food supply of millions of Americans, as well as their air, water and soil — is bogged down in hyperpartisan division. But as Backgrounder outlines, environmental journalists would be wise to track how Congress ultimately uses it to address matters like land and water conservation, rural water supply and pollution, pesticides and more.

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Agriculture [3]
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Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
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National (U.S.) [17]
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Public [18]
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Electric Shadyland — the Riddle of Rising Energy Bills [19]

While the Iran war has certainly brought on soaring oil prices, the rise in residential electricity costs may stem as much from the actions of a labyrinthine complex of federal and state utility regulators, writes the latest TipSheet. Start unraveling the factors here, with the backstory, and more than a dozen questions to ask and resources to tap.

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National (U.S.) [17]
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Pennsylvania Says Unvaccinated Woman Has Died From Measles Complications [24]

"An official in Pennsylvania has confirmed the measles-related death of a 40-year-old woman. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong told NPR that the woman, who died on Saturday, was unvaccinated."

Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Science [26]
Technology [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: NPR [29], 09/14/2026
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America’s Air Monitors Are Disappearing — With Power To Expose Polluters [30]

"Laws in Louisiana and other states now curb the use of community-collected data. In Louisiana, public air monitors are often located miles from major industrial polluters and fail to test for some of the most dangerous chemicals."

Activism [31]
Air [32]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Floodlight [35], 09/14/2026
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Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness [36]

"Federal agencies say opening these lands will reduce wildfire risks and make timber more accessible. Experts, however, say the government is contradicting itself."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [5]
Forests [38]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [39]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [40]
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Source: Inside Climate News [41], 09/14/2026
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Overdue Trash Bill Left This Alabama Woman in Handcuffs. She’s Not Alone. [42]

"A review of court records in Winston County shows criminal prosecutions over trash debt have spanned decades. The Southern Poverty Law Center says the practice is illegal and immoral."

Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Waste [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 09/14/2026
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"Meet The Young Political Appointee Boosting Trump’s ‘Vanity Projects’" [45]

"A former mining executive is playing a key role in the president’s campaign to build monuments and stage spectacles in the Capitol. His financial disclosure contains inconsistencies."

Conflict/Corruption [46]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Public Domain [47], 09/14/2026
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Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running [48]

"A federal appeals court on Friday struck down an order from the Trump administration that forced a coal plant in Michigan to stay open past its scheduled retirement date — dealing a blow to President Trump’s efforts to promote the coal industry."

Climate Change [5]
Conflict/Corruption [46]
Consumer [6]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Source: New York Times [50], 09/14/2026
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AI Could Possibly End Humanity. How Are Humans Supposed to Process That? [51]

"It could launch a bioweapon attack, or a global drone war. It could set off a nuclear bomb. Or it could destroy human society more gradually, by hoarding all the world’s economic resources and depriving us of food, housing or medicine."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [52]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Technology [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: New York Times [53], 09/14/2026
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Ag Industry Spent Big to Stop California From Banning PFAS Pesticides [54]

"An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it."

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Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [15]
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California [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 09/11/2026
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