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"Report Raises Alarm Over GMO Wheat As It Inches Closer To US Fields" [1]

"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."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Food [5]
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Pollution [7]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The New Lede [11], 03/11/2026
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"Trump Administration Again Sued Over Alaska Public Lands 'Giveaway'" [12]

"A coalition of organizations has again sued the Trump administration for its 'giveaway' of federal lands in Alaska for industrial purposes. At issue are the steps the administration has taken to allow a 211-mile-long road across a pristine stretch of the state, passing through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and crossing the Kobuk Wild River, to access the site of a proposed copper mine."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: National Parks Traveler [19], 03/11/2026
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Trump’s EPA Claims Strong Enforcement, But Data Tells a Different Story [20]

"The EPA released its latest enforcement and compliance report and touted the agency’s crackdown on environmental crimes under the Trump administration, yet 75 percent of the criminal cases closed last fiscal year originated before the president took office."

Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 03/11/2026
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Amid Cuts to Fish & Wildlife Service, Species Like Florida Panther Languish [24]

"Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the habitat of the panther, the official state animal."

Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Wildlife [18]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 03/11/2026
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North Carolina Complaint System For Factory Farms Doesn't Work Very Well [27]

"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."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [28]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 03/11/2026
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"Air Pollution Spikes As Trump Doubles Down On Coal Power" [30]

"Air pollution from coal-fired power plants spiked in 2025, a striking reversal of long-term progress in air quality as the Trump administration boosted coal use." "EPA data shows pollution bumps that are among the largest in decades, just as the agency rolls back rules cracking down on pollution from coal-fired power plants."

Air [31]
Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [34], 03/11/2026
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"Judge Rules Kari Lake Unlawfully Ran US Media Agency, Voiding Mass Layoffs" [35]

"A federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake unlawfully led the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year and voided mass layoffs and other actions taken during that period to dismantle the agency."

Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 03/10/2026
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"Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands" [40]

"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."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [32]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [9]
Canada [43]
Source: NYTimes [44], 03/10/2026
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Press Freedom Erosion Continues Apace Under Trump 2.0 [45]

President Donald Trump’s numerous libel suits against news media may be more of a nuisance than a real weapon — albeit one that comes with significant legal bills and other, less tangible costs. But the new WatchDog Opinion column raises a rising press freedom vulnerability that Trump seems happy to exploit: leveraging the increasing media ownership by billionaires and large corporations.

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State ‘Sound Science’ Bills Limit Environmental Regulations: Scientists [48]

"Bills in four states require state environmental regulations to show “direct causal link” to “manifest bodily harm,” not just increased risk of disease. Scientists say that’s all but impossible."

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [7]
Science [49]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 03/09/2026
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