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Water Quality And Cancer Concerns Top Of Mind For Iowa Voters [1]

"Amid the election-year debates, political advertisements and polls, one simple Iowa yard sign sums ups a core issue seen driving voter sentiment. It reads simply: “Fix the damn water.”"

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
Source: The New Lede [12], 10/30/2026
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Gone Forever [13]

"PFAS chemicals are everywhere. Can new technologies get rid of them for good?"

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [7]
Technology [14]
Waste [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Science [16], 10/29/2026
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How Much Are Trump’s Pro-Coal Policies Costing Us? [17]

"The Trump administration loves coal plants. The rest of us are paying the price in higher electricity bills, poorer health, and worsening climate change." "A new report finds nearly half of U.S. coal plants benefit from federal handouts and pollution exemptions, harming public health, our wallets, and the climate."

Conflict/Corruption [18]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [7]
Technology [14]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Canary Media [24], 10/29/2026
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Oil Spill Off UAE Widens, Satellites Show, Prompting More Beach Closures [25]

"An oil spill from a ‌damaged tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has widened, satellite images showed, triggering more beach closures and raising environmental concerns."

Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Middle East [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 10/29/2026
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Industry Knew for Decades That Microplastics Could Infiltrate Human Bodies [30]

"The chemical industry has known for decades that ingested microplastic particles can reach vital organs, an investigation has found."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [7]
Technology [14]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [31]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [32], 10/29/2026
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Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages [33]

"In the final stretch of their midterm drive to gain control of Congress, Democratic candidates are talking mostly about the pain of high energy costs, not the risks of climate change." "Activists view November’s midterm elections as crucial for curbing Trump’s fossil fuel agenda and building a foundation for renewed action."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [35]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 10/29/2026
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Americans’ Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Are Increasingly Coming From Mexico [37]

"A new Washington Post investigation has found that as fruit and vegetables are increasingly coming from Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of produce manufacturers in the country has been minimal. In recent years, 34 percent of fresh vegetables and 59 percent of fresh fruit available in the U.S. were imported."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [38]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mexico [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 10/28/2026
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Oklahoma Never Punished Oil Company Linked To 1,000 Pollution Incidents [41]

"Staff at an Oklahoma regulatory agency spent over a year building a case against Citation Oil & Gas, a company notorious for oil field pollution. Instead of disciplining the company, agency leaders chose to let it resume operations."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: The Frontier [43], 10/28/2026
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Is Coal Really Making A Comeback? [44]

"Headlines say the dirtiest fossil fuel is “back in fashion” — but there's much more to the story."

Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Technology [14]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [31]
Source: Grist [45], 10/28/2026
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Trump Plans To Loosen Restrictions On Methane Emissions From Oil Drilling [46]

"President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [47], 10/28/2026
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