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Libya Tows Drifting Russian ‘Shadow’ Tanker To Avert A Mediterranean Spill [1]

"Libyan authorities were towing a Russian tanker drifting in the Mediterranean for the past three weeks, after the vessel was damaged in a suspected sea drone attack, officials said Tuesday."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Europe [7]
Source: AP [8], 03/25/2026
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"Asia Boosts Coal Use As Iran War Squeezes Global LNG Supplies" [9]

"Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Military [12]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
International [13]
Asia [14]
Source: AP [15], 03/25/2026
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Climate-Fueled Wildfires, Dust Storms Drove Global Air Pollution in 2025 [16]

"A new report on global air pollution shows that the majority of the world’s population breathes unhealthy air, and climate change is making the problem worse."

Air [17]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
International [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 03/25/2026
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Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois: Report [20]

"Illinois has nearly 1.5 million lead service lines. A new report estimates replacing the unsafe plumbing has the potential to create 90,000 jobs."

Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: Grist/WBEZ [28], 03/24/2026
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Shell's Cracker Has Polluted More Than Permitted With No New Fines For 3 Years [29]

"State regulators have allowed the Beaver County ethylene plant to keep exceeding limits on damaging nitrogen oxides while the official permitting process has taken seven times its original timeline."

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Public Source [31], 03/24/2026
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Insect Decline Poses Foundational Ecological Hazards [32]

Bugs may get a bad rap, but a serious possible global decline in their populations is making clearer what may be lost for ecosystems and human societies. Issue Backgrounder peers beneath the detritus to find what insects do, how we try to kill them and how they survive, and why it’s so hard to pin down the data around their shifting numbers.

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Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [4]
Science [36]
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National (U.S.) [37]
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Public [5]
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Trump EPA Is Paving The Way For Haze To Return To National Parks, Conservationists Warn [38]

"A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur and smog from skies over the state’s national wilderness areas wasn’t good enough because a dozen coal plants didn’t analyze whether they needed better pollution controls." 

Air [17]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: AP [39], 03/23/2026
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"The First US Coal Plant In A Decade Is On Shaky Ground" [40]

"Trump officials are heralding a potential new coal plant in Alaska, but the project faces mounting opposition and tricky data center politics."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [37]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Source: E&E News [42], 03/23/2026
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Biogas Project Touted As Climate Fix Emits Thousands Of Tons Of Methane [43]

"A Wisconsin project dubbed the “world’s largest manure biogas project” emits nearly 5,000 metric tons of climate-warming methane annually, roughly equivalent to emissions from 30,000 gasoline-powered vehicles, according to state data that adds to concerns about the impacts of large-scale manure digesters."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [4]
Waste [45]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [37]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: The New Lede [46], 03/23/2026
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"Trump Admin Details Enviro Agency Exodus" [47]

"More than 10,700 staffers left EPA and the Interior and Energy departments under a Trump program that incentivized resignations."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [48]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: E&E News [49], 03/20/2026
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