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"Trump Plan Waives Protection At +80% Of Wetlands" [1]

"In some states, more than 90 percent of wetlands could be excluded from safeguards provided by the Clean Water Act."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
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Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [12], 11/19/2025
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"UN Maritime Chief Links Rise Of Dark Fleet To Worker Abuses" [13]

"The head of the United Nations' maritime agency warned of a disturbing rise in the criminalisation of seafarers, driven by geopolitical tensions and a surge in substandard shipping practices linked to the so-called dark fleet operating outside international norms."

Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [18]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [19]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [20], 11/19/2025
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"Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico" [21]

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over a plan to sell oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups say the sale violates a core environmental law and threatens coastal communities and endangered whales."

Activism [22]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 11/19/2025
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Alberta Wants To Release Treated Oilsands Waste Into The Athabasca River [27]

"Seven months after the Liberal Party vowed to “immediately introduce and pass legislation” affirming the right of First Nations to clean drinking water, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government says they’re still working on it."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
Canada [28]
Source: The Narwhal [29], 11/19/2025
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"Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People" [30]

"Poisonous dust falls from the sky over the town of Ogijo, near Lagos, Nigeria. It coats kitchen floors, vegetable gardens, churchyards and schoolyards. The toxic soot billows from crude factories that recycle lead for American companies."

Air [31]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Africa [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 11/19/2025
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"2,500+ EPA Employees Take Trump’s Resignation Offer" [36]

"Nearly a fifth of EPA’s workforce has opted into President Donald Trump’s mass resignation plan as he pushes to reduce the federal government’s payroll."

Chemicals [32]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [38], 11/18/2025
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EPA Moves To Limit Scope Of Clean Water Law To Reduce Wetlands It Covers [39]

"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 [40]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [42]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [43], 11/18/2025
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Data Centers — A Local Drain on Power and Water, Coming to a Community Near You [44]

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 [15]
Infrastructure [46]
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Planning & Growth [48]
Policy [49]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
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National (U.S.) [11]
International [19]
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"Brazil Promotes Biofuels At COP30, But How Clean Are They?" [50]

"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 [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [51]
Public [10]
International [19]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [52], 11/17/2025
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"Fresh Warnings As A Maryland Community’s PFAS Crisis Continues" [53]

"A PFAS contamination crisis is continuing to plague a Maryland community as a plume of contaminated groundwater moves through the area, residents and their attorneys said this week."

Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Pollution [8]
Waste [54]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [55]
Source: The New Lede [56], 11/17/2025
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