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Targets on Their Backs … and Ours? Reporting on Immigrant Farmworkers [1]

For years, state-sponsored programs have helped California farmworkers get much-needed access to clean water. But many immigrants now shun these services, afraid of exposure to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. As Circle of Blue intern Anahita Banerjee dug into this story, she discovered that their fear extended to speaking with journalists — and that ICE activities threatened her own safety.

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Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
California [15]
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US Blocks Global Fee On Shipping Emissions As IMO Meeting Ends [17]

"With trade threats from President Donald Trump, the U.S. derailed the world’s first global carbon fee on shipping as an international maritime meeting adjourned Friday without adopting regulations."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [24]
Source: AP [25], 10/20/2025
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"Department of Interior to Start Layoffs Monday, Union Says" [26]

"The Department of Interior is preparing mass layoffs beginning Monday despite a federal judge’s order prohibiting firings due to the shutdown, a federal employee union said Thursday."

Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 10/20/2025
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NY To Appeal After Judge OKs Radioactive Indian Point Water In The Hudson [30]

"A federal judge in New York last month struck down the state’s Save the Hudson Act, a law that aimed to prevent Holtec International, the owner of the decommissioned Indian Point nuclear plant, from dumping over a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River."

Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: Nexstar [32], 10/20/2025
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"Mystery Heatwave Warms Pacific Ocean To New Record" [33]

"The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [18]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [36]
International [24]
Source: BBC News [37], 10/20/2025
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"Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains" [38]

"Colorado oil and gas companies used toxic chemicals prohibited under state law in operations involving dozens of wells on either side of the Rocky Mountains over at least the last 18 months, a Capital & Main investigation found."

Chemicals [39]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [22]
Technology [41]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Capital & Main [42], 10/20/2025
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"Nearly 900 Million Poor People Face Climate Shocks, Says UN" [43]

"Nearly 900 million people are simultaneously exposed to the escalating impacts of the climate crisis, from extreme heat and flooding to drought and toxic air pollution, according to a new United Nations report."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [5]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
International [24]
Source: Euronews [45], 10/20/2025
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October 21, 2025

Media Webinar: Covering Aquaculture With Confidence [46]

Join the North American Marine Alliance for a webinar designed to help journalists cut through the noise surrounding the aquaculture issue and ask questions that get past industry spin — from who owns what, to which communities benefit or are harmed, to what’s really meant by “sustainability.” 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT

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"How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves" [48]

"President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [44]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [49], 10/17/2025
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"Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant" [50]

"Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [21]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: NYTimes [52], 10/16/2025
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