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Shrinking Strip Of New Orleans Marsh Helps Protect 1.5 Million People [1]

"There’s an increasingly narrow strip of New Orleans marshland that hardly anyone lives on, but without it, hundreds of thousands of people will face far greater risks from storms and floods."

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Source: Verite News [10], 06/17/2026
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A Solar-Powered Rubbish-Eating Boat? It Chomps Plastic Waste At Sea [11]

"Guided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA river"

Fish & Fisheries [12]
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Technology [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 06/16/2026
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As Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ [20]

"If protected, researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs across the Central Pacific."

Biodiversity [21]
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Source: Inside Climate News [22], 06/16/2026
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Battle Brews Over Forest Service Glyphosate Spraying Near Lake Tahoe [23]

"Katherine Levy remembers a childhood deeply rooted in the natural offerings of Lake Tahoe – water skiing in the summer and working as ski instructor on the surrounding snow-covered mountains during winter months." "A US government plan to spray multiple types of herbicides – including the cancer-linked glyphosate weed killer – within national forest property that abuts the community’s cherished lake."

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Fish & Fisheries [12]
Forests [28]
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California [17]
Source: The New Lede [30], 06/16/2026
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Calif. Cuts Golden Mussel Safeguards At Vital Reservoir, Alarming Experts [31]

"The state of California is walking back protections meant to keep destructive golden mussels out of Lake Oroville, one of the largest and most important reservoirs in the state."

Biodiversity [21]
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Source: CalMatters [32], 06/16/2026
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Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff [33]

"Some day in the next 12 months – maybe in late-August, maybe not until next spring – Lake Mead will drop below the critical threshold of 1,035 feet above sea level. That is the water-level elevation at which hydropower generating capacity at Hoover Dam, the largest in the Colorado River basin, will be cut by 70 percent."

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Source: Circle of Blue [35], 06/16/2026
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Pentagon Reviews Are Blocking Wind Farms, Putting Jobs At Risk: Lawsuit [36]

"Renewable energy groups are suing the U.S. military because they say national security reviews for new wind farms on private land have been effectively frozen for months. The groups say this logjam jeopardizes $47 billion in investments and thousands of jobs in 21 states."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Military [37]
Planning & Growth [6]
Technology [14]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [38], 06/16/2026
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A Super (Probably ‘Duper’) El Niño Is Coming. Watch Out! [39]

The news has been full of warnings about a larger-than-normal El Niño, the periodic weather pattern that portends drastic fluctuations in everything from temperatures and precipitation to ocean currents and hurricanes. The latest Issue Backgrounder takes a step back to help explain exactly how this phenomenon works and what its impacts may be, while offering a parting thought on smart coverage.

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Catch-22 on the Baltic — Twilight of Poland’s Coastal Fisherman [45]

Small-scale fisheries on the wane in an obscure region of the world, and a unique ethnic group trapped between being a tourist attraction and surviving a failing industry. Read how award-winning Polish journalist Tadeusz Michrowski turned this small, unsexy story into something bigger, a complex and nuanced portrait of a community of individuals in transition.

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July 12, 2026

DEADLINE: Tarbell Center for AI Journalism [49]

Tarbell Center for AI Journalism is accepting applications for original reporting on AI and its impacts. Tarbell offers grants of $1,000–$20,000 to support original reporting published in established outlets, whether from freelancers or staff. Applications for this round close July 12, 2026.

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