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Ruptured Pipe That Leaked Raw Waste Into The Potomac Is Back In Operation [1]

"The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River returned to operation Saturday after the completion of emergency repairs."

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: AP [9], 03/16/2026
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Construction Finishes On A Major Offshore Wind Farm, Despite Trump [10]

"Construction is finished on a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm, the first project to reach this stage during President Donald Trump’s time in office.:

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [17], 03/16/2026
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"Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan" [18]

"The Trump administration on Friday approved a $5 billion oil drilling project in ultradeep waters of the Gulf of Mexico over protests from Democrats and environmental activists who said the venture posed significant risks to wildlife and communities."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: NYTimes [24], 03/16/2026
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"Warming Waters Threaten Seafood Supply" [25]

"Fish are evolving ever smaller in order to survive temperature increases, new research warns. It’s a biological shift that will rob billions of meals from those who rely on fish for protein."

Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [26]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 03/13/2026
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"Big Bend Wall Opponents Ask Congress To Block Funds" [29]

"In a map update posted last month to U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s website, the agency charted a major expansion of the border wall. It included terrain belonging to one of America’s most iconic wild areas, Big Bend National Park, an 800,000-acre desert landscape that includes the entire Chisos mountain range and more than 100 miles of the Rio Grande."

Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [4]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [6]
Wildlife [32]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Public Domain [34], 03/13/2026
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"Can Hydropower Ride the Wave of the Energy Boom?" [35]

"The International Energy Agency’s executive director has called hydropower a “forgotten giant,” and has urged governments to do more to remember it. U.S. President Donald Trump has said hydropower is “fantastic,” a sharp contrast to his disdain for wind and solar."

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Energy & Fuel [13]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Infrastructure [4]
Pollution [22]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 03/13/2026
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Human Waste Backing Up In Basements Shows US Infrastructure Problems [37]

"At least 18.7 million people are served by one of roughly 1,000 utilities that are in serious violation of pollution limits. At least 2.7 million live with a system that violated federal clean water rules continually over the last three years, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal data."

Consumer [2]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [38], 03/12/2026
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Wildflowers Bloom In The Driest Place In North America — But Not For Long [39]

"Death Valley, known as the driest place in North America, is teeming with life with a once-in-a-decade blossoming of wildflowers known as a superbloom, transforming a normally brown desert landscape into carpets of gold."

Biodiversity [30]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
California [40]
Source: AP [41], 03/11/2026
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"Trump Administration Again Sued Over Alaska Public Lands 'Giveaway'" [42]

"A coalition of organizations has again sued the Trump administration for its 'giveaway' of federal lands in Alaska for industrial purposes. At issue are the steps the administration has taken to allow a 211-mile-long road across a pristine stretch of the state, passing through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and crossing the Kobuk Wild River, to access the site of a proposed copper mine."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [30]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [44]
Water & Oceans [6]
Wildlife [32]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: National Parks Traveler [45], 03/11/2026
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North Carolina Complaint System For Factory Farms Doesn't Work Very Well [46]

"Complaints become part of the record only if a violation is found, but the state has only 14 inspectors for thousands of hog, poultry and cattle farms known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs."

Agriculture [43]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [22]
Waste [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 03/11/2026
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