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"Data Centers Used To Be A Prize. States Are Having Second Thoughts." [1]

"Legislators in at least 28 states this year introduced bills that would roll back tax incentives for the energy-hungry facilities."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [14], 05/04/2026
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"The Trump Administration Cracks Down On National Park Websites" [15]

"National park staffers used to control park websites. But not anymore."

Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [17]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [22], 05/04/2026
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"This Summer, the American Water Crisis Becomes Real" [23]

"Concerns over water access are poised to consume summer in the US, as crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil over."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [26]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: WIRED [28], 05/01/2026
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"No Safe Bets – Supreme Court Glyphosate Case Seen Too Close To Call" [29]

"Monday’s Supreme Court hearing over a federal law governing pesticide regulations left observers largely unsure how the court will rule in the case involving the former Monsanto company and the herbicide glyphosate, with many seeing the ultimate decision as too close to call."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The New Lede [32], 05/01/2026
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FEMA Aims To Rehire Most Disaster-Response Employees It Fired Months Ago [33]

"The agency is planning to bring back most of the staffers from the Cadre of On-Call Response and Recovery who were terminated as part of Kristi Noem’s plans to cut the agency."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [34], 05/01/2026
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Brazil Prosecutors Sue Meatpacker JBS Over Beef Tied To Slavery-Like Labor [35]

"Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions."

Agriculture [24]
Environmental Justice [16]
Food [36]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [12]
South America [37]
Source: AP [38], 04/30/2026
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Calif. Will Soon Have 300+ Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water? [39]

"A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
California [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 04/30/2026
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Federal Judge Could Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Access To La. Slave Burial Sites [42]

"Formosa Plastics asked U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its ownership of the Buena Vista burial site in St. James Parish."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: Verite News [44], 04/30/2026
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For 35 Years, This Black Illinois Town Has Been Told Its Sewage Crisis Isn’t Real [45]

"Residents proved their tap water carries sewage and bacteria. Federal funding dried up anyway."

Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [10]
Waste [46]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
Source: Capital B [48], 04/30/2026
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"Ex-Sierra Club Chief Of Staff Sues Ben Jealous For Sexual Harassment" [49]

"The former chief of staff of one of the nation’s most prominent environmental groups has sued her ex-boss, accusing him of sexual harassment and the organization of retaliating against her."

Activism [50]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [51], 04/30/2026
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