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Photo Essay: Soaring W.Va. Utility Costs Are Surpassing Rents And Mortgages [1]

"WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — Eric Pinson is obsessed with stacks of electric bills laid out in neat piles on his desk. He runs a camping trailer park in West Virginia not far from a planned data center — all in the shadow of an enormous coal-powered plant that recently received millions in funding from the Trump administration for upgrades.

Consumer [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Source: AP [12], 04/10/2026
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'Climate Change Is Kicking Our Butts.’ March Smashes US Heat Records [13]

"March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [16]
People & Population [8]
Science [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [18]
Source: AP [19], 04/10/2026
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Trump EPA Wants To Gut Rules On Coal Plant Ash That Threatens Groundwater [20]

"The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants."

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [2]
Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [24], 04/10/2026
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"From Digging Coal To Selling Noodles? China’s Mining Workers Face Change" [25]

"Yang Haiming didn’t stop working when he retired from the coal mines at age 60. Instead, he jumped into a new industry."

Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Food [27]
People & Population [8]
Public [9]
Asia [28]
Source: AP [29], 04/09/2026
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Endangered Salmon Returned To Calif. Far North — Then The Money Dried Up [30]

"Newsom promised to help a Native tribe restore sacred salmon to their ancestral river. Now California is ending the funding. The fish made it back to their ancestral waters for the first time in 80 years — so why is California walking away now?"

Biodiversity [31]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
People & Population [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [33]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [9]
California [34]
Source: CalMatters [35], 04/09/2026
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"After Harsh Winter, Ukrainians Find Joy In Releasing Bats Rescued From War" [36]

"As night falls over a nature park on the edge of Kyiv, children crowd around volunteers who carefully open cloth bags and release bats into the twilight."

Biodiversity [31]
People & Population [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [33]
Wildlife [37]
Public [9]
Europe [38]
Source: AP [39], 04/09/2026
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"EPA Chief Praises Group For Opposing Government Action On Climate Change" [40]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote speech at a Wednesday meeting of the Heartland Institute, a group that challenges the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change’s harmful impacts and the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions that cause it."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [42], 04/09/2026
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Alabama Enacts Utility Regulation Bill Many Say Is a Win For Alabama Power [43]

"The legislation was weakened so significantly its original sponsor ultimately voted against it. Alabamians say they’ll continue to push for real reform."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [2]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 04/09/2026
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"Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers" [47]

"Dwindling levels in this region’s main reservoirs have triggered a rush on local aquifers as cities, towns, chemical plants and ranchers drill for water."

Agriculture [48]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [2]
Disasters [15]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 04/09/2026
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"California Bill Aims to Keep Toxic PFAS off Its Crops" [51]

"The nation’s top agricultural producer could ban pesticides with PFAS after researchers found the “forever chemicals” on 40 percent of the conventional produce grown in the state."

Agriculture [48]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [16]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
California [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 04/09/2026
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