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Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All [1]

"For years, economists dismissed collusion as crankery and blamed bird flu for high prices. Then the feds found evidence that could prove the cranks right, and almost nobody noticed."

Agriculture [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Food [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: POLITICO [9], 10/19/2026
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Workers Facing Deadly Heat Borrow From Tomato Pickers To Win Protections [10]

"As efforts to protect people from extreme heat stall, organizers are embracing an approach that targets major brands’ reputations"

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 10/19/2026
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EPA Rollbacks Could Shift Pollution Costs To NC Families, Report Says [17]

"North Carolina families could face longer exposure to contaminated drinking water and power plant pollution as President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) weakens or delays federal safeguards, according to a new report."

Air [18]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: WRAL [22], 10/16/2026
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The Israeli Private Eye at the Heart of a Climate Hacking Scandal [23]

"He’s been linked to someone called “The Hawk.” He named his company “This Isn’t a Dentist’s Office.” The feds say he hacked American environmentalists."

Activism [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [25]
Source: New York Times [26], 10/15/2026
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PFAS Are Silently Poisoning People’s Drinking Water [27]

"Those affected by contamination from "forever chemicals" are left with serious health issues and few answers"

People & Population [6]
Pollution [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Sierra [28], 10/15/2026
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FDA May Allow Some Toxic Chemicals To Be Added To Food Without Safety Review [29]

"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [19]
Food [4]
Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [33], 10/14/2026
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Pacific Region Sets Record For Big, Long-Lasting Storms Thanks To El Niño [34]

"The drumbeat of monster hurricanes in the Pacific has broken a record for nasty long-lasting storms east of the international date line, turbocharged by nature’s supersized El Niño, scientists said."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [35]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
California [36]
International [25]
Source: AP [37], 10/14/2026
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N. Calif. Community Wants Stronger Oversight of Dangerous Refineries Nearby [38]

"Residents of a small San Francisco Bay Area town plagued by refinery accidents came to a community meeting to call for stronger enforcement and transparency about risks."

Chemicals [30]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [20]
Public [7]
California [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 10/13/2026
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In One Historically Black Florida Community, the Drinking Water Is Brown [40]

"In Whitted, testing has confirmed the water is contaminated with arsenic and PFAS/PFOS. An effort to connect the residents to the local water system has moved slowly."

Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Infrastructure [41]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 10/13/2026
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Isaias Makes Landfall Along Central Gulf Coast As Flooding Spread Inland [43]

"Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday evening as a 105-mph Category 2 -- just 6 mph below Category 3 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Isaias will continue to lose wind intensity as it moves over the interior United States. As storm surge flooding and winds subside along the Gulf Coast, torrential rainfall, gusty winds and tornadoes will occur inland this weekend."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [35]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AccuWeather [44], 10/13/2026
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