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Maine Tightens Limits On PFAS In Drinking Water. Are Communities Ready? [1]

"Nearly four dozen water systems that provide drinking water across Maine would be at risk of violating new limits on “forever chemicals” if the state began enforcing updated rules on the toxic substances today, showing how much work they have left to do to meet new requirements."

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Pollution [9]
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Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Source: Maine Monitor [13], 04/21/2026
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"‘The Absolute Edge Of Precedent’: FERC Prepares To Take On Data Centers" [14]

"The commission is pushing to get data centers onto the grid, and fast. The high-stakes move could tip the balance of regulatory power against the states."

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [17]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [18]
Pollution [9]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [21], 04/21/2026
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Trump Interior Dept. Unveils Emergency Plans For Colorado River [22]

"The Trump administration will pull its emergency levers to head off a major water and power crisis." "Interior said it will cut releases out of one of the river’s two main reservoirs, Lake Powell, to the minimum amount legally allowed — 6 million acre-feet — between now and October."

Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [17]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [26], 04/21/2026
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Green Group Warns Potomac Is Nation's Most Endangered River [27]

"The Potomac River, otherwise known as “the nation’s river,” has been named the most endangered river in the country, following a massive sewage spill earlier this year and the ongoing buildout of thirsty data centers across the watershed."

Biodiversity [24]
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Climate Change [15]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [4]
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Fish & Fisheries [28]
Infrastructure [6]
Pollution [9]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Virginia Mercury [31], 04/21/2026
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"Environmental Groups Sue to Block BP’s Plan to Drill in Deep Gulf Waters" [32]

"Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday to stop the British oil giant BP, which operated the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform that exploded in 2010, from starting a new $5 billion drilling project in ultra-deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [25]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Health [34]
Infrastructure [6]
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People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
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National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 04/21/2026
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DOJ Files Complaint Against DC And Its Sewage Authority For Massive Spill [38]

"The Justice Department filed a complaint Monday in federal court against the city of Washington, D.C., and its water and sewer authority, seeking financial penalties for their role in a leak that led to millions of gallons of raw sewage spilling into the Potomac River."

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: AP [39], 04/21/2026
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Owner of Polluting Plastic Waste Plant Seeks To Build Another [40]

"Belching smoke from a new plastic waste processing plant in central Ohio has stirred opposition to an even larger “chemical recycling” factory planned for Arizona by the same company."

Air [41]
Chemicals [2]
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Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Waste [29]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 04/21/2026
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"The History of Earth Day — and Why It Still Matters" [43]

"Earth Day was born in 1970 during a moment of human solidarity in troubled times. Violent Vietnam war protests, burning Black communities and girdles and bras publicly trashed by feminists spoke of great social divides." "Fifty-six years after the first one rallied 20 million people across America, “we need to do things that make us feel more powerful.”"

Activism [44]
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Journalism & Media [45]
People & Population [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 04/20/2026
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Pollution Persists in Florida Everglades Despite 40-Year Effort: Report [47]

"Florida’s fragile Everglades are not on track to meet a new water quality standard set to take effect next month, even after nearly 40 years of costly restoration work aimed at addressing pollution in the river of grass, according to a new report."

Biodiversity [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [48]
Planning & Growth [18]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [49]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 04/20/2026
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Water Systems Struggle With Costs And Timelines For Cleaning Up PFAS [51]

"Communities across the US are struggling to cope with impending federal requirements for eradicating two toxic PFAS chemicals from their drinking water systems, utility leaders said at a water policy conference this week."

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National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [52], 04/20/2026
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