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Unpacking Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis [1]

Puerto Rico is suffering from months of water rationing. But for journalists to fully cover this many-layered water story requires a real understanding of how the U.S. territory's politics and history have brought it to this crossroads, argues columnist Yessenia Funes. That, plus a capacity to listen to affected communities, report on solutions and consider partnerships with local journalists.

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Health [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Policy [11]
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New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects [15]

"[T]he EPA is moving forward with revisions to a separate set of Clean Water Act regulations that would limit state and tribal authority over waterways—especially when it comes to weighing in on major energy projects like oil and gas pipelines, export terminals and hydropower dams."

Activism [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 09/03/2026
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Almost Half World’s Farmers Poisoned By Pesticides Every Year: Experts [26]

"Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [29]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [22]
Science [30]
Technology [23]
Public [14]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 09/03/2026
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NPR Spent 2 Years Tracking US Deaths From Heat, A Staggering Hidden Toll [33]

"Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat."

Climate Change [34]
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Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NPR [36], 09/03/2026
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Smithsonian Changes Course, Will Put Latino Museum In Existing Building [37]

"The Smithsonian Institution announced Monday that it will put its National Museum of the American Latino in a 145-year-old building on the National Mall instead of constructing a new one."

Diversity [38]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [39], 09/02/2026
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The CDC Hasn’t Added 2 Deaths To Its Measles Database. Here’s Why. [40]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two deaths reported by Pennsylvania from its weekly updates of a national measles death tally, a decision that came from new CDC director Erica Schwartz, according to three former and current officials familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation."

Conflict/Corruption [41]
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Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [10]
Science [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 09/01/2026
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Secretive Deals May Cut Billions From US Global Health Spending: Analysis [44]

"The Trump administration is working to cut global health funding to developing nations by tens of billions of dollars by 2030, according to a new analysis of the secretive agreements U.S. officials have pursued with more than a dozen governments to date."

Agriculture [27]
Conflict/Corruption [41]
Consumer [45]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [29]
Health [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [10]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [31]
Source: Washington Post [46], 09/01/2026
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Trump DOT Moves To Relax Fuel Efficiency Standards For Commercial Trucks [47]

"The Trump administration on Friday moved to relax fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [34]
Conflict/Corruption [41]
Consumer [45]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Transportation [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [49], 08/31/2026
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A Hard-Won Rule to Cut Chemical Plant Pollution Is Being Unraveled [50]

"In 2024, the Biden administration enacted wide-ranging regulations to protect communities near petrochemical plants from air toxics. The Trump administration has since granted exemptions to scores of polluting facilities and is working to rewrite the long-awaited rule."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [51], 08/28/2026
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Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects [52]

"A handful of mega data center projects would emit over 100 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, an enormous amount roughly equal to the annual emissions of a mid-sized industrialized country."

Air [53]
Climate Change [34]
Conflict/Corruption [41]
Consumer [45]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Planning & Growth [54]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [14]
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Source: Inside Climate News [56], 08/27/2026
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