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"Oil Tops $100 Per Barrel As Iran War Escalates" [1]

"Oil prices on Sunday crossed into triple digits for the first time since 2022 — a stark sign of how the Iran war is throttling global supplies and raising consumers' costs."

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Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Military [7]
Transportation [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [12]
Middle East [13]
Source: Axios [14], 03/09/2026
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Big Tech Signs Trump Data Center Pledge. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part. [15]

"In an effort to quell blowback on data centers, President Donald Trump announced at a White House roundtable on Wednesday the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a set of nonbinding promises that Big Tech companies signed to keep household utility bills from skyrocketing."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 03/06/2026
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"Clean Energy Dominates Plans For New U.S. Power Plants This Year" [18]

"Each year around this time, the federal government releases its expectations for new power plant construction. The latest data drop shows clean energy is going to dominate this year, just as it has for many years running. Even as the Trump administration has employed novel and at times legally dubious means to block renewable energy growth, the power sector keeps choosing clean energy again and again — attracted by its low costs, speed to build, and climate and environmental benefits."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Pollution [20]
Technology [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [22], 03/06/2026
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Bill Gates–Backed Nuclear Power Plant Just Got Cleared To Start Building [23]

"TerraPower, a Bill Gates–backed nuclear power start-up, received the federal green light to start building a power plant in Wyoming. The approval paves the way for the first new commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. in nearly a decade."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Source: Scientific American [27], 03/05/2026
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Dayton Sues Airbase To Pay More Than $300M To Remove PFAS From City Water [28]

"The city of Dayton anticipates spending hundreds of millions of dollars to remove PFAS from its drinking water. The city recently filed a new lawsuit claiming Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is liable for the costs."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [30]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: 7 [33], 03/05/2026
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"Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump" [34]

"As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states."

Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
People & Population [31]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 03/04/2026
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Is Your Data Center Getting A Big Discount On Electricity? That’s Redacted [36]

"The surge of new data center development is making people worried. How much energy and water will these resource-hungry centers consume? Will they drive new fossil fuel pollution? How much will household electricity prices go up? These questions have answers, but in many cases, the details of new data centers are blocked from public view."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [38], 03/04/2026
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"AI: Does Not Compute" [39]

"Building fossil-fuel infrastructure to power data centers is a poor bet. Renewables are by far the cheaper, faster choice."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [20]
Technology [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [40], 03/03/2026
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Renewable Job Training Makes the Grade at Community Colleges [41]

Jobs are relatively plentiful in green energy fields, whether in solar, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency, storage or hydro. To get at the trend, environmental journalists can check in with area community colleges, many of which offer technical training — and local stories. TipSheet has a closer look at the phenomenon, with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources for your coverage.

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Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [37]
Natural Resources [43]
Planning & Growth [44]
Policy [45]
Technology [21]
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Army Corps Project Could Wipe Out One Of Florida’s Last Thriving Coral Reefs [46]

"The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades."

Biodiversity [47]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Infrastructure [6]
Transportation [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 03/02/2026
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