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California Will Get $540 Million For Water Projects, Trump Admin Announces [1]

"Trump administration announced it will spent $540 million on California water infrastructure, focusing on deteriorating Central Valley canals damaged by sinking ground"

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Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
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National (U.S.) [8]
California [9]
Source: LA Times [10], 03/19/2026
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"Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms" [11]

"Proposed settlements would block wind farms off New York State and North Carolina, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [17], 03/18/2026
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Okla. Found 100s Of Waste Wells Violating Rules. Then It Ignored Findings. [18]

"Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act."

Chemicals [19]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
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Pollution [15]
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Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: The Frontier [24], 03/18/2026
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Dams Full Of Toxic Mining Waste, Dotted Around The World, Often Burst [25]

"As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back mining waste in Zambia’s copper belt in February 2025, more than 50m cubic litres of acid and heavy metals poured into the Chambishi stream – a tributary of the Kafue River, the country’s longest waterway."

Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [19]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [28]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [15]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
International [30]
Source: Guardian [31], 03/16/2026
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Energy Secretary Directs Oil Company To Restore Operations Off California [32]

"U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act."

Disasters [27]
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California [9]
Source: AP [34], 03/16/2026
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Ruptured Pipe That Leaked Raw Waste Into The Potomac Is Back In Operation [35]

"The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River returned to operation Saturday after the completion of emergency repairs."

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: AP [38], 03/16/2026
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Construction Finishes On A Major Offshore Wind Farm, Despite Trump [39]

"Construction is finished on a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm, the first project to reach this stage during President Donald Trump’s time in office.:

Climate Change [12]
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Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [5]
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Water & Oceans [6]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [40], 03/16/2026
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"Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan" [41]

"The Trump administration on Friday approved a $5 billion oil drilling project in ultradeep waters of the Gulf of Mexico over protests from Democrats and environmental activists who said the venture posed significant risks to wildlife and communities."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: NYTimes [43], 03/16/2026
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"Illinois To Data Centers: Bring Your Own Renewables And Skip The Line" [44]

"Proposed legislation offers perks for data centers that invest in clean energy. A broad coalition supports the bill, but details still need to be hammered out."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
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Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Source: Canary Media [46], 03/13/2026
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"Big Bend Wall Opponents Ask Congress To Block Funds" [47]

"In a map update posted last month to U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s website, the agency charted a major expansion of the border wall. It included terrain belonging to one of America’s most iconic wild areas, Big Bend National Park, an 800,000-acre desert landscape that includes the entire Chisos mountain range and more than 100 miles of the Rio Grande."

Biodiversity [26]
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Infrastructure [5]
People & Population [48]
Water & Oceans [6]
Wildlife [49]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Public Domain [50], 03/13/2026
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