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"Trump Topples $1 Billion Columbia River Settlement Deal" [1]

"President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the federal government must pull out of a settlement agreement that had halted the long-running legal battle over 14 dams in the Pacific Northwest, reopening a fight over the future of fish populations in the Columbia River Basin."

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Source: E&E News [13], 06/16/2025

"The River That Came Back To Life: A Journey Down The Reborn Klamath" [14]

"Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery"

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Source: Guardian [19], 06/11/2025

"US Woman Brings First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Big Oil" [20]

"A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave."

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Source: Guardian [26], 05/30/2025

Manitoba Declares A State Of Emergency Over Wildfires As Thousands Flee [27]

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help. ... The fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee."

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Source: AP [30], 05/29/2025

Doge Cuts Could Wreck The Cleanup Of Wartime Nuclear Waste At Hanford, Wa. [31]

"Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk"

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Source: Guardian [34], 05/20/2025

Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks [35]

With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.

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Trump Tariffs Blow Up Long U.S.-Canada Environmental Partnership [43]

As trade wars loom with U.S. allies, including our neighbors to the north and south, another kind of long-standing relationship is under threat — the environmental partnership between the United States and Canada. A Backgrounder Analysis examines deep-rooted ties over energy, water and timber. Does the brewing conflict over trade mean the long bonds over the environment have been broken?

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"Inside The Fight To Save California’s Dying Sea Lions From Toxic Algae" [51]

"An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds"

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Source: Guardian [53], 04/15/2025

Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels [54]

To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.

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"Grieving Killer Whale Who Carried Calf’s Body Spotted Again With Dead Baby" [62]

"An apparently grieving killer whale who swam more than 1,000 miles pushing the body of her dead newborn has lost another calf and is again carrying the body, a development researchers say is a “devastating” loss for the ailing population."

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Source: Guardian [63], 01/03/2025

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