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"Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits" [1]

"President Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at spurring the domestic production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller that has figured in health lawsuits."

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Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
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Pollution [8]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [12], 02/20/2026
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"Pesticide Use And Cancer Risk Rise Together Across America’s Heartland" [13]

"America’s farmers and farmworkers, their families and neighbors, are being diagnosed with cancer at rates higher than the national average. A growing body of research indicates that pesticides are partly to blame."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Investgate Midwest [15], 02/20/2026
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Doctors, Scientists and Kids Sue EPA for Backtracking on Climate Regs [16]

"Two lawsuits filed Wednesday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals mark the beginning of a rocky legal road for the Environmental Protection Agency following its reversal of a 2009 rule underpinning federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 02/20/2026
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"E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show" [19]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that can impair babies’ brain development, internal agency documents show."

Air [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [22], 02/20/2026
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Climate Change Threatens Winter Olympics’ Future – And Snowmaking Has Limits [23]

"Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace."

Climate Change [17]
People & Population [14]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [10]
International [25]
Source: The Conversation [26], 02/19/2026
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What’s Behind Your Eye-Popping Power Bill? We Broke It Down By Region. [27]

"The culprit depends on where you live — but it’s probably not data centers (yet)."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [29]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [30]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Grist [31], 02/19/2026
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"The Quest To Warn Everyone On Earth About Deadly Weather" [32]

"In November 2025, a massive storm rolled across the lower Mekong River delta, dumping multiple inches of rain onto the wide, flat river plain that covers much of Cambodia."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [34]
People & Population [14]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [10]
International [25]
Source: NPR [35], 02/19/2026
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"FDA Reverses Course And Will Review Moderna’s mRNA-Based Flu Shot" [36]

"The Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine under a revised approach, company and federal officials said Wednesday."

Consumer [37]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [38]
People & Population [14]
Science [39]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [40], 02/19/2026
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"Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight" [41]

"A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for the contamination on Monday."

Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: NYTimes [43], 02/19/2026
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"How The NRC Lost Its Independence" [44]

"One year ago, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was an independent agency, setting safety standards without White House interference. Those days are over."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [45]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [46], 02/19/2026
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