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"Mexico To Send Water To Texas Farmers As US Treaty Threat Grows" [7]

"Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted tariff threats by Donald Trump, said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Friday."

Agriculture [8]

Consumer [11]

Environmental Politics [12]

Laws & Regulations [13]

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]

Mexico [5]

Source: Reuters [18], 04/14/2025

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#SEJ2025 — Confronting the Past, Surviving the Future [19]

Next week, hundreds of environmental journalists are expected to gather in Arizona for #SEJ2025, the Society of Environmental Journalists’ expansive annual conference. Co-chair Kendal Blust has highlights of the four-day event, plus how the challenges facing the Southwest are those of communities across the United States, and why now is a critical time for journalists to come together. Read her rundown [19] and register now [20], before the April 16 midnight deadline.

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Agriculture [8]

Energy & Fuel [22]

Environmental Health [23]

Environmental Justice [24]

Environmental Politics [12]

Fish & Fisheries [25]

Food [26]

Government [27]

Health [28]

People & Population [30]

Planning & Growth [31]

Policy [32]

Pollution [33]

Science [34]

Wildlife [35]

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"Water Looms As New Front In Mexico's Trade Negotiations With The U.S" [36]

"Mexican officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to increase the amount of water the country sends to the United States because of growing concern that President Donald Trump could drag a dispute over an 81-year-old water treaty into trade negotiations, according to three sources familiar with the matter."

Agriculture [8]

Infrastructure [37]

Laws & Regulations [13]

Public [3]

Mexico [5]

Source: Reuters [38], 04/11/2025

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"Gray Whales Are Dying Off The Pacific Coast Again. Scientists Unsure Why [39]

"At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow lagoons of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula where the animals gather to calf, nurse and breed. Three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay recently during their migration north, with one showing signs of malnourishment."

Environmental Studies [40]

Wildlife [35]

Public [3]

Mexico [5]

Source: LA Times [41], 04/09/2025

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U.S. Fuel Exports To Profit Industry, Slam Consumers [42]

‘Energy dominance’ is a Trump catchphrase whose meaning may be vague — since the U.S. is already the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas. But one thing that does seem clear, per the new Backgrounder, is that a flood of new U.S. permits to export gas will likely mean higher energy prices for U.S. customers.

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Backgrounders [43]

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Consumer [11]

Energy & Fuel [22]

Environmental Politics [12]

Policy [32]

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Canada [44]

Mexico [5]

Europe [45]

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Public [3]

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More Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves Are Roaming The Southwestern US: Survey [46]

"It is a ritual that takes place every winter — federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are roaming mountain ranges in parts of New Mexico and Arizona." "This year’s count shows the recovery of Mexican wolves is inching forward."

Environmental Studies [40]

Wildlife [35]

Public [3]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]

Mexico [5]

Source: AP [47], 03/05/2025

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SEJ Signs Joint Statement Condemning Recent Government Press Attacks [48]

Feb. 21, 2025 — The Society of Environmental Journalists joined more than 40 organizations to condemn the campaign underway in Washington to penalize independent reporting on the government and to call on the Trump administration to lift its ban on The Associated Press.

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The Forgotten Victims of Hidalgo [49]

Contaminated water sickened thousands of residents near Mexico City for 40 years — even as officials knew they were being poisoned. Then, an investigative news team turned its attention to the polluted region, and produced multiple video and text versions of an award-winning feature focused on the residents’ health, poverty and more. Read a revealing Q&A with investigative producer Carlos Carabaña in the new Inside Story.

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Inside Story [50]

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Chemicals [51]

Environmental Justice [24]

Government [27]

Health [28]

People & Population [30]

Pollution [33]

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Mexico [5]

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Public [3]

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Mexico Orders Factory Cleanup After Guardian Toxic Waste Investigation [53]

"Mexican environmental regulators say they have discovered 30,000 tons of improperly stored material with “hazardous characteristics” in the yard of a Mexican plant that is recycling toxic waste shipped from the US."

Chemicals [51]

Environmental Health [23]

Environmental Justice [24]

Infrastructure [37]

Laws & Regulations [13]

People & Population [30]

Pollution [33]

Waste [52]

Public [3]