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Congress’ Latest Spending Package Spares Environment, Energy Agencies [9]

"Congressional appropriators’ latest bipartisan spending package, unveiled Monday, would reduce funding for a host of energy and environment programs while rejecting the Trump administration’s requests for even greater cuts."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [18], 01/07/2026
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Under Order, EPA Says It Will Propose Drinking Water Limit For Perchlorate [19]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so wouldn’t significantly benefit public health and that it was acting only because a court ordered it."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [23], 01/07/2026
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"House Will Vote Thursday To Override Trump Veto of 2 GOP-Backed Bills" [24]

"The House will vote Thursday to override two vetoes by President Donald Trump of GOP-backed bills, according to three people granted anonymity to share scheduling plans not yet made public."

Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Politico [26], 01/07/2026
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"Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Relies On Oil Boom For Payback" [27]

"A global crude glut complicates the president’s plans to “get reimbursed for everything that we spend” in the South American petrostate, whose leader was captured by the U.S. on Saturday."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Military [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [30]
Source: E&E News [31], 01/07/2026
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"Ohio’s Largest Utility Pushes To Slash Rooftop Solar Compensation" [32]

"The state’s Public Utilities Commission will decide this year whether to keep its solar net-metering rules in place or to dilute them, per AEP Ohio’s request."

Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: Canary Media [34], 01/07/2026
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"Is The US Headed Toward An Electricity Crisis Of Its Own Making?" [35]

"Trump administration policies and AI needs are fueling a growing mismatch between energy supply and demand. That’s a huge problem, but there may be a way out."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [36], 01/07/2026
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"Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida" [37]

"Scientists warn that a proposed expansion of Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to corals in the U.S., including some of the only remaining endangered staghorn corals that survived a record-breaking heat wave."

Biodiversity [38]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 01/07/2026
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Loosely Regulated Petrochemical Barge Industry Commandeers a Texas River [41]

"Over the past 30 years, federal and state agencies in Texas have allowed hundreds of oil and chemical barges to amass in a once-tranquil section of the San Jacinto River, just east of Houston." "People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the buildup."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Public Health Watch [43], 01/07/2026
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Rare Whale Is Having Good Season For Births, But Might Still Go Extinct [44]

"One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction. The North Atlantic right whale’s population numbers an estimated 384 animals and is slowly rising after several years of decline."

Biodiversity [38]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [45], 01/07/2026
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Lansing Could Get A "Bubble Barrier" To Clean Grand River Plastic Pollution [46]

"Researchers at Grand Valley State University and Michigan State University are collaborating to find out if a “bubble barrier” would effectively collect trash in the Grand River."

Fish & Fisheries [47]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: WKAR [48], 01/07/2026
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"U.S. Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Recommends Fewer Shots" [49]

"The Trump administration is overhauling the list of routine shots recommended for all babies and children in the United States, bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and delivering on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-standing goals to upend the nation’s pediatric vaccine schedule."

Activism [50]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Health [51]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [52]
Science [53]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [54], 01/06/2026
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"Donald Trump Says He Spoke to Oil Companies Before Venezuela Action" [55]

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had spoken to 'all' of the oil firms before the raid took place, without specifying what these conversations involved.

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [56]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
South America [57]
Source: Newsweek [58], 01/06/2026
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"Trump Has Left The US Less Prepared For Natural Disasters, Experts Say" [59]

"Donald Trump has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, according to emergency management experts."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [60]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [61]
People & Population [52]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [62], 01/06/2026
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"AI Data Boom In Mexico Fuels Rise In Dirty Energy" [63]

"A boom in U.S. data centres is devouring fossil fuels in Mexico - and hitting locals with power cuts and pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [52]
Pollution [15]
Technology [64]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mexico [65]
Source: Context [66], 01/06/2026
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"Critical Mineral Bauxite Boom Pollutes Water And Crops In Guinea" [67]

"In West Africa's Guinea, villagers say mining for the critical mineral bauxite has polluted water and decreased crop yields."

Chemicals [20]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [25]
Natural Resources [68]
Pollution [15]
Waste [69]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
International [30]
Africa [70]
Source: Context [71], 01/06/2026
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