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Poison at Play: Unsafe Lead Levels Found In Half Of New Orleans Playgrounds [9]

"Verite News tested lead levels at more than 80 parks. Even trace amounts of the toxic metal can cause learning problems and behavioral issues in children."

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Source: Verite News [20], 02/09/2026
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"US EPA Reapproves The Controversial Herbicide Dicamba" [21]

"In a widely expected move, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the pesticide dicamba, an herbicide used on genetically modified crops including corn, cotton and soybeans that is prone to far-reaching drift and linked to crop damages."

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Source: The New Lede [26], 02/09/2026
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Hong Kong Court Jails Media Tycoon, British Citizen Jimmy Lai For 20 Years [27]

"A Hong Kong court jailed pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai for 20 years on Monday after he was found guilty of national security offences last December"

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Source: BBC News [33], 02/09/2026
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"Climate ‘Superfund’ Bills Spread Nationwide, Despite Legal Battles" [34]

"Climate “superfund” bills, based on the principle that oil companies should pay costs associated with climate change, are gaining ground in state legislatures around the country."

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Source: NYTimes [36], 02/09/2026
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"The US Lost $35B In Clean Energy Projects Last Year" [37]

"A new report indicates that Trump administration policies led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs."

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Source: Grist [41], 02/09/2026
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Torrance Residents Urge Ban Of ‘Flesh-Eating’ Chemical Used At Refinery [42]

"Residents and advocates gathered Saturday to demand the ban of a chemical that’s used at a Torrance oil refinery and that they say has the potential to cause a mass casualty disaster."

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Source: LA Times [44], 02/09/2026
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Outrage After Congress Votes To Slash $125M To Replace Toxic Lead Pipes [45]

"Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardest"

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Water & Oceans [46]
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Source: Guardian [47], 02/09/2026
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"EPA Delays Coal Ash and Groundwater Monitoring Requirements" [48]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a final rule pushing back compliance deadlines for coal ash groundwater monitoring and closure reports."

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Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 02/09/2026
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Trump Tried To Gut Science Funding. Courts And Congress Have Rebuffed Him. [50]

"A year ago, federal support for scientific research appeared to be crumbling. But thanks to Congress and several lawsuits, scientists’ worst fears haven’t come to pass."

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Source: NBC News [52], 02/09/2026
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"Are Faked Public Comments About To Tank An Ohio Solar Farm?" [53]

"Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio’s siting board may block the project anyway."

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: Canary Media [55], 02/09/2026
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Texas Law Against Firms Boycotting Fossil Fuels Declared Unconstitutional [56]

"A federal district judge on Wednesday declared a 2021 law restricting state investments in companies boycotting the fossil fuel industry unconstitutional, calling it “facially overbroad” and citing First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns."

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Source: Texas Tribune [58], 02/06/2026
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Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects [59]

"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

Climate Change [35]
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Source: NYTimes [61], 02/06/2026
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"Florida Farm Bill Favors Big Ag Over Free Speech, Opponents Say" [62]

"Advocates for human health and the environment are pushing back against a Florida farm bill that would punish the spread of “false information” about agriculture, decrying a measure they say violates free speech rights and silences public debate about harmful farming practices."

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Source: The New Lede [63], 02/06/2026
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"How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA" [64]

"Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens."

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Source: Columbia Journalism Review [65], 02/06/2026
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"Measles Continues To Spread In The US, But With Some Letup" [66]

"South Carolina's measles outbreak continues to grow, with a total of 876 confirmed cases, which is the biggest outbreak the U.S. has seen in decades. But there are some positive signs in this current outbreak."

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Source: NPR [68], 02/06/2026
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