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  • Mexico’s Push For US Natural Gas Sparks Community Opposition [9]

    "The sun has set and the clouds are washed in purple as Mauricio Contreras and his daughter Eunices head out to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Eunices casts the heavy net for snapper, pollock or cabrilla while her father pilots their small boat."

    Activism [10]
    Climate Change [11]
    Consumer [12]
    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Environmental Health [14]
    Environmental Justice [15]
    People & Population [16]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Mexico [19]
    Source: AP [20], 02/05/2026
    • Read more about Mexico’s Push For US Natural Gas Sparks Community Opposition [9]
  • "Why China Is Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar And Wind Boom" [21]

    "Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world’s largest emitter will reduce carbon emissions enough to limit climate change."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Technology [22]
    Public [17]
    International [23]
    Asia [24]
    Source: AP [25], 02/05/2026
    • Read more about "Why China Is Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar And Wind Boom" [21]
  • "Traveler Special Report: Florida's Ailing Reef" [26]

    "The Florida Reef, heralded in tourist come-ons as a “world-class natural wonderland waiting to be discovered,” is a vast and vibrant underwater world, extending from Atlantic Ocean waters north of Biscayne National Park, arcing south around the bottom of Florida, and swinging into the Gulf of Mexico where Dry Tortugas National Park is mostly submerged."

    Biodiversity [27]
    Climate Change [11]
    Fish & Fisheries [28]
    Pollution [29]
    Water & Oceans [30]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
    Source: National Parks Traveler [32], 02/05/2026
    • Read more about "Traveler Special Report: Florida's Ailing Reef" [26]
  • "Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack" [33]

    "Amid one of the driest winters on record, representatives from seven Western states have less than two weeks to meet an already-delayed federal deadline to find a new way to share the dwindling Colorado River—one that recognizes the megadrought and overconsumption plaguing the basin."

    Agriculture [34]
    Climate Change [11]
    Consumer [12]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    People & Population [16]
    Planning & Growth [37]
    Water & Oceans [30]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Inside Climate News [38], 02/05/2026
    • Read more about "Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack" [33]
  • Trump Admin Uses Mascot Called ‘Coalie’ To Push Dirtiest Fossil Fuel [39]

    "The Trump administration has turned to an unusual weapon in its attempt to resurrect coal mining – a cartoon lump of coal, complete with giant eyes and yellow mining garb, called “Coalie”."

    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Journalism & Media [40]
    Natural Resources [41]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Guardian [42], 02/05/2026
    • Read more about Trump Admin Uses Mascot Called ‘Coalie’ To Push Dirtiest Fossil Fuel [39]
  • "Global Aid Cuts Could Lead To 9.4 Million Deaths By 2030, Study Projects" [43]

    "A new study published Monday in the Lancet puts a number on the potential human toll as the global humanitarian system cracks apart, projecting an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if the current trends persist." "The Lancet study examines how the dismantling of international aid by the U.S. and other countries could undo decades of health gains."

    Disasters [44]
    Environmental Health [14]
    Environmental Justice [15]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Food [45]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    People & Population [16]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    International [23]
    Source: Washington Post [46], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "Global Aid Cuts Could Lead To 9.4 Million Deaths By 2030, Study Projects" [43]
  • "Wildfire Urgency Unites Congress. The ‘Fix Our Forests’ Act Does Not." [47]

    "A House hearing exposed sharp divisions over whether loosening environmental laws and expanding logging will protect communities from catastrophic fires. Scientists urged a shift toward investing in fire-resilient homes and landscapes."

    Biodiversity [27]
    Climate Change [11]
    Disasters [44]
    Economy & Business [48]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Forests [49]
    Infrastructure [50]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    People & Population [16]
    Planning & Growth [37]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Inside Climate News [51], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "Wildfire Urgency Unites Congress. The ‘Fix Our Forests’ Act Does Not." [47]
  • "Staff Exodus, Case Gridlock: DOJ Environment Division Under Trump 2.0" [52]

    "One year after President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, at least a third of the lawyers on staff at the Justice Department’s environment division have walked out the door, gutting the government’s capacity to defend its own energy and climate policies and kneecapping its power to keep polluters in check."

    Environmental Health [14]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Government [53]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    Natural Resources [41]
    People & Population [16]
    Policy [54]
    Pollution [29]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: E&E News [55], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "Staff Exodus, Case Gridlock: DOJ Environment Division Under Trump 2.0" [52]
  • "What One Year Of Trump’s Climate Censorship Reveals" [56]

    "President Donald Trump has gone beyond policy overhauls to fundamentally alter the way the government talks about climate change and the environment, limiting or outright deleting countervailing language and evidence during the first year of his second term in office."

    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Environmental Health [14]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Journalism & Media [40]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Context [57], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "What One Year Of Trump’s Climate Censorship Reveals" [56]
  • "Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels" [58]

    "While record snowfall and single-digit temperatures pummel much of the United States, an extreme snow drought and unusually warm weather are keeping skiers off the mountains, snowmobilers off the trails and water out of the rivers across much of the West."

    Agriculture [34]
    Climate Change [11]
    People & Population [16]
    Water & Oceans [30]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: NYTimes [59], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels" [58]
  • "How Iowa Has Turned Against Wind" [60]

    "Facing staunch local opposition and federal roadblocks, a new wind project in Iowa is teetering on the brink, despite growing power demand."

    Agriculture [34]
    Climate Change [11]
    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Infrastructure [50]
    People & Population [16]
    Technology [22]
    Public [17]
    Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [61]
    Source: Inside Climate News [62], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "How Iowa Has Turned Against Wind" [60]
  • "Colorado Co-ops To Trump: Let Us Close Our Aging Coal Plant" [63]

    "Tri-State and Platte River become the first utilities to challenge Trump’s emergency stay-open orders for coal plants, citing the cost to customers."

    Climate Change [11]
    Consumer [12]
    Economy & Business [48]
    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Environmental Health [14]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Infrastructure [50]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    Pollution [29]
    Technology [22]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Canary Media [64], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "Colorado Co-ops To Trump: Let Us Close Our Aging Coal Plant" [63]
  • "EV Charging Program Faces the Axe in Budget Bill" [65]

    "A budget bill moving through Congress this week would defund a 5-year-old program designed to expand electric-vehicle charging stations."

    Economy & Business [48]
    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Infrastructure [50]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    Technology [22]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Source: Inside Climate News [66], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "EV Charging Program Faces the Axe in Budget Bill" [65]
  • NYC Congestion Pricing Improves Air Quality, but Trump Threatens Its Future [67]

    "A toll program in New York City has resulted in environmental gains across all five boroughs. The Trump administration is seeking to end it."

    Air [68]
    Climate Change [11]
    Consumer [12]
    Energy & Fuel [13]
    Environmental Health [14]
    Environmental Politics [35]
    Government [53]
    Laws & Regulations [36]
    People & Population [16]
    Pollution [29]
    Transportation [69]
    Public [17]
    Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [70]
    Source: Inside Climate News [71], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about NYC Congestion Pricing Improves Air Quality, but Trump Threatens Its Future [67]
  • "As the Arctic Grows Noisier, Narwhals Are Becoming Quieter" [72]

    "Scientists say increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales’ ability to hunt and communicate. To protect the animals, conservation groups are urging the International Maritime Organization to instate mandatory measures to reduce underwater noise."

    Biodiversity [27]
    Climate Change [11]
    Environmental Studies [73]
    Infrastructure [50]
    Technology [22]
    Water & Oceans [30]
    Public [17]
    National (U.S.) [18]
    Antarctica & Arctic [74]
    Source: Inside Climate News [75], 02/04/2026
    • Read more about "As the Arctic Grows Noisier, Narwhals Are Becoming Quieter" [72]

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