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How EPA Ethics Officials Cleared Former Industry Insiders To Be Regulators [9]

"Environmental Protection Agency ethics officials have interpreted impartiality guidelines in a way that has allowed several former industry insiders to oversee dramatic changes to chemical regulations, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 01/20/2026
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"No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, a New Study Finds" [22]

"A scientific review of 43 studies on acetaminophen use during pregnancy concluded that there was no evidence that the painkiller increased the risk of autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Health [23]
Science [24]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [25], 01/20/2026
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"World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law" [26]

"An international agreement to safeguard marine life is now in effect. Known as the High Seas Treaty, it represents the first time that international waters, which lie outside of any country’s jurisdiction and cover nearly half the globe, can be protected."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 01/20/2026
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"How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change" [33]

"Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed."

Climate Change [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [37]
Pollution [18]
Technology [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [38], 01/20/2026
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"Colorado’s Wolves In The Political Crosshairs As Trump Targets The State" [39]

"A program to reintroduce the predators is essentially blocked, with Colorado leaders saying the state is being punished for jailing election denier Tina Peters."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [40]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Wildlife [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 01/20/2026
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"White House Told CBS To Run Trump Interview Unedited Or Get Sued" [44]

"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News to air an interview with President Donald Trump in full or face a lawsuit, according to an audio recording of the exchange reviewed by The Washington Post."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Wildlife [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Source: Washington Post [46], 01/20/2026
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"Zeldin Talks Data Centers, Permitting With House GOP" [47]

"The EPA administrator discussed deregulation and energy demand over lunch with Republicans."

Climate Change [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Technology [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [48], 01/20/2026
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After One Scientist Questions New Microplastics Findings, Others Fire Back [49]

"A prominent scientist criticized microplastics research methods. Others are defending the work."

Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [14]
Food [50]
Health [23]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [51], 01/20/2026
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Study Measures Unequal Toll Of Climate Change In Rio De Janeiro Favelas [52]

"Michele Campos feels like crying every summer when temperatures in Rio de Janeiro climb above 40°C (100°F), heating up the cement that covers every corner of the favela of Chapeu Mangueira where she lives and making life unbearable in her windowless bedroom."

Climate Change [34]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [55]
Infrastructure [37]
People & Population [17]
Public [19]
South America [56]
Source: Reuters [57], 01/20/2026
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"Insured Losses From Wildfire, Storms And Floods Hit Record High Globally" [58]

"Record insured losses from wildfires, storms and floods hit $98 billion globally last year, with L.A. County’s January wildfires the costliest disaster of 2025."

Climate Change [34]
Disasters [53]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Health [14]
People & Population [17]
Public [19]
International [31]
Source: LA Times [59], 01/16/2026
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"Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cut In Half In Trump’s First Year" [60]

"The Trump administration slashed pipeline safety enforcement in 2025, bringing about half the average number of cases as in previous years."

Disasters [53]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [61], 01/16/2026
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Trump DOJ Sues California Over Law Keeping Oil Wells From Homes, Schools [62]

"The Trump administration is suing California over a law that creates a 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals and parks."

Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [63]
Source: LA Times [64], 01/16/2026
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"Pentagon To Overhaul Independent Military Newspaper, Calling It ‘Woke’" [65]

"The Defense Department said it plans to overhaul Stars and Stripes, the storied military newspaper that has long enjoyed editorial independence, to rid it of “woke distractions” and refocus coverage on “warfighting.”"

Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Military [66]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [67], 01/16/2026
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"Why Your Power Bill Is Spiking Faster Than A Nearby Data Center’s" [68]

"As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay."

Climate Change [34]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Technology [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [69], 01/16/2026
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Scientists Call Near-Record Hot Year Warning Of A Shifting, Dangerous Climate [70]

"Earth’s average temperature last year hovered among one of the three hottest on record, while the past three years indicate that warming could be speeding up, international climate monitoring teams reported."

Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [14]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [31]
Source: AP [71], 01/16/2026
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