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Iran’s Regime Has Survived War. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down. [9]

"Decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Middle East [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 01/15/2026
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‘Bombshell’: Doubt Cast On Discovery Of Microplastics Throughout Human Body [21]

"High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist called the concerns 'a bombshell.'"

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [25]
Public [18]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 01/15/2026
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Wyoming County Approves What Could Become the Largest Data Center in US [28]

"Wyoming is poised to become an artificial-intelligence powerhouse after Laramie County commissioners last week unanimously voted to move forward with the construction of a 1.8 gigawatt data center designed to eventually scale up to 10 gigawatts, which would be the largest single AI campus in the U.S. "

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 01/15/2026
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House Passes Bill Codifying Trump Order To Rinse Away Showerhead Rule [35]

"The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday advanced legislation aimed at fulfilling President Donald Trump’s long-running desire to “make showers great again” by voting to loosen federal efficiency standards for showerheads."

Consumer [36]
Environmental Politics [37]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: AP [38], 01/15/2026
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"EPA Plans To Curb States’ Clean Water Act Permitting Power" [39]

"The Trump administration issued a proposal Tuesday that would clamp down on state water quality reviews and veto authority under the Clean Water Act."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [41]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: E&E News [42], 01/14/2026
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"Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments" [43]

"Nearly one-quarter of the associate justice’s $1 million in individual stock holdings are in fossil fuel companies."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [30]
People & Population [44]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 01/14/2026
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"Detroiters Grapple With Unknowns As Lead, Arsenic Found At Demo Sites" [46]

"Arsenic and lead are among the contaminants found at dozens of Detroit neighborhood demolition sites, according to the first round of test results released by the city late last month amid state and local investigations — at least one criminal — into potentially toxic dirt used as backfill across hundreds of vacant lots."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [40]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [24]
Waste [47]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Source: Detroit Free Press [49], 01/14/2026
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"Gaza’s Living Conditions Worsen As Strong Winds And Hypothermia Kill 5" [50]

"Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four people, hospital authorities said Tuesday."

Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Military [51]
People & Population [44]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Middle East [19]
Source: AP [52], 01/14/2026
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"US Carbon Emissions Rose In 2025 As Coal Produced More Power" [53]

"The new data bucked the general trend of declining emissions, as booming electricity demand and higher natural gas prices gave coal a temporary opening in the market."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [24]
Technology [54]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Canary Media [55], 01/14/2026
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"As MAHA Wages War On Pesticides, The GOP Is Caught In The Middle" [56]

"The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement’s crusade against pesticides is creating divisions in the Republican Party, as some members back the industry while others stand with MAHA activists."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [22]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: The Hill [57], 01/14/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [58]

"The House passed a bill last week that would “repurpose” $500 million meant for cleaning up environmental and safety hazards caused by decades of coal mining."

Biodiversity [59]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Forests [60]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [44]
Pollution [24]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 01/14/2026
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"North Carolina Pushes Back as EPA Moves To Scale Back PFAS Reporting" [62]

"After decades of PFAS contamination, North Carolina’s attorney general is challenging an EPA proposal to narrow reporting requirements for toxic 'forever chemicals.'"

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Journalism & Media [63]
Laws & Regulations [30]
People & Population [44]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: WRAL [65], 01/14/2026
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"Republicans Resurrect Failed Public Land Sell-Off Scheme" [66]

"The Republican Study Committee on Tuesday published a framework for a second reconciliation package that calls for selling off federal public lands to build housing, adopting a contentious proposal previously championed by Utah Sen. Mike Lee."

Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Forests [60]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [16]
Planning & Growth [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Public Domain [67], 01/14/2026
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Megacity Lagos Reshapes Its Coast By Dredging And Puts Environment At Risk [68]

"Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of its poorest people."

Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Africa [69]
Source: AP [70], 01/14/2026
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"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [71]

"In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show."

Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [37]
Environmental Studies [72]
Health [73]
Laws & Regulations [30]
People & Population [44]
Pollution [24]
Science [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: NYTimes [74], 01/13/2026
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