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"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [9]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [17]
Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 01/13/2026
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Judge Allows Offshore Wind Farm To Keep Building After Trump Opposition [26]

"A federal judge on Monday temporarily allowed an offshore wind farm to keep building after yet another attempt by the Trump administration to halt it."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [30], 01/13/2026
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"Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet" [31]

"By pulling the United States out of the main international climate treaty, seizing Venezuelan crude oil and using government power to resuscitate the domestic coal industry while choking off clean energy, the Trump administration is not just ignoring climate change, it is likely making the problem worse."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [32]
Source: NYTimes [33], 01/13/2026
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High Court Hears Arguments In Suit Over Damage To Louisiana Coast [34]

"The Supreme Court on Monday morning grappled with a dispute in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana over whether oil and gas companies can move a lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for damage to the Louisiana coast to federal court."

Biodiversity [35]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: SCOTUSblog [38], 01/13/2026
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"Trump Administration Moves To Reverse Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters" [39]

"The Trump administration and northeast Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber are taking action to end a 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area that was imposed three years ago under former President Joe Biden."

Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [41]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Source: MPR [43], 01/13/2026
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States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [44]

"The Senate is taking up a spending package passed by the House of Representatives that would cut $125 million in funding promised this year to replace toxic lead pipes. "

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 01/13/2026
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"Congress Is Rejecting Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science" [46]

"Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that President Trump called for last year when planning the government’s current budget." "After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives said they wanted to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [22]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [47], 01/13/2026
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Court Says Trump Illegally Blocked Clean Energy Grants To Dem States [48]

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [49], 01/13/2026
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Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [50]

"Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million; industry soon celebrated a decision to make those on the assembly line work faster."

Agriculture [51]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [52]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [32]
Source: Capital & Main [53], 01/13/2026
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Miccosukee Blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump Blocked Land Return Bill. [54]

"After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship."

Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [20]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [55]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Grist [56], 01/13/2026
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"Big Oil Expresses Tepid Interest As Trump Seeks Deal On Venezuela" [57]

"Major oil firms expressed interest — with reservations — about doing business in Venezuela as President Trump said Friday he’s seeking a deal to decide which companies will drill in the Latin American nation."

Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Military [58]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [32]
Source: The Hill [59], 01/12/2026
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Poor Areas Threatened By Aging Sewers See Crucial Aid Slashed Under Trump [60]

"Yvette Lyles thought of the modest brick ranch home as a Christmas present for her family. It was close to a state park where she and her kids could picnic, fish and enjoy the outdoors. A place to make memories. But she soon learned her southern Illinois community had a big problem: Recurring floods from heavy rains sent untreated sewage into streets, yards and homes where they buckled floors, cracked walls and destroyed belongings."

Consumer [12]
Disasters [61]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [62], 01/12/2026
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"‘Nightmare’ Fight in Coastal Big Oil Suits Reaches Supreme Court" [63]

"Six Louisiana coastal parishes sued Big Oil over the erosion of coastal wetlands a decade ago, but they’re still fighting over what court should hear the case."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [64], 01/12/2026
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"EPA Plans To Give 11 Coal Plants A Free Pass On Toxic Ash Disposal" [65]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to let 11 coal plants dump toxic coal ash into unlined pits until 2031 — a full decade later than allowed under current federal rules."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Waste [66]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Canary Media [67], 01/12/2026
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Texas Enables Petrochemical Expansion as Experts Warn of Health Risks [68]

"Texas is responsible for more greenhouse-gas emissions than Saudi Arabia or the global maritime industry. Its oil, gas and petrochemical operations discharge tens of millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into the air each year, comprising almost one-fifth of such releases in the United States. It is the nation’s top emitter of the carcinogens benzene, ethylene oxide and 1,3-butadiene."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [15]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Public [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [69]
Source: Public Health Watch [70], 01/12/2026
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