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Texas Law Against Firms Boycotting Fossil Fuels Declared Unconstitutional [9]

"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."

Activism [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: Texas Tribune [17], 02/06/2026
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Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects [18]

"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 [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [23]
Technology [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [25], 02/06/2026
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"Florida Farm Bill Favors Big Ag Over Free Speech, Opponents Say" [26]

"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."

Agriculture [27]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [30]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: The New Lede [32], 02/06/2026
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"How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA" [33]

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

Activism [10]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [34], 02/06/2026
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"Measles Continues To Spread In The US, But With Some Letup" [35]

"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."

Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Technology [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [38], 02/06/2026
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"U.S. Push for Greenland’s Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities" [39]

"President Trump has made access to Greenland’s vast reserves of critical minerals a focus of ongoing negotiations. But experts say the U.S. is underestimating the difficulties of mining in a rapidly changing Arctic region that is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Natural Resources [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Europe [41]
Source: YaleE360 [42], 02/06/2026
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Michigan Accuses Big Oil Of Fueling Climate Crisis And High Energy Costs [43]

"In first-of-its-kind complaint, state accused four fossil fuel majors and US oil lobbying group of climate disinformation"

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Journalism & Media [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 02/06/2026
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Contradict RFK Jr’s MAHA Promise: Report [46]

"Donald Trump’s aggressive rollback of environmental protections directly contradicts the promises of his “make America healthy again” campaign, according to new research."

Chemicals [47]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [48]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [49], 02/06/2026
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"Study Offers Best Picture Yet Of Sinking Land In Chesapeake Bay Region" [50]

"Scientists have known for years that water levels are rising faster in the Chesapeake Bay region than just about anywhere else in the world — because water is only part of the problem here. The land is also sinking."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Studies [51]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: Bay Journal [54], 02/06/2026
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Olympics Ditch PFAS Waxes — And The ‘Ridiculous’ Speed They Gave Skiers [55]

"After years of concern over so-called “fluoro” waxes, the Milan Cortina Games will be the first Olympics without them."

Chemicals [47]
Public [14]
International [56]
Source: Grist [57], 02/06/2026
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Trump's EPA Issues Record Low Legal Actions Against Polluters: Watchdog [58]

"The Environmental Protection Agency enforces the country's environmental laws. But a new report shows the Trump EPA has initiated a record low number of actions against polluters, compared to past administrations."

Chemicals [47]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [59], 02/05/2026
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"A Dismantling of the Washington Post" [60]

"In a staffwide call with employees Wednesday morning, Matt Murray, the executive editor of the Washington Post, and Wayne Connell, the paper’s chief human resources officer, announced sweeping staff cuts."

Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [61], 02/05/2026
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Study Ties Pollution From Wildfire Smoke To 24,100 US Deaths Per Year [62]

"Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study."

Air [63]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [64]
Environmental Health [21]
Forests [65]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [66], 02/05/2026
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Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Salmon Restoration [67]

"A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy."

Biodiversity [68]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Government [70]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [71]
Source: The Revelator [72], 02/05/2026
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"Energy Star Has Emerged Stronger After Trump's EPA Tried To End It" [73]

"The Trump administration tried to end the government's Energy Star program last year, but now Congress has passed — and President Trump has signed into law — bipartisan budget legislation that has the potential to strengthen the energy efficiency program by giving it dedicated funding."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [74], 02/05/2026
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