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Scientists Call Near-Record Hot Year Warning Of A Shifting, Dangerous Climate [9]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [16], 01/16/2026
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US Makes $500M Venezuelan Oil Deal; Some Proceeds Headed To Qatari Bank [17]

"The Trump administration has completed its first Venezuelan oil sale, valued at $500 million, an administration official confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. "

Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Military [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
South America [20]
Source: The Hill [21], 01/16/2026
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"New York Offshore Wind Project Allowed to Restart Construction — for Now" [22]

"A federal judge issued a temporary injunction, allowing the developer of Empire Wind, an offshore wind project off the coast of Long Island, to resume construction after the Trump administration suspended work there in late December."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 01/16/2026
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"Built To Last: The Enduring Legacy Of The Endangered Species Act" [29]

"As the son of a popular Michigan Congressman, John Dingell, Jr., grew up accustomed to being around power brokers and deal-makers. In 1938, at the tender age of 12, he began working as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives, long before he would succeed his father and launch his own distinguished Congressional career. But it was the time he spent with his father in the woods, not the U.S. Capitol, that had the most lasting impact."

Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Wildlife [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: National Parks Traveler [32], 01/16/2026
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"At Detroit Auto Show, Spotlight Dims For EVs" [33]

"At the North American International Auto Show, tires squeal as gearheads put shiny new vehicles through their paces on a pair of indoor tracks that sprawl across the event space. One of those tracks used to be set aside exclusively for electric vehicles as U.S. automakers sought to quickly build out the cars of the future."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [36]
Technology [37]
Transportation [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [39], 01/16/2026
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"FBI Executes Search Warrant At Washington Post Reporter’s Home" [40]

"The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials."

Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [41], 01/15/2026
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Kitchen Countertop Workers Are Dying. Lawmakers Want To Ban Their Suits [42]

"An epidemic of a deadly lung disease among hundreds of workers who cut kitchen and bathroom countertops has regulators on opposite sides of the country considering two drastically different responses this week."

Air [43]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [36]
Technology [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [46], 01/15/2026
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"What A Fracking-Waste Dispute Says About Ohio’s Energy Double Standard" [47]

"Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state defers to local opponents of clean energy."

Chemicals [48]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Source: Canary Media [50], 01/15/2026
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Kennedy and Fluoridated Water Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Sources [51]

"Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating barriers to these very products."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [52], 01/15/2026
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"Maine Adopts Tougher Limits On PFAS In Drinking Water" [53]

"The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the state limit on forever chemicals, or PFAS, in drinking water to align with rigorous federal standards established by the Biden administration."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Source: Portland Press Herald [54], 01/15/2026
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"Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World" [55]

"What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. Turns out, the fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet. That’s because of the one thing that Greenland is quickly losing: ice."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [56]
Environmental Politics [23]
Military [19]
People & Population [45]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Antarctica & Arctic [57]
Europe [58]
Source: NYTimes [59], 01/15/2026
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Iran’s Regime Has Survived War. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down. [60]

"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 [61]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [56]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [62]
Infrastructure [24]
Natural Resources [63]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
Middle East [64]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 01/15/2026
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‘Bombshell’: Doubt Cast On Discovery Of Microplastics Throughout Human Body [66]

"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 [48]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [36]
Science [67]
Public [13]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [68], 01/15/2026
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Wyoming County Approves What Could Become the Largest Data Center in US [69]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Planning & Growth [70]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [71]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 01/15/2026
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House Passes Bill Codifying Trump Order To Rinse Away Showerhead Rule [73]

"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 [34]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [74], 01/15/2026
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