"A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling."
"The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior after National Park Service staff removed an exhibit on slavery from the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park."
"This historic storm is will spread destructive ice and heavy snow over 34 states through Monday including the South, Midwest and Northeast."
Outgoing board president Halle Parker reflects on her year leading the organization as her term comes to a close, thanking board members, staff and volunteers for their work during a challenging time for journalism. She highlights key changes aimed at better supporting freelancers and students, notes efforts to strengthen representation and community within SEJ and looks ahead to the organization’s 35th anniversary conference [8] in Chicago. Parker also underscores why recent membership bylaw revisions — approved by members — are critical to SEJ’s future.
"The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed."
"Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday."
"Neither the House nor the Senate included funding for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service in new spending bills. The Interior Department is still forging ahead."
"The Trump administration says the regulation will ease permitting expenses. Utilities say costs could shift to them and their customers."
"New federal decisions remove health protections as Black communities face rising pollution and asthma rates."
"The deep rift between Democrats and Republicans over the future of the nation’s premier chemical safety law was on full display on Thursday in a hearing designed to kickstart legislation that would allow faster federal approvals for new chemicals. "
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[2] https://apnews.com/article/sewage-spill-potomac-river-rupture-c3b5280c943f43ce84b461de44a42337
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/philadelphia-sues-interior-department-over-slavery-exhibit-removal
[4] https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5702955-philadelphia-sues-interior-department-slavery-exhibit/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/winter-storm-spreads-ice-snow-across-dozens-states
[6] https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2026-01-25-winter-storm-fern-south-northeast-snow-ice-storm-forecast
[7] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-presidents-report/thank-you-work-you-do-and-letting-me-serve
[8] http://www.sej2026.org
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/park-service-erases-climate-facts-fort-sumter-where-civil-war-began
[10] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/climate/park-service-erases-climate-facts-at-fort-sumter-where-the-civil-war-began.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interpol-backed-police-arrest-nearly-200-amazon-region-gold-mining-sweep
[12] https://apnews.com/article/illegal-gold-mining-amazon-interpol-mercury-deforestation-56825fd0ef266d3e63d2a8429b89b937
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/congress-has-doubts-about-trump-admin-s-new-wildfire-management-plans
[14] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20012026/todays-climate-united-states-wildland-fire-service-congress/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/water-rule-rollback-stokes-affordability-concerns
[16] https://www.eenews.net/articles/water-rule-rollback-stokes-affordability-concerns/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-rollbacks-put-children-s-health-risk-pollution-increases
[18] https://capitalbnews.org/epa-air-pollution-health-rule-rollback-trump/
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hearing-shows-partisan-rift-over-gop-bill-loosen-chemical-safety-rules
[20] https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/01/tsca-chemical-regulation-epa-house-hearing/
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