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"Colorado Co-ops To Trump: Let Us Close Our Aging Coal Plant" [1]

"Tri-State and Platte River become the first utilities to challenge Trump’s emergency stay-open orders for coal plants, citing the cost to customers."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Canary Media [14], 02/04/2026
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"Forever Stained" [15]

"How a SC riverkeeper’s detective work reveals a deeper tale about the carpet industry's PFAS legacy"

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Charleston Post and Courier [20], 02/03/2026
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Wisconsin Town's New Plant Removes Detectable PFAS In Drinking Water [21]

"After a year of production, the village of Rothschild has a new water treatment facility that is now fully operational. This facility is actively working to decrease the levels of PFAS in the community's drinking water. Village Administrator Ryan VanDeWalle said that PFAS levels are now down to "non-detectable or non-traceable" levels."

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Infrastructure [8]
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Water & Oceans [18]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Source: WAOW [23], 01/30/2026
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"EPA To Roll Back ‘Good Neighbor’ Rule On Downwind Smokestack Pollution [24]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states."

Air [25]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [26], 01/29/2026
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Europe’s Supermarkets Packed With ‘Misleading’ Claims About Recycled Plastic [27]

"Europe’s supermarket shelves are packed with brands billing their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are truly recovered from waste, with the rest made from petroleum." "Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based".

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
Europe [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 01/29/2026
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"One Of The Worst Parts Of Owning An EV Is Quickly Getting Better" [31]

"Even as electric vehicle sales slump, the U.S. fast-charging network grew over 30 percent last year, a new report shows."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Infrastructure [8]
Technology [11]
Transportation [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [33], 01/29/2026
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Appeals Court Blocks EPA Motion to Strike Some Drinking Water PFAS Regs [34]

"A federal appeals court has rejected the EPA’s motion to strike portions of the agency’s Biden-era regulations for PFAS in drinking water."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Circle of Blue [36], 01/28/2026
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"Syngenta Settles Bellwether US Trial Over Paraquat Links To Parkinson’s" [37]

"On the eve of the opening of what would have been a bellwether US trial over allegations that a widely used weed killer causes Parkinson’s disease, paraquat-maker Syngenta reached a settlement with the retired landscaper who blamed the company for his diagnosis with the incurable brain disease."

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [16]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The New Lede [39], 01/28/2026
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Amsterdam Defies Lobbying to Become 1st Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads [40]

"Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads through local law."

Activism [41]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Food [42]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [12]
Europe [29]
Source: DeSmog [43], 01/27/2026
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New ExxonMobil Climate Accounting Again Blames Consumers, Not Corporation [44]

"For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution."

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International [45]
Source: DeSmog [46], 01/27/2026
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