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"Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs" [1]

"The ruling is expected to have broad implications for the energy sector."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 02/23/2026
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"E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that can impair babies’ brain development, internal agency documents show."

Air [10]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [15], 02/20/2026
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What’s Behind Your Eye-Popping Power Bill? We Broke It Down By Region. [16]

"The culprit depends on where you live — but it’s probably not data centers (yet)."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [17]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Technology [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Grist [21], 02/19/2026
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"How The NRC Lost Its Independence" [22]

"One year ago, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was an independent agency, setting safety standards without White House interference. Those days are over."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [23]
Technology [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [24], 02/19/2026
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Thermal Drone Footage Shows Musk's AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Rules [25]

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight visual investigation. Thermal drone footage shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Miss., despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance."

Air [10]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Floodlight [27], 02/18/2026
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Senate Dems Say Trump EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Rules [28]

"Ozone and particulate matter air pollutants cause over 100,000 premature deaths per year and affect the health of millions of Americans. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said last month that his agency would stop considering those costs when drafting new regulations."

Air [10]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 02/18/2026
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"States Push Climate Superfund Bills Despite Trump’s Opposition" [32]

"The legislation would make oil and gas firms pay for climate damages from burning their products. Trump has referred to such laws as ​'extortion.'"

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Canary Media [33], 02/18/2026
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"Trash Piles Up In Havana As US Oil Chokehold Halts Garbage Trucks" [34]

"Garbage has begun to pile up on street corners in the Cuban capital of Havana, attracting hordes of flies and reeking of rotten food, in one of the most visible impacts of the U.S. bid to prevent oil from reaching the Caribbean's largest island."

Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [18]
Transportation [35]
Waste [36]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Central America & the Caribbean [37]
Source: Reuters [38], 02/17/2026
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Hazardous South L.A. Oil Wells Plugged After Decades Of Community Pressure [39]

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that state oil and gas regulators have permanently closed one of the most infamous drill sites in Los Angeles, bringing an end to a decades-long community campaign to prevent dangerous gas leaks and spills from rundown extraction equipment."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [30]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
California [40]
Source: LA Times [41], 02/17/2026
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"With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules" [42]

"The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [35]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NYTimes [43], 02/17/2026
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