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"New York Offshore Wind Project Allowed to Restart Construction — for Now" [1]

"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 [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 01/16/2026
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US Makes $500M Venezuelan Oil Deal; Some Proceeds Headed To Qatari Bank [12]

"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 [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Military [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
South America [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 01/16/2026
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Scientists Call Near-Record Hot Year Warning Of A Shifting, Dangerous Climate [17]

"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 [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [19]
Source: AP [20], 01/16/2026
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"Why Your Power Bill Is Spiking Faster Than A Nearby Data Center’s" [21]

"As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [23]
Technology [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [25], 01/16/2026
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Trump DOJ Sues California Over Law Keeping Oil Wells From Homes, Schools [26]

"The Trump administration is suing California over a law that creates a 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals and parks."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [27]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [28]
Source: LA Times [29], 01/16/2026
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"Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cut In Half In Trump’s First Year" [30]

"The Trump administration slashed pipeline safety enforcement in 2025, bringing about half the average number of cases as in previous years." 

Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [27]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [32], 01/16/2026
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Wyoming County Approves What Could Become the Largest Data Center in US [33]

"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 [2]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Planning & Growth [34]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 01/15/2026
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Iran’s Regime Has Survived War. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down. [37]

"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 [38]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [39]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Middle East [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 01/15/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [43]

"The House passed a bill last week that would “repurpose” $500 million meant for cleaning up environmental and safety hazards caused by decades of coal mining."

Biodiversity [44]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [45]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [27]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 01/14/2026
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"US Carbon Emissions Rose In 2025 As Coal Produced More Power" [49]

"The new data bucked the general trend of declining emissions, as booming electricity demand and higher natural gas prices gave coal a temporary opening in the market."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [27]
Technology [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Canary Media [50], 01/14/2026
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