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"Brazil's Seed Collectors Combat Amazon Deforestation" [1]

"Restoration of forestland and other areas is taking root, but lags far behind the rapid rate of deforestation in the Amazon."

Activism [2]
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Forests [6]
People & Population [7]
Public [8]
South America [9]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [10], 01/21/2026
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"Republicans Resurrect Failed Public Land Sell-Off Scheme" [11]

"The Republican Study Committee on Tuesday published a framework for a second reconciliation package that calls for selling off federal public lands to build housing, adopting a contentious proposal previously championed by Utah Sen. Mike Lee."

Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Public Domain [19], 01/14/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [20]

"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 [4]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 01/14/2026
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"Exclusive: Soy Trading Firms To Abandon Amazon Protection Pact In Brazil" [26]

"Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon rainforest to preserve tax benefits in Brazil's top farm state, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [8]
South America [9]
Source: Reuters [27], 01/06/2026
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"Wildfire Smoke Is A National Crisis, And It’s Worse Than You Think" [28]

"Greenhouse gas and particulate emissions from fires globally may be 70 percent higher than once believed."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Forests [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [31]
Source: Grist [32], 01/05/2026
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Trump’s BLM Pick: ‘A First Real Test’ For New Senate Public Lands Caucus [33]

"Will lawmakers put a man who has argued that “we do not even need” the vast majority of federal lands in charge of 250 million acres of them?"

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Forests [6]
Government [34]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [7]
Wildlife [35]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Public Domain [36], 12/24/2025
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"How Blocking Illegal ‘Ghost’ Roads Could Protect Tropical Forests" [37]

"Preventing illegal road building could help protect tropical forests. New research tries to identify which areas are most at risk."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Forests [6]
Infrastructure [38]
Natural Resources [16]
Wildlife [35]
Public [8]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [39], 12/24/2025
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Killing Roadless Rule Could Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies [40]

"The rule banning new roads in some forests protects prime bear habitat and was part of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s justification for its failed attempt to delist grizzlies in 2017."

Biodiversity [4]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Wildlife [35]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 12/23/2025
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Mississippi Residents Say Wood-Pellet Plant Harming Their Town [42]

"Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions"

Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [13]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: Verite News [44], 12/19/2025
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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026 [45]

Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here [45].

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Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [49]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Forests [6]
Government [34]
Health [51]
Infrastructure [38]
Journalism & Media [52]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [53]
Natural Resources [16]
Policy [54]
Pollution [22]
Science [55]
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National (U.S.) [18]
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