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"Conservation Groups File Appeal Challenging Colorado CAFO Water Permits" [1]

"Colorado officials are failing to require legally mandated water quality monitoring near concentrated animal feeding operations, allowing for widespread water contamination with animal waste, conservation groups allege in a new legal challenge to the state."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Waste [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [9]
Source: The New Lede [10], 02/12/2026
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Iran’s Shadow Fleet Of Old Tankers A Ticking Bomb For Sea Life: Experts [11]

"Decrepit oil tankers in Iran’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet are a “ticking time bomb”, and it is only a matter of time before there is a catastrophic environmental disaster, maritime intelligence analysts have warned."

Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 02/12/2026
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Louisiana Bets Big On ‘Blue Ammonia.’ Cancer Alley Braces For The Cost. [17]

"Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [19]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [5]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Floodlight [22], 02/12/2026
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"The US Is Exporting Huge Amounts Of Natural Gas. Will It Cost Americans?" [23]

"As the Trump administration promotes U.S. natural gas exports, federal analysts warn that shipping massive volumes abroad could raise costs for consumers at home."

Climate Change [24]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Canary Media [29], 02/12/2026
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N.C. Judge Upholds Limits on 1,4-Dioxane Pollution in Utilities’ Wastewater [30]

"The chemical, used in solvents, degreasers and some consumer products, is a likely carcinogen that can harm the liver and kidneys."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 02/12/2026
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Citing National Security, Trump Kills Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Ovens [32]

"The administration ended a program that documented excessive levels of a carcinogen at industrial facilities across the country. Environmental groups who say the move leaves polluted communities behind have filed suit."

Air [33]
Chemicals [18]
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People & Population [20]
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National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 02/12/2026
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Trump EPA Prepares to Kill Key Climate Legal Finding. What Happens Next? [36]

"Following three of the warmest years on record, as scientists reckon with climate tipping points and states and cities grapple with the escalating cost of extreme weather and more intense wildfires, the Trump administration this week is expected to formally eliminate the U.S. government’s role in controlling greenhouse gas pollution."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [37]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [5]
Science [38]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 02/12/2026
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"Trump Wants 100% American-Made EV Chargers. Some See Sabotage." [40]

"The requirement would be next to impossible for federally funded charging stations to meet, industry advocates say."

"The Trump administration is proposing to require that federally funded electric vehicle chargers be fully U.S. made — an all-but-impossible target that could kill a multibillion-dollar effort to build a nationwide charging network.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday that raising the threshold to 100 percent domestic manufacturing — up from 55 percent — would advance U.S. manufacturing and improve national security.

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [41]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Technology [42]
Transportation [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [15]
Source: E&E News [43], 02/12/2026
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National Park Service Removes Pride Flag From Stonewall After Trump Order [44]

"A Pride flag has been removed from New York’s historic Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, following a memorandum issued by the federal National Park Service (NPS)."

Diversity [45]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [27]
Government [46]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [28]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
Source: WPIX/The Hill [48], 02/11/2026
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TVA Says It Now Doesn’t Want To Close Two Coal-Fired Plants [49]

"The nation’s largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the coal-friendly Trump administration."

Air [33]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [41]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Technology [42]
Waste [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: AP [50], 02/11/2026
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