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"North Carolina Pushes Back as EPA Moves To Scale Back PFAS Reporting" [1]

"After decades of PFAS contamination, North Carolina’s attorney general is challenging an EPA proposal to narrow reporting requirements for toxic 'forever chemicals.'"

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: WRAL [12], 01/14/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [13]

"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 [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 01/14/2026
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"As MAHA Wages War On Pesticides, The GOP Is Caught In The Middle" [22]

"The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement’s crusade against pesticides is creating divisions in the Republican Party, as some members back the industry while others stand with MAHA activists."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [25], 01/14/2026
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"US Carbon Emissions Rose In 2025 As Coal Produced More Power" [26]

"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 [27]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Technology [28]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Canary Media [29], 01/14/2026
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"Detroiters Grapple With Unknowns As Lead, Arsenic Found At Demo Sites" [30]

"Arsenic and lead are among the contaminants found at dozens of Detroit neighborhood demolition sites, according to the first round of test results released by the city late last month amid state and local investigations — at least one criminal — into potentially toxic dirt used as backfill across hundreds of vacant lots."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Waste [18]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: Detroit Free Press [32], 01/14/2026
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"Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments" [33]

"Nearly one-quarter of the associate justice’s $1 million in individual stock holdings are in fossil fuel companies."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 01/14/2026
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"EPA Plans To Curb States’ Clean Water Act Permitting Power" [37]

"The Trump administration issued a proposal Tuesday that would clamp down on state water quality reviews and veto authority under the Clean Water Act."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [38]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [39], 01/14/2026
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Miccosukee Blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump Blocked Land Return Bill. [40]

"After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship."

Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [41]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Grist [42], 01/13/2026
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Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [43]

"Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million; industry soon celebrated a decision to make those on the assembly line work faster."

Agriculture [23]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [44]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [45]
Source: Capital & Main [46], 01/13/2026
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Court Says Trump Illegally Blocked Clean Energy Grants To Dem States [47]

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [48], 01/13/2026
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