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"Bureau of Land Management Revokes American Prairie Bison Leases" [1]

"The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Friday that it is revoking grazing permits in Phillips County [Montana] that American Prairie had been using to sustain its herd of bison."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
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Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [9]
Source: Montana Free Press [10], 01/22/2026
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"House Public Lands Caucus Fails Test With Boundary Waters Vote" [11]

"The House of Representatives voted 214 to 208 Wednesday to open up hundreds of thousands of federal acres to mining near the border of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Forests [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [15]
Source: Public Domain [16], 01/22/2026
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"Sales of Antibiotics for Farm Animals Spiked in 2024" [17]

"Though a direct cause is unknown, the jump renews concerns over antibiotic resistance and cuts to the federal agencies that work to reduce it."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [21]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Civil Eats [22], 01/22/2026
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Five Face Trial In Peru Over The Killing Of An Amazon Defender [23]

"The trial is due to start Tuesday for five men over the killing of an Indigenous Amazon leader, in a rare legal case that prosecutors and advocates say could test whether Peru can hold perpetrators accountable for violence linked to illegal logging and drug trafficking in one of the world’s most dangerous regions for environmental defenders."

Activism [24]
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Environmental Justice [25]
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People & Population [26]
Public [7]
South America [27]
Source: AP [28], 01/22/2026
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Congress OKd Billions For EV Chargers. Four Years Later, Only 2% Is Spent. [29]

"States have spent only 2 percent of the billions of dollars that the federal government set aside four years ago to build electric vehicle charging stations on U.S. highways." "President Donald Trump’s spending freeze added a speed bump to the slow rollout of a Biden program to build a nationwide network of EV chargers."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Transportation [34]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [35], 01/22/2026
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"Judge Blocks Government From Searching Data Seized From Post Reporter" [36]

"Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Washington Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Wednesday."

Journalism & Media [37]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [38], 01/22/2026
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"Judges Signal Support For ‘Forever Chemicals’ Superfund Rule" [39]

"A federal appellate court panel did not seem swayed by industry groups’ plea to toss EPA’s hazardous substance designations for two types of PFAS."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [41], 01/21/2026
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"Trump’s Plan To Make Data Centers Pay For Power Plants Has Big Flaws" [42]

"The Trump administration wants PJM Interconnection, the country’s biggest power market, to force data center developers to pay directly for the new power plants they need. It’s the latest attempt to curb skyrocketing energy costs for the roughly 67 million people PJM serves from Virginia to Illinois."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Canary Media [43], 01/21/2026
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As Stone Countertops Kill Workers, GOP Seeks Protections for Manufacturers [44]

"Sponsors of a new bill want to give the industry immunity from lawsuits brought by injured employees. That will kill even more workers, experts warn."

Air [45]
Economy & Business [31]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [46]
Technology [47]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 01/21/2026
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"House Deploys Rule-Killing Law Against Biden Mining Curbs" [49]

"Republicans this week are planning to use a rule-killing law to undo Biden-era restrictions on mining near more than 1 million acres of Minnesota wilderness."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [46]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [50], 01/21/2026
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