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Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects [1]

"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

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Source: NYTimes [13], 02/06/2026
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"Traveler Special Report: Florida's Ailing Reef" [14]

"The Florida Reef, heralded in tourist come-ons as a “world-class natural wonderland waiting to be discovered,” is a vast and vibrant underwater world, extending from Atlantic Ocean waters north of Biscayne National Park, arcing south around the bottom of Florida, and swinging into the Gulf of Mexico where Dry Tortugas National Park is mostly submerged."

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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: National Parks Traveler [19], 02/05/2026
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Study Ties Pollution From Wildfire Smoke To 24,100 US Deaths Per Year [20]

"Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study."

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Source: AP [24], 02/05/2026
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Trump's EPA Issues Record Low Legal Actions Against Polluters: Watchdog [25]

"The Environmental Protection Agency enforces the country's environmental laws. But a new report shows the Trump EPA has initiated a record low number of actions against polluters, compared to past administrations."

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Source: NPR [28], 02/05/2026
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NYC Congestion Pricing Improves Air Quality, but Trump Threatens Its Future [29]

"A toll program in New York City has resulted in environmental gains across all five boroughs. The Trump administration is seeking to end it."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 02/04/2026
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"Colorado Co-ops To Trump: Let Us Close Our Aging Coal Plant" [35]

"Tri-State and Platte River become the first utilities to challenge Trump’s emergency stay-open orders for coal plants, citing the cost to customers."

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Source: Canary Media [36], 02/04/2026
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"Staff Exodus, Case Gridlock: DOJ Environment Division Under Trump 2.0" [37]

"One year after President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, at least a third of the lawyers on staff at the Justice Department’s environment division have walked out the door, gutting the government’s capacity to defend its own energy and climate policies and kneecapping its power to keep polluters in check."

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Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [27]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [40], 02/04/2026
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"Forever Stained" [41]

"How a SC riverkeeper’s detective work reveals a deeper tale about the carpet industry's PFAS legacy"

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Charleston Post and Courier [43], 02/03/2026
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"Trump’s Exemption For EtO Polluters Faces Its Latest Test In Court" [44]

"The president exempted about 40 medical sterilization companies from Biden-era emissions standards. A new lawsuit challenges his authority."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Grist [45], 02/03/2026
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Experts Call Omaha Coal Plant Clean Bill Of Health Misleading [46]

"On paper, the public power district serving much of eastern Nebraska has been trying to quit coal at its North Omaha plant since 2014. That June, its board voted to retire three of the plant’s five coal units in 2016 and convert the final two to natural gas in 2023."

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Source: Flatwater Free Press [48], 02/03/2026
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