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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [1]

"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 [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Waste [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [15], 01/14/2026
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"As MAHA Wages War On Pesticides, The GOP Is Caught In The Middle" [16]

"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 [17]
Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [21], 01/14/2026
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"US Carbon Emissions Rose In 2025 As Coal Produced More Power" [22]

"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 [23]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [10]
Technology [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Canary Media [25], 01/14/2026
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"Detroiters Grapple With Unknowns As Lead, Arsenic Found At Demo Sites" [26]

"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 [18]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [10]
Waste [11]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: Detroit Free Press [28], 01/14/2026
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"EPA Plans To Curb States’ Clean Water Act Permitting Power" [29]

"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 [3]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [32], 01/14/2026
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States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [33]

"The Senate is taking up a spending package passed by the House of Representatives that would cut $125 million in funding promised this year to replace toxic lead pipes. "

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 01/13/2026
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"Trump Administration Moves To Reverse Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters" [36]

"The Trump administration and northeast Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber are taking action to end a 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area that was imposed three years ago under former President Joe Biden."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: MPR [39], 01/13/2026
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"Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet" [40]

"By pulling the United States out of the main international climate treaty, seizing Venezuelan crude oil and using government power to resuscitate the domestic coal industry while choking off clean energy, the Trump administration is not just ignoring climate change, it is likely making the problem worse."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [10]
Science [41]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [42]
Source: NYTimes [43], 01/13/2026
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"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [44]

"In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show."

Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [23]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [45]
Health [46]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [47], 01/13/2026
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EPA’s Brownfields Data, Covered With Crud? [48]

Hundreds of thousands of polluted, abandoned industrial sites — called brownfields — dot the United States. For reporters seeking local environmental stories, this profusion of problem spots cries out for coverage. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a series of government databases that track them and let you map them, but warns that the going won’t be easy. Find out why.

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