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Biomass Industry Promised Southern Towns Prosperity. They Are Still Dying [1]

"States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
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Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Verite News [14], 02/02/2026
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Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills: Study [15]

"A sweeping proposal by the Trump administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling could  result in more than 4,000 oil spills in U.S. waters, according to a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
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Water & Oceans [17]
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Source: Inside Climate News [18], 02/02/2026
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Texas Petrochemical Plants Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds Of Pollutants In Freeze [19]

"As freezing temperatures swept over West Texas last week, leaky pipeline systems in the Permian Basin of West Texas began to suck in air, spoiling their products, risking an explosion and leading operators to release or burn off vast volumes of gas."

Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 02/02/2026
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Tech Industry Spends Millions To Repair Data Centers' Image Problem [24]

"With community opposition growing, data center backers are going on a full-scale public relations blitz."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [26]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [27]
Source: Grist [28], 01/30/2026
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"New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater" [29]

"An Oklahoma state senator has introduced legislation to strengthen regulations on how oilfield wastewater is injected underground following an investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica."

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Infrastructure [30]
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Pollution [9]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: The Frontier [31], 01/30/2026
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Wisconsin Town's New Plant Removes Detectable PFAS In Drinking Water [32]

"After a year of production, the village of Rothschild has a new water treatment facility that is now fully operational. This facility is actively working to decrease the levels of PFAS in the community's drinking water. Village Administrator Ryan VanDeWalle said that PFAS levels are now down to "non-detectable or non-traceable" levels."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: WAOW [35], 01/30/2026
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"Trump’s Biggest Climate Rollback Stalls Over Fears It Will Lose In Court" [36]

"Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of the agency’s “endangerment finding” over concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge."

Air [37]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Science [38]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [39], 01/30/2026
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"Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom" [40]

"Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research found, is explicitly linked to gas projects that will power data centers—the equivalent of energy that would power tens of millions of US homes."

Climate Change [3]
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Source: WIRED [41], 01/29/2026
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"EPA To Roll Back ‘Good Neighbor’ Rule On Downwind Smokestack Pollution [42]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states."

Air [37]
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Source: AP [43], 01/29/2026
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"Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Saying They Collude to Make Energy Costlier" [44]

"A new lawsuit against oil giants over their role in climate change is pursuing a novel strategy that may ring a bell. It’s focusing on high prices and affordability."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: NYTimes [45], 01/29/2026
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