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"Forever Stained" [1]

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

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Charleston Post and Courier [14], 02/03/2026
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Trump Energy Dept. Exempts New Nuclear Reactors From Environmental Review [15]

"The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law. The law would have required them to disclose how their construction and operation might harm the environment, and it also typically required a written, public assessment of the possible consequences of a nuclear accident."

Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [8]
Technology [22]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [23], 02/03/2026
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Superfund Under Trump 2.0 — Quick … and Dirty? [24]

Every U.S. state has at least one Superfund site, the worst kind of toxic waste dump. And millions live near them. The latest TipSheet has a look at the state of the decades-old Superfund cleanup program under the Trump administration, and how environmental journalists can turn that into local stories, with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
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Public [11]
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"Massive Sewage Spill Flowing Into Potomac River Upstream From Washington" [29]

"A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling."

Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [19]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: AP [31], 01/26/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [32]

"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 [33]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [35]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 01/14/2026
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"Detroiters Grapple With Unknowns As Lead, Arsenic Found At Demo Sites" [38]

"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 [5]
Environmental Justice [34]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Detroit Free Press [40], 01/14/2026
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"How Community Solar Turned A Superfund Site Into Savings In Illinois" [41]

"A new 9.1-MW solar array will help residents of Waukegan, Illinois, reduce energy bills. State incentives for low-income solar made the project possible."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [19]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Canary Media [42], 01/12/2026
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"EPA Plans To Give 11 Coal Plants A Free Pass On Toxic Ash Disposal" [43]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to let 11 coal plants dump toxic coal ash into unlined pits until 2031 — a full decade later than allowed under current federal rules."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Canary Media [44], 01/12/2026
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"Critical Mineral Bauxite Boom Pollutes Water And Crops In Guinea" [45]

"In West Africa's Guinea, villagers say mining for the critical mineral bauxite has polluted water and decreased crop yields."

Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [34]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
International [46]
Africa [47]
Source: Context [48], 01/06/2026
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"Critical Mineral Bauxite Boom Pollutes Water And Crops In Guinea" [49]

"In West Africa's Guinea, villagers say mining for the critical mineral bauxite has polluted water and decreased crop yields."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
Africa [47]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [48], 12/24/2025
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