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"Conservation Groups File Appeal Challenging Colorado CAFO Water Permits" [1]

"Colorado officials are failing to require legally mandated water quality monitoring near concentrated animal feeding operations, allowing for widespread water contamination with animal waste, conservation groups allege in a new legal challenge to the state."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Waste [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [9]
Source: The New Lede [10], 02/12/2026
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Iran’s Shadow Fleet Of Old Tankers A Ticking Bomb For Sea Life: Experts [11]

"Decrepit oil tankers in Iran’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet are a “ticking time bomb”, and it is only a matter of time before there is a catastrophic environmental disaster, maritime intelligence analysts have warned."

Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 02/12/2026
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N.C. Judge Upholds Limits on 1,4-Dioxane Pollution in Utilities’ Wastewater [17]

"The chemical, used in solvents, degreasers and some consumer products, is a likely carcinogen that can harm the liver and kidneys."

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 02/12/2026
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Giant Snails And Tiny Insects Threaten The South’s Rice And Crawfish Farms [22]

"Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he’s finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [25]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: AP [27], 02/11/2026
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Geopolitical Tensions Cloud Major Climate Threat Of Black Carbon In Arctic [28]

"The increase in marine Arctic traffic, which received increased attention as U.S. President Donald Trump pushed for the United States to take over Greenland, has come with a heavy environmental cost: black carbon, or soot, that spews from ships and makes the ice melt even faster. "

Air [29]
Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
International [15]
Antarctica & Arctic [31]
Source: AP [32], 02/11/2026
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Illegal Cannabis Farms Poison California’s Forests. Who’s Cleaning Them Up? [33]

"Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers."

Forests [34]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Waste [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
California [35]
Source: CalMatters [36], 02/11/2026
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"Firefighter Bear-Hugs Terrified Deer On Icy Lake In Daring Rescue" [37]

"Daniel Poleschook Jr. looked out of his window at Washington state’s Loon Lake and saw something unusual: A deer was stranded in the middle of it."

Activism [38]
Biodiversity [23]
People & Population [39]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [25]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [40]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
Source: Washington Post [42], 02/10/2026
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"How The Fracking Boom Put An Oil Field In The Guadalupe River Floodplain" [43]

"More than 500 enormous oil tanks dot the floodplains of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries where they cross one of Texas’ leading oilfields, an Inside Climate News investigation has found, posing risk of an environmental disaster." "Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [44]
Infrastructure [45]
People & Population [39]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 02/10/2026
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FEMA Will Resume Staff Reductions That Were Paused During Storm: Managers [47]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency will resume staff cuts that were briefly paused during January’s severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers, stoking concern across the agency over its ability to address disasters with fewer workers."

Climate Change [30]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [44]
Government [48]
People & Population [39]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [40]
Source: AP [49], 02/10/2026
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"Trump Opens Massive Atlantic Marine Monument To Commercial Fishing" [50]

"President Donald Trump revoked a ban Friday on commercial fishing inside a 3.1-million-acre marine national monument, opening up a previously protected swath of the Atlantic Ocean to industry."

Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Politics [44]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [51]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [40]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Source: E&E News [53], 02/10/2026
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