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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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"Feds Greenlight $2B Renewable Energy Project On Yakama Nation Sacred Site" [15]

"Federal energy regulators last Thursday greenlit a roughly $2 billion renewable energy megaproject on a Yakama Nation sacred site overlooking the Columbia River in Klickitat County."

Activism [16]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [20]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [21]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [23]
Source: Washington State Standard [24], 02/03/2026
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"Courts Allow All Five Offshore Wind Projects Blocked By Trump To Resume" [25]

"A federal court on Monday halted the last of five stop work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five legal wins in a row over the government."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Source: The Hill [28], 02/03/2026
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Helping Students Learn the Hard Work of Journalism [29]

Two flourishing nonprofit programs teach young writers the basics of journalism and environmental reporting — mentoring and paying students, who publish enterprise and public records stories, personal essays and narrative features. Read more about Florida Student News Watch with CD Davidson-Hiers [29] and Indiana’s climate solutions-focused Youth Environmental Press Team with Jim Poyser [30], in the new EJ Academy.

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Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [17]
Government [33]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [34]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [36]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
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Public [11]
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Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills: Study [39]

"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 [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 02/02/2026
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"Bomb Cyclone Brings Freezing Temperatures And Snow To Millions In US" [42]

"A bomb cyclone produced freezing temperatures across a large portion of the US from the Gulf coast to New England, bringing heavy snow to North Carolina where two were killed in storm-related conditions, and setting records in Florida, where officials warned of ice and falling iguanas."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [43]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: Guardian [44], 02/02/2026
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"New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater" [45]

"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."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: The Frontier [46], 01/30/2026
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Wisconsin Town's New Plant Removes Detectable PFAS In Drinking Water [47]

"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 [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: WAOW [48], 01/30/2026
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"Internal Report Urges Trump To Transform Disaster Aid" [49]

"The FEMA Review Council recommends replacing the decades-old system for distributing money to states with a plan triggered by weather conditions, not monetary damage."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [43]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [50], 01/30/2026
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Court Orders Dutch Govt To Protect Caribbean Island From Climate Change [51]

"A court on Wednesday ordered the Dutch government to draw up a plan to protect residents on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire from the effects of climate change — a sweeping victory for the islanders."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
Europe [52]
Source: AP [53], 01/29/2026
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