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"Why Your Power Bill Is Spiking Faster Than A Nearby Data Center’s" [1]

"As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [13], 01/16/2026
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Trump DOJ Sues California Over Law Keeping Oil Wells From Homes, Schools [14]

"The Trump administration is suing California over a law that creates a 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals and parks."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [16]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [17]
Source: LA Times [18], 01/16/2026
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"Insured Losses From Wildfire, Storms And Floods Hit Record High Globally" [19]

"Record insured losses from wildfires, storms and floods hit $98 billion globally last year, with L.A. County’s January wildfires the costliest disaster of 2025."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [15]
People & Population [9]
Public [11]
International [21]
Source: LA Times [22], 01/16/2026
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"Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World" [23]

"What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. Turns out, the fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet. That’s because of the one thing that Greenland is quickly losing: ice."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [6]
Military [24]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Antarctica & Arctic [26]
Europe [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 01/15/2026
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"Maine Adopts Tougher Limits On PFAS In Drinking Water" [29]

"The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the state limit on forever chemicals, or PFAS, in drinking water to align with rigorous federal standards established by the Biden administration."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: Portland Press Herald [32], 01/15/2026
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"What A Fracking-Waste Dispute Says About Ohio’s Energy Double Standard" [33]

"Ohio is letting the oil and gas industry put more toxic waste underground despite community concerns — even as the state defers to local opponents of clean energy."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: Canary Media [35], 01/15/2026
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Kitchen Countertop Workers Are Dying. Lawmakers Want To Ban Their Suits [36]

"An epidemic of a deadly lung disease among hundreds of workers who cut kitchen and bathroom countertops has regulators on opposite sides of the country considering two drastically different responses this week."

Air [37]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [16]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [39], 01/15/2026
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"North Carolina Pushes Back as EPA Moves To Scale Back PFAS Reporting" [40]

"After decades of PFAS contamination, North Carolina’s attorney general is challenging an EPA proposal to narrow reporting requirements for toxic 'forever chemicals.'"

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [16]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: WRAL [43], 01/14/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [44]

"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 [45]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [47]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [16]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 01/14/2026
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"Gaza’s Living Conditions Worsen As Strong Winds And Hypothermia Kill 5" [50]

"Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four people, hospital authorities said Tuesday."

Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [6]
Military [24]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
Middle East [51]
Source: AP [52], 01/14/2026
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