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Kitchen Countertop Workers Are Dying. Lawmakers Want To Ban Their Suits [1]

"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 [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NPR [12], 01/15/2026
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"North Carolina Pushes Back as EPA Moves To Scale Back PFAS Reporting" [13]

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

Chemicals [14]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: WRAL [18], 01/14/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [19]

"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 [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [22]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 01/14/2026
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"Gaza’s Living Conditions Worsen As Strong Winds And Hypothermia Kill 5" [27]

"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 [28]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Military [29]
People & Population [7]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [10]
Middle East [30]
Source: AP [31], 01/14/2026
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"Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments" [32]

"Nearly one-quarter of the associate justice’s $1 million in individual stock holdings are in fossil fuel companies."

Climate Change [33]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 01/14/2026
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Miccosukee Blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump Blocked Land Return Bill. [37]

"After the tribe sued to stop an immigration detention center, the White House vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded Miccosukee land and environmental stewardship."

Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [7]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [38]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: Grist [39], 01/13/2026
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Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [40]

"Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million; industry soon celebrated a decision to make those on the assembly line work faster."

Agriculture [41]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [42]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [43]
Source: Capital & Main [44], 01/13/2026
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States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [45]

"The Senate is taking up a spending package passed by the House of Representatives that would cut $125 million in funding promised this year to replace toxic lead pipes. "

Chemicals [14]
Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 01/13/2026
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"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [47]

"In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show."

Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [33]
Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [48]
Health [49]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [50]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [51], 01/13/2026
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Between the Lines — Writing Nature Through Illness and Disability [52]

Writers with disabilities and chronic illnesses explore perspectives on nature and environment in a unique anthology, “Moving Mountains.” Editor Louise Kenward discusses the recent volume with contributor William Allen in a new BookShelf “Between the Lines” Q&A — the connection between climate change and disability, the benefits of learning to rest, the value of engaging with different perspectives and more. 

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