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After White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area [1]

"Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are 'overwhelmingly' non-white."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Source: Capital B [13], 01/09/2026
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FDA Misses Another Deadline To Ban Formaldehyde In Hair-Straighteners [14]

"The US Food and Drug Administration has missed its latest deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products, often used by Black women."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: CNN [17], 01/08/2026
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"The Biggest Climate Migration Problem May Be That There’s Not Enough Of It" [18]

"In his new book, Julian Hattem explores how migration can be a climate solution — not just for those who are able to move, but for their home communities as well."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [21]
Source: Grist [22], 01/06/2026
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"AI Data Boom In Mexico Fuels Rise In Dirty Energy" [23]

"A boom in U.S. data centres is devouring fossil fuels in Mexico - and hitting locals with power cuts and pollution."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mexico [25]
Source: Context [26], 01/06/2026
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"Trump Has Left The US Less Prepared For Natural Disasters, Experts Say" [27]

"Donald Trump has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, according to emergency management experts."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [28]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [30], 01/06/2026
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"U.S. Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Recommends Fewer Shots" [31]

"The Trump administration is overhauling the list of routine shots recommended for all babies and children in the United States, bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and delivering on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-standing goals to upend the nation’s pediatric vaccine schedule."

Activism [32]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Science [34]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [35], 01/06/2026
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"Wildfire Smoke Is A National Crisis, And It’s Worse Than You Think" [36]

"Greenhouse gas and particulate emissions from fires globally may be 70 percent higher than once believed."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [3]
Forests [37]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [21]
Source: Grist [38], 01/05/2026
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"Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells" [39]

"Ahead of the curve when it comes to testing city water for PFAS, Michigan has met its match with the state’s over one million private wells, urging residents to get their water tested."

Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [3]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 01/05/2026
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"Critical Mineral Bauxite Boom Pollutes Water And Crops In Guinea" [42]

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

Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [10]
Africa [45]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [46], 12/24/2025
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"The Legal Battle Bogging Down Massachusetts’ Plan To Ditch Gas" [47]

"Two years ago, Massachusetts regulators created a framework for phasing out the use of natural gas in buildings — a groundbreaking move for the state’s decarbonization efforts. Today, however, momentum has slowed as gas companies clash with lawmakers, regulators, and advocates on a fundamental question: Are utilities legally obligated to provide gas service to any consumer who wants it?"

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [48]
Pollution [9]
Technology [24]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: Canary Media [50], 12/24/2025
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