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Miccosukee Blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump Blocked Land Return Bill. [1]

"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 [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [6]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Grist [11], 01/13/2026
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Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [12]

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

Agriculture [13]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Food [16]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [17]
Source: Capital & Main [18], 01/13/2026
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States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [19]

"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 [20]
Consumer [14]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 01/13/2026
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"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [26]

"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 [20]
Climate Change [27]
Consumer [14]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [28]
Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [23]
Science [30]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [31], 01/13/2026
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Between the Lines — Writing Nature Through Illness and Disability [32]

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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"FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers" [38]

"Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are advising their staff to prepare for the elimination of 1,000 jobs this month as part of changes that Kristi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is overseeing at the agency, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [40], 01/09/2026
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After White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area [41]

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

Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Capital B [43], 01/09/2026
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FDA Misses Another Deadline To Ban Formaldehyde In Hair-Straighteners [44]

"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 [20]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: CNN [45], 01/08/2026
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"The Biggest Climate Migration Problem May Be That There’s Not Enough Of It" [46]

"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 [27]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Politics [3]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [17]
Source: Grist [47], 01/06/2026
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"AI Data Boom In Mexico Fuels Rise In Dirty Energy" [48]

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

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [23]
Technology [49]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mexico [50]
Source: Context [51], 01/06/2026
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