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"Are Faked Public Comments About To Tank An Ohio Solar Farm?" [1]

"Dozens of public comments opposing the $98 million Crossroads Solar project appear to be fabricated. Ohio’s siting board may block the project anyway."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Source: Canary Media [12], 02/09/2026
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Trump Tried To Gut Science Funding. Courts And Congress Have Rebuffed Him. [13]

"A year ago, federal support for scientific research appeared to be crumbling. But thanks to Congress and several lawsuits, scientists’ worst fears haven’t come to pass."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [15]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NBC News [17], 02/09/2026
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"EPA Delays Coal Ash and Groundwater Monitoring Requirements" [18]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a final rule pushing back compliance deadlines for coal ash groundwater monitoring and closure reports."

Chemicals [19]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 02/09/2026
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Outrage After Congress Votes To Slash $125M To Replace Toxic Lead Pipes [23]

"Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardest"

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [20]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [27], 02/09/2026
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Torrance Residents Urge Ban Of ‘Flesh-Eating’ Chemical Used At Refinery [28]

"Residents and advocates gathered Saturday to demand the ban of a chemical that’s used at a Torrance oil refinery and that they say has the potential to cause a mass casualty disaster."

Chemicals [19]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [20]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [29]
Source: LA Times [30], 02/09/2026
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"The US Lost $35B In Clean Energy Projects Last Year" [31]

"A new report indicates that Trump administration policies led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [20]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [32]
Source: Grist [33], 02/09/2026
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"Climate ‘Superfund’ Bills Spread Nationwide, Despite Legal Battles" [34]

"Climate “superfund” bills, based on the principle that oil companies should pay costs associated with climate change, are gaining ground in state legislatures around the country."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [26]
Public [10]
Asia [35]
Europe [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 02/09/2026
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"US EPA Reapproves The Controversial Herbicide Dicamba" [38]

"In a widely expected move, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday reapproved the pesticide dicamba, an herbicide used on genetically modified crops including corn, cotton and soybeans that is prone to far-reaching drift and linked to crop damages."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [20]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [40], 02/09/2026
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Contradict RFK Jr’s MAHA Promise: Report [41]

"Donald Trump’s aggressive rollback of environmental protections directly contradicts the promises of his “make America healthy again” campaign, according to new research."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [20]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [43], 02/06/2026
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"U.S. Push for Greenland’s Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities" [44]

"President Trump has made access to Greenland’s vast reserves of critical minerals a focus of ongoing negotiations. But experts say the U.S. is underestimating the difficulties of mining in a rapidly changing Arctic region that is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [45]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Europe [36]
Source: YaleE360 [46], 02/06/2026
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