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"New York Offshore Wind Project Allowed to Restart Construction — for Now" [1]

"A federal judge issued a temporary injunction, allowing the developer of Empire Wind, an offshore wind project off the coast of Long Island, to resume construction after the Trump administration suspended work there in late December."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 01/16/2026
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"Why Your Power Bill Is Spiking Faster Than A Nearby Data Center’s" [12]

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

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [15]
Technology [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [17], 01/16/2026
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"Pentagon To Overhaul Independent Military Newspaper, Calling It ‘Woke’" [18]

"The Defense Department said it plans to overhaul Stars and Stripes, the storied military newspaper that has long enjoyed editorial independence, to rid it of “woke distractions” and refocus coverage on “warfighting.”"

Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [21], 01/16/2026
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Trump DOJ Sues California Over Law Keeping Oil Wells From Homes, Schools [22]

"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 [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [26], 01/16/2026
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"Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cut In Half In Trump’s First Year" [27]

"The Trump administration slashed pipeline safety enforcement in 2025, bringing about half the average number of cases as in previous years." 

Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [29], 01/16/2026
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House Passes Bill Codifying Trump Order To Rinse Away Showerhead Rule [30]

"The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday advanced legislation aimed at fulfilling President Donald Trump’s long-running desire to “make showers great again” by voting to loosen federal efficiency standards for showerheads."

Consumer [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [31], 01/15/2026
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"Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World" [32]

"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 [28]
Environmental Politics [4]
Military [20]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Antarctica & Arctic [33]
Europe [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 01/15/2026
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Kennedy and Fluoridated Water Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Sources [36]

"Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating barriers to these very products."

Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: ProPublica [38], 01/15/2026
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"What A Fracking-Waste Dispute Says About Ohio’s Energy Double Standard" [39]

"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 [37]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Canary Media [41], 01/15/2026
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Kitchen Countertop Workers Are Dying. Lawmakers Want To Ban Their Suits [42]

"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 [43]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [24]
Technology [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [45], 01/15/2026
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