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"North Carolina Pushes Back as EPA Moves To Scale Back PFAS Reporting" [1]

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

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: WRAL [12], 01/14/2026
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Coal Communities Protest House Cutting Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Funds [13]

"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 [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 01/14/2026
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"Gaza’s Living Conditions Worsen As Strong Winds And Hypothermia Kill 5" [22]

"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 [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Military [25]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
Middle East [26]
Source: AP [27], 01/14/2026
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"Alito’s Recusal in Oil Case Renews Questions About Justice’s Investments" [28]

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

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 01/14/2026
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"EPA Plans To Curb States’ Clean Water Act Permitting Power" [33]

"The Trump administration issued a proposal Tuesday that would clamp down on state water quality reviews and veto authority under the Clean Water Act."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [35], 01/14/2026
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Miccosukee Blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump Blocked Land Return Bill. [36]

"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 [7]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [37]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Grist [38], 01/13/2026
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Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [39]

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

Agriculture [40]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [42]
Source: Capital & Main [43], 01/13/2026
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Court Says Trump Illegally Blocked Clean Energy Grants To Dem States [44]

"A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [45], 01/13/2026
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"Congress Is Rejecting Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science" [46]

"Congress is racing to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that President Trump called for last year when planning the government’s current budget." "After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives said they wanted to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [48]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [49], 01/13/2026
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States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [50]

"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 [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 01/13/2026
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