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How EPA Ethics Officials Cleared Former Industry Insiders To Be Regulators [1]

"Environmental Protection Agency ethics officials have interpreted impartiality guidelines in a way that has allowed several former industry insiders to oversee dramatic changes to chemical regulations, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [13], 01/20/2026
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"Trump Admin Redirects Carbon Capture Funds To Prop Up Old Coal Plants" [14]

"The Energy Department is planning to prop up old and shuttered coal plants using more than half a billion dollars that Congress originally set aside to advance carbon capture technologies and improve energy resiliency and environmental protection in rural areas."

Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Technology [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [19], 01/20/2026
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"Built To Last: The Enduring Legacy Of The Endangered Species Act" [20]

"As the son of a popular Michigan Congressman, John Dingell, Jr., grew up accustomed to being around power brokers and deal-makers. In 1938, at the tender age of 12, he began working as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives, long before he would succeed his father and launch his own distinguished Congressional career. But it was the time he spent with his father in the woods, not the U.S. Capitol, that had the most lasting impact."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Wildlife [21]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: National Parks Traveler [22], 01/16/2026
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"New York Offshore Wind Project Allowed to Restart Construction — for Now" [23]

"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 [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 01/16/2026
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"Why Your Power Bill Is Spiking Faster Than A Nearby Data Center’s" [27]

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

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Technology [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [29], 01/16/2026
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"Pentagon To Overhaul Independent Military Newspaper, Calling It ‘Woke’" [30]

"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 [7]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [32]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [33], 01/16/2026
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Trump DOJ Sues California Over Law Keeping Oil Wells From Homes, Schools [34]

"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 [16]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [35]
Source: LA Times [36], 01/16/2026
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"Pipeline Safety Enforcement Cut In Half In Trump’s First Year" [37]

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

Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [39], 01/16/2026
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House Passes Bill Codifying Trump Order To Rinse Away Showerhead Rule [40]

"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 [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [41], 01/15/2026
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"Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World" [42]

"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 [15]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [7]
Military [32]
People & Population [9]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Antarctica & Arctic [43]
Europe [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 01/15/2026
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