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Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of U.S. Wind and Solar Projects [1]

"Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 02/06/2026
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Mexico’s Push For US Natural Gas Sparks Community Opposition [14]

"The sun has set and the clouds are washed in purple as Mauricio Contreras and his daughter Eunices head out to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Eunices casts the heavy net for snapper, pollock or cabrilla while her father pilots their small boat."

Activism [15]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mexico [19]
Source: AP [20], 02/05/2026
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Study Ties Pollution From Wildfire Smoke To 24,100 US Deaths Per Year [21]

"Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study."

Air [22]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Forests [24]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [25], 02/05/2026
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Trump's EPA Issues Record Low Legal Actions Against Polluters: Watchdog [26]

"The Environmental Protection Agency enforces the country's environmental laws. But a new report shows the Trump EPA has initiated a record low number of actions against polluters, compared to past administrations."

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [28], 02/05/2026
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NYC Congestion Pricing Improves Air Quality, but Trump Threatens Its Future [29]

"A toll program in New York City has resulted in environmental gains across all five boroughs. The Trump administration is seeking to end it."

Air [22]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [31]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 02/04/2026
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"Colorado Co-ops To Trump: Let Us Close Our Aging Coal Plant" [34]

"Tri-State and Platte River become the first utilities to challenge Trump’s emergency stay-open orders for coal plants, citing the cost to customers."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Canary Media [35], 02/04/2026
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"What One Year Of Trump’s Climate Censorship Reveals" [36]

"President Donald Trump has gone beyond policy overhauls to fundamentally alter the way the government talks about climate change and the environment, limiting or outright deleting countervailing language and evidence during the first year of his second term in office."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Context [38], 02/04/2026
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"Staff Exodus, Case Gridlock: DOJ Environment Division Under Trump 2.0" [39]

"One year after President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, at least a third of the lawyers on staff at the Justice Department’s environment division have walked out the door, gutting the government’s capacity to defend its own energy and climate policies and kneecapping its power to keep polluters in check."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [18]
Policy [41]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [42], 02/04/2026
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"Global Aid Cuts Could Lead To 9.4 Million Deaths By 2030, Study Projects" [43]

"A new study published Monday in the Lancet puts a number on the potential human toll as the global humanitarian system cracks apart, projecting an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if the current trends persist." "The Lancet study examines how the dismantling of international aid by the U.S. and other countries could undo decades of health gains."

Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [44]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [45]
Source: Washington Post [46], 02/04/2026
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"Forever Stained" [47]

"How a SC riverkeeper’s detective work reveals a deeper tale about the carpet industry's PFAS legacy"

Chemicals [27]
Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: Charleston Post and Courier [51], 02/03/2026
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