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"FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers" [1]

"Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are advising their staff to prepare for the elimination of 1,000 jobs this month as part of changes that Kristi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is overseeing at the agency, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions."

Climate Change [2]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 01/09/2026
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After White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area [14]

"Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are 'overwhelmingly' non-white."

Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [17]
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Source: Capital B [19], 01/09/2026
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Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules [20]

"In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks."

Air [21]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ProPublica [23], 01/09/2026
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"Trump Withdrawal From Bedrock UN Climate Treaty Raises Legal Questions" [24]

"The Trump administration's decision to withdraw the United States from the foundational U.N. climate treaty, which the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted more than 30 years ago, may be illegal, according to some legal experts who say that Congress would need to approve its exit."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 01/09/2026
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February 13, 2026

DEADLINE: Poynter Journalism Prizes [27]

The 2026 Poynter Journalism Prizes will honor the extraordinary journalism produced in 2025, with categories that take into account the important stories that unfolded in that time. All news websites, news services (including radio, TV stations and magazines) and newspapers in the United States are eligible to enter. Deadline: Feb 13, 2026. 

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"The Icebreaker Reaches the Thwaites Glacier, and the Science Begins" [30]

"After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start."

"After a 12-day journey across the southern seas, the nearly 40 scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon on Wednesday reached Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier, the Thwaites. An ambitious campaign to study the ice by air, under sea and with boots on the frozen surface is now underway.

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Studies [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Science [33]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [25]
Antarctica & Arctic [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 01/08/2026
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"Hundreds Of Groups Urge Congress Not To Weaken Chemical Safety Law" [36]

"Hundreds of environmental and health groups are urging Congress not to weaken the nation’s premier chemical safety law as Republican lawmakers signal a willingness to reopen the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The New Lede [37], 01/08/2026
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"Environmental Health Perspectives Joins The ACS Publications Portfolio" [38]

"The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is proud to announce that Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) has joined the ACS Publications portfolio. EHP is a globally respected journal with a legacy as a premier source for research findings at the intersection of the environment and human health."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [32]
Science [33]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [25]
Source: ACS [39], 01/08/2026
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"Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say" [40]

"Given Venezuela’s murky political future, few analysts expect a rush to invest the billions needed to pump more oil from the world’s largest reserves."

Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [43]
South America [44]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 01/08/2026
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What a Trump Invasion Could Mean for Greenland’s Minerals and Environment [46]

"The Danish territory holds significant stores of oil, gas and minerals. But regulations and the extreme environment have kept the vast majority in the ground."

Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
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Natural Resources [42]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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Europe [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 01/08/2026
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