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"AI Data Boom In Mexico Fuels Rise In Dirty Energy" [1]

"A boom in U.S. data centres is devouring fossil fuels in Mexico - and hitting locals with power cuts and pollution."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mexico [12]
Source: Context [13], 01/06/2026
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"Trump Has Left The US Less Prepared For Natural Disasters, Experts Say" [14]

"Donald Trump has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, according to emergency management experts."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [16]
People & Population [7]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [18], 01/06/2026
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"Donald Trump Says He Spoke to Oil Companies Before Venezuela Action" [19]

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had spoken to 'all' of the oil firms before the raid took place, without specifying what these conversations involved.

Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
South America [24]
Source: Newsweek [25], 01/06/2026
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"U.S. Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Recommends Fewer Shots" [26]

"The Trump administration is overhauling the list of routine shots recommended for all babies and children in the United States, bypassing the government’s typical process for recommending vaccines and delivering on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long-standing goals to upend the nation’s pediatric vaccine schedule."

Activism [27]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [7]
Science [30]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [31], 01/06/2026
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Even in This Toxic River — A Salmon Story [32]

Seattle’s heavily polluted Duwamish River is no place to catch fish — except for salmon, which pass quickly through these troubled waters on their way from the sea to their freshwater spawning grounds. With fishing pole in hand, environmental journalist Alex Brown joins jostling crowds of industrial-zone anglers and catches a firsthand view of a spectacle that is both anomalous and awe-inspiring.

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Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Food [37]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [38]
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Ski Patrol — How Snow Helps Tell Local Climate Story [40]

Winter weather can reveal a great deal about global warming's impacts on your locale. So for environmental journalists, an outing to nearby slopes could be a smart reporting trip (with or without the ski boots). The latest TipSheet offers up more than a dozen story angles and snow and weather resources for your next climate story.

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TipSheet [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [28]
Journalism & Media [42]
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"Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’" [43]

"As conservation efforts make the waters in the New York region more inviting for whales, increasing traffic from ships and boats has contributed to a climbing number of strandings."

Biodiversity [34]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 01/05/2026
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"Federal Ruling Blocks Hawaii’s Climate Change Tourist Tax On Cruise Ships" [46]

"A federal appeals court ruling on New Year’s Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ships passengers, a levy that was set to go into effect at the start of 2026."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [47]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [48]
Source: AP [49], 01/05/2026
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"Wildfire Smoke Is A National Crisis, And It’s Worse Than You Think" [50]

"Greenhouse gas and particulate emissions from fires globally may be 70 percent higher than once believed."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [51]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [52]
Source: Grist [53], 01/05/2026
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Trump Admin Orders A Colorado Coal-Fired Power Generator To Stay Open [54]

"The Trump administration has told another coal-fired power facility to remain open, this time ordering the owners of a Colorado electricity generating unit to keep it running beyond its Wednesday retirement date."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [55], 01/05/2026
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