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Congress’ Latest Spending Package Spares Environment, Energy Agencies [1]

"Congressional appropriators’ latest bipartisan spending package, unveiled Monday, would reduce funding for a host of energy and environment programs while rejecting the Trump administration’s requests for even greater cuts."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 01/07/2026
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January 18, 2026

DEADLINE: NPPA Best of Photojournalism Awards [11]

For nearly 80 years, the National Press Photographers Association has honored the most impactful visual journalism of the year with their annual Best of Photojournalism awards. The National Press Photographers Association is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the 2026 Best of Photojournalism competition.

Awards and Grants [12]
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Other or All [13]
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National (U.S.) [9]

Butterfly Town USA Is Scrambling To Save Disappearing Monarchs [14]

"Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue"

Agriculture [15]
Biodiversity [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 01/06/2026
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"‘Not About Special Treatment,’ Miccosukee Tribe Responds To Trump Veto" [20]

"The Miccosukee Tribe is rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim that the tribe worked against his administration’s immigration efforts, the basis he used to veto a flood protection project in the Everglades."

Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: States Newsroom [25], 01/06/2026
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"The Biggest Climate Migration Problem May Be That There’s Not Enough Of It" [26]

"In his new book, Julian Hattem explores how migration can be a climate solution — not just for those who are able to move, but for their home communities as well."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [28]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [29]
Source: Grist [30], 01/06/2026
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Trump Says Cost Drove Water Pipeline Veto, But Some Say It's Retribution [31]

"President Trump vetoed a bill this week to help finish a water pipeline project in Colorado. The bill had overwhelmingly passed Congress with bipartisan support. The president says his veto is about "fiscal sanity." Some say the president is retaliating against the state for political reasons."

Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NPR [33], 01/06/2026
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"AI Data Boom In Mexico Fuels Rise In Dirty Energy" [34]

"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 [35]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [7]
Technology [36]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mexico [37]
Source: Context [38], 01/06/2026
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"Trump Has Left The US Less Prepared For Natural Disasters, Experts Say" [39]

"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 [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [40]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [41], 01/06/2026
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"Donald Trump Says He Spoke to Oil Companies Before Venezuela Action" [42]

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 [3]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Military [43]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
South America [44]
Source: Newsweek [45], 01/06/2026
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"U.S. Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Recommends Fewer Shots" [46]

"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 [47]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [49]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [28]
Science [50]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [51], 01/06/2026
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