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"House GOP Prioritizes Trump’s Changes To Showerheads" [1]

"House Republicans are hoping to soon deliver a win for President Donald Trump’s agenda — or at least his hair — by voting to codify his long-desired showerhead changes into law, one of their top priorities of the new session."

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Source: Washington Post [8], 01/09/2026
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"Here’s Why New EPA Rules On ‘Everywhere Chemicals’ Could Fall Short" [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to regulate five types of phthalates, chemicals that are widely used in plastics and other common products."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
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Pollution [12]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [13], 01/09/2026
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"EPA Delays Enforcement Of Regional Haze Guidelines" [14]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is once again delaying the enforcement of regional haze guidelines. The agency has given states a three-year extension to submit plans to clean up harmful air pollution at national parks and improve public health, according to Sierra Club."

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Source: National Parks Traveler [16], 01/09/2026
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"FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers" [17]

"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 [18]
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Environmental Justice [20]
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Source: NYTimes [23], 01/09/2026
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After White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area [24]

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

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [22]
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Source: Capital B [28], 01/09/2026
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Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules [29]

"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 [15]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ProPublica [30], 01/09/2026
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"Trump Withdrawal From Bedrock UN Climate Treaty Raises Legal Questions" [31]

"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 [18]
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International [32]
Source: Reuters [33], 01/09/2026
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February 13, 2026

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"The Secret World Of Animal Sleep" [38]

"Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep."

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Source: AP [42], 01/08/2026
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