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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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Texas Law Against Firms Boycotting Fossil Fuels Declared Unconstitutional [14]

"A federal district judge on Wednesday declared a 2021 law restricting state investments in companies boycotting the fossil fuel industry unconstitutional, calling it “facially overbroad” and citing First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns."

Activism [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: Texas Tribune [17], 02/06/2026
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Trump Admin Uses Mascot Called ‘Coalie’ To Push Dirtiest Fossil Fuel [18]

"The Trump administration has turned to an unusual weapon in its attempt to resurrect coal mining – a cartoon lump of coal, complete with giant eyes and yellow mining garb, called “Coalie”."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [21], 02/05/2026
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"Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack" [22]

"Amid one of the driest winters on record, representatives from seven Western states have less than two weeks to meet an already-delayed federal deadline to find a new way to share the dwindling Colorado River—one that recognizes the megadrought and overconsumption plaguing the basin."

Agriculture [23]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 02/05/2026
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"Why China Is Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar And Wind Boom" [29]

"Even as China’s expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world’s largest emitter will reduce carbon emissions enough to limit climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
International [30]
Asia [31]
Source: AP [32], 02/05/2026
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"Traveler Special Report: Florida's Ailing Reef" [33]

"The Florida Reef, heralded in tourist come-ons as a “world-class natural wonderland waiting to be discovered,” is a vast and vibrant underwater world, extending from Atlantic Ocean waters north of Biscayne National Park, arcing south around the bottom of Florida, and swinging into the Gulf of Mexico where Dry Tortugas National Park is mostly submerged."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: National Parks Traveler [37], 02/05/2026
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Mexico’s Push For US Natural Gas Sparks Community Opposition [38]

"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 [24]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [39]
People & Population [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mexico [40]
Source: AP [41], 02/05/2026
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"Energy Star Has Emerged Stronger After Trump's EPA Tried To End It" [42]

"The Trump administration tried to end the government's Energy Star program last year, but now Congress has passed — and President Trump has signed into law — bipartisan budget legislation that has the potential to strengthen the energy efficiency program by giving it dedicated funding."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [43], 02/05/2026
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Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Salmon Restoration [44]

"A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy."

Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Government [45]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
Source: The Revelator [47], 02/05/2026
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Study Ties Pollution From Wildfire Smoke To 24,100 US Deaths Per Year [48]

"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 [49]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [5]
Forests [51]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [52], 02/05/2026
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