"Winter Storm Spreads Ice, Snow Across Dozens Of States"
"This historic storm is will spread destructive ice and heavy snow over 34 states through Monday including the South, Midwest and Northeast."
Source: Weather Channel, 01/26/2026
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"Philadelphia Sues Interior Department Over Slavery Exhibit Removal"
"The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior after National Park Service staff removed an exhibit on slavery from the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park."
Source: The Hill, 01/26/2026"Massive Sewage Spill Flowing Into Potomac River Upstream From Washington"
"A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling."
Source: AP, 01/26/2026"Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals"
"Six cities and 13 nonprofit groups still cannot recoup millions of dollars after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this week overturned a lower court’s ruling that forbade the Trump administration from terminating or freezing grant funding for environmental justice, agricultural and climate programs."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/26/2026Virginia AG Takes Steps to Rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
"Virginia’s newly elected Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones took action Thursday that creates a pathway for Virginia to rejoin the carbon market called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/26/2026"Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution"
"The state’s environmental agency has the authority to investigate and issue fines for illegal spills, but lacks sufficient staff and resources."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/26/2026Calif. Sues Trump Admin Over Plans To Restart Oil Pipelines Along The Coast
"California sued the federal government Friday for approving a Texas-based company’s plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state’s coast, escalating a fight over the Trump administration’s removal of regulatory barriers to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades."
Source: AP, 01/26/2026In Scotland, Fishing Trawlers Scrape The Seabed Despite Protection Promises
"Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye, checking each one methodically. Unlike most of Scotland’s coastline, these waters are protected from industrial fishing methods that have devastated seabeds elsewhere. But Philp, who’s fished for more than three decades, has watched conditions deteriorate nearly everywhere else along the coast."
Source: AP, 01/26/2026"Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Alleging Collusion To Stifle Renewables, EVs"
"The state of Michigan is suing major oil companies and an industry association, alleging that they colluded to hamper the adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs)."
Source: The Hill, 01/26/2026"Trump Has Ramped Up Lawsuits Against The Media. Here’s Where They Stand."
"While the president has settled some suits, and judges have dismissed others, his court fights continue with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets."
Source: Washington Post, 01/26/2026"Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans"
"The Energy Department said on Thursday that it was in the process of revising or canceling more than $83 billion in loans for clean energy technologies that had been approved under the Biden administration."
Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2026"New U.S. Rule Aims to Speed Up Mining of the Seafloor"
"On Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized a new rule making it easier for companies to apply for the right to mine the deep ocean floor."
Source: NYTimes, 01/23/2026Long-Banned Pesticide Still Showing Up In Long Beach And Other Communities
"A highly toxic pesticide that was banned in California more than two decades ago is still widely used across the state, potentially endangering communities near farm fields and bustling shipyards, according to a new study."
Source: LA Times, 01/23/2026Hearing Shows Partisan Rift Over GOP Bill To Loosen Chemical Safety Rules
"The deep rift between Democrats and Republicans over the future of the nation’s premier chemical safety law was on full display on Thursday in a hearing designed to kickstart legislation that would allow faster federal approvals for new chemicals. "
Source: The New Lede, 01/23/2026"Trump Rollbacks Put Children’s Health at Risk as Pollution Increases"
"New federal decisions remove health protections as Black communities face rising pollution and asthma rates."
Source: Capital B, 01/23/2026
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