Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says
"The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: AP, 08/11/2026
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BC Is Logging Its Last Old Growth. Protesters Are Sleeping In The Road
"The five-car caravan crept down a gravel logging road as the day’s last beams of golden light filtered through the trees. About 20 forest defenders were making a stand in southwest Vancouver Island, at a spot where a logging company was expected to cut old-growth trees the following morning. They made camp in tents and the backs of cars."
Source: AP, 08/11/2026Trump Launched Big New Solar Tariffs. Here’s What It Means.
"A far-reaching new tariff on solar imports promises to both raise the cost of installing the clean energy source and strengthen efforts to reshore solar manufacturing."
Source: Canary Media, 08/10/2026Ex-White House Official, Project 2025 Author, Picked as DOI Watchdog
"President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author to be the Interior Department’s internal watchdog, a move that critics say could hurt the integrity of the office’s investigations."
Source: The Hill, 08/10/2026Senate Republicans Vote Down Farm Bill Amendment On Pesticide Liability
"Republicans on Thursday voted down a proposed amendment to the Farm Bill that would have protected consumer rights to sue pesticide manufacturers over alleged harm after the US Supreme Court recently narrowed those rights."
Source: The New Lede, 08/10/2026Trump Is Blocking Billions Of Dollars Of Grants That Would Fix The Grid
"The Department of Energy has canceled or stalled funding for thousands of projects that would improve the country’s stressed grid — and not just in blue states."
Source: Canary Media, 08/10/2026What’s Next After Solar PAC’s win Against Ogles?
"The solar energy industry-backed group that helped oust conservative Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles isn’t done making the case that you don’t mess with renewable energy."
Source: E&E News, 08/10/2026Trump DOI To Pay German Firm $1.22Bn To Cut More Offshore Wind Leases
"The German energy company RWE has reached a $1.22bn deal with the US government to relinquish its offshore wind leases and instead redirect funds towards fossil fuel investments. The agreement marks the fifth deal the Donald Trump administration has struck with energy companies, offering payouts in exchange for abandoning renewable energy projects and redirecting investment towards fossil fuels."
Source: Guardian, 08/07/2026Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power
"A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Pentagon to lift its freeze on reviewing onshore wind projects and to end some of the delays that have brought U.S. wind power development to a standstill."
Source: New York Times, 08/07/2026Sunrise Co-Founder, Data Center Critic Nabs Big Michigan Primary
"William Lawrence, a data center moratorium supporter who co-founded the progressive Sunrise Movement, won a critical Michigan congressional primary Tuesday over two more-moderate and better-funded Democrats."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026Virginia To Offload More Grid Costs Onto Data Centers
"The data center capital of the world is shifting more transmission costs onto the energy-hungry sector." "The decision is expected to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in transmission costs away from the public."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026Supreme Court Sets Oct. 5 Date For Blockbuster Climate Case
"The case, Suncor v. Boulder, has spurred calls for two of the justices to recuse themselves as they weigh whether federal law or the Constitution bars local governments from suing fossil fuel companies over the costs of addressing climate change."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026Lumberjack Lawmaker: Troy Jackson Cuts A Mixed Environmental Image
"A late add to try to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, the Democratic Senate hopeful blends a progressive streak with roots in the timber industry."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026Data Center Foes Win Big In Tuesday’s Primaries
"Winners this week either want to crack down on new data centers or enact a moratorium."
Source: E&E News, 08/06/2026Senate Confirms CDC Head After Debate Over Her Independence Of RFK Jr.
"The Senate on Wednesday voted mainly along party lines to confirm Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vote ends months of leadership uncertainty at the nation’s premier public health agency but leaves unresolved the central question that dominated her confirmation process: Will she preserve the agency’s scientific independence under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?"
Source: Washington Post, 08/06/2026
