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Districts Face A Back-To-School Math Problem: The High Price Of Diesel [9]

"As the new school year kicks off, school districts are facing a challenging math problem: the high cost of diesel. The price of a gallon of diesel is up nearly $2 compared with this time last year. That is meaningful for schools, considering that around 90% of the United States' 480,000 school buses run on diesel."

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Source: NPR [20], 08/28/2026
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El Niño Climate Patterns Supercharged By Burning Fossil Fuels, Study Finds [21]

"‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year"

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [10]
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Source: Guardian [26], 08/28/2026
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One Of East Coast’s Largest Datacenters Accused Of ‘Violating Federal Law’ [27]

"The largest planned AI datacenter in New Jersey is being accused of violating federal law after a visual investigation found the site running dozens of unpermitted gas-powered generators."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: Floodlight [33], 08/28/2026
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Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Fast-Track Approval Of Toxic Datacenter Chemical [34]

"The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm, a new lawsuit warns."

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Source: Guardian [35], 08/28/2026
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Decoding Beluga Whales’ Chitchat May Save Them – And Show Us Ourselves [36]

"From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture "

Biodiversity [37]
People & Population [15]
Science [38]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [18]
Antarctica & Arctic [39]
Source: Guardian [40], 08/28/2026
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Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects [41]

"A handful of mega data center projects would emit over 100 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, an enormous amount roughly equal to the annual emissions of a mid-sized industrialized country."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 08/27/2026
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West Point Climate Prof. Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’ [49]

"Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing the U. S. Military Academy, where he was a professor of geography and the only climate scientist, after being fired." "After 17 years of teaching science at West Point, Dr. Adam Kalkstein says he was suddenly ordered last year to cut from his curriculum information about the human causes of climate change, according to a new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Military Academy."

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Source: New York Times [53], 08/27/2026
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Clean Air Policies Help Kids Breathe and Think Better [54]

"Growing up with dirty air harms kids’ health. But reducing pollution can help reverse the damage."

Air [28]
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Environmental Studies [55]
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International [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 08/27/2026
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As AI Data Centers Expand, New Cooling Chemicals Raise PFAS Concerns [58]

"The artificial intelligence race is creating demand for more than data centers and electricity. It is also creating a new market for the chemicals needed to keep increasingly powerful computer chips from overheating. Some of those cooling technologies rely on PFAS, a broad class of fluorinated compounds already responsible for widespread drinking water contamination in North Carolina."

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International [56]
Source: WRAL [59], 08/27/2026
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MAHA Moms Take On Coal [60]

"The Make America Healthy Again movement has taken on many issues over the past few years: pesticides, processed foods, vaccines. Now it has another target, and it’s one that President Trump likes to promote: coal."

Activism [61]
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Source: New York Times [63], 08/27/2026
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B.C. Regulator Let Oil Company Delay Pipeline Cleanup. Spills Followed [64]

"A major Canadian oil and gas company reported dozens of incidents at its pipelines after the provincial regulator exempted thousands of its pipelines from normal clean-up timelines."

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Canada [65]
Source: The Narwhal [66], 08/27/2026
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PJM Has Finally Greenlit A Lot Of New Clean Power. Can It Get Built? [67]

"The country’s biggest energy market has a problem: It can’t build enough power plants to keep up with electricity demand." "More than 50 GW of solar, wind, and batteries can now connect to PJM’s grid. It could help drive down costs — if states, utilities, and hyperscalers make it happen."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [43]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [50]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Planning & Growth [46]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [68]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: Canary Media [69], 08/27/2026
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How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood [70]

"Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses." "Roughly 160 people are dead and hundreds more—including dozens of international tourists—are missing after flash floods hit a region on the mountainous border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
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Asia [71]
Source: WIRED [72], 08/27/2026
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Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center [73]

"The Trump administration move is “politically motivated,” said the plaintiff, one of the nation’s leading environmental gr�oups."

"One of the nation’s largest environmental groups is challenging the Trump administration’s closure of a leading climate institute, filing a lawsuit Thursday [Aug. 20] in federal court saying the closure is unlawful.
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [74]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 08/27/2026
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Sometimes You Have To Laugh [76]

"Climate journalism is crucial, but it’s not enough. Release the comedians!"

Climate Change [10]
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California [77]
Source: Climate-Colored Glasses [78], 08/27/2026
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