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Leaked Document Reveals White House Nuclear Waste Plan [9]

"The White House is pushing Congress to break a decades-long impasse around the handling of nuclear waste and entice states to get on board, according to a document obtained by POLITICO."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Waste [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 07/28/2026
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Environmental Groups Urge EPA To Reject New Pfas To Cool Datacenters [20]

"A coalition of 17 environmental groups is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency reject a new Pfas that chemical giant Chemours is attempting to fast-track for approval for use in cooling datacenters, and would almost certainly pollute regions around the facilities."

Chemicals [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [23], 07/28/2026
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Trump NRC Seeks To Eliminate A Longstanding Radiation Safety Practice [24]

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to and that has been adopted around the world."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [26], 07/28/2026
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Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List [27]

"The Okefenokee Swamp is regarded as one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems, encompassing a vast network of wetlands that supports exceptional biodiversity and serves as the source of two major rivers. Its largely undisturbed peat beds preserve a 5,000-year record of environmental change, making the swamp both a globally significant natural habitat and a valuable source of information on long-term environmental change, according to a UNESCO description."

Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [29]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
International [34]
Source: AP [35], 07/28/2026
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As Indonesia Cuts Methane Emissions, Waste Pickers Lives Change [36]

"Long before dawn breaks over Indonesia ’s largest landfill, Nur Wencih joins thousands of waste pickers climbing mountains of garbage, searching for anything they can sell."

Climate Change [37]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [25]
Waste [16]
Public [17]
Australia & Oceania [39]
Source: AP [40], 07/28/2026
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US Heatwave To Hit 70 Million People With Third ‘Heat Dome’ In Month [41]

"About 70 million people in the US are set to face excessive heat advisories as dangerously hot temperatures scorch much of the country’s southern and central states."

Agriculture [42]
Air [43]
Climate Change [37]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [10]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [45], 07/27/2026
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France, Spain Battle Wildfires As More Than 250,000 People Flee Homes [46]

"The latest wildfires in southern Europe this week have displaced more than 250,000 people, including some 70,000 people who were evacuated in central Spain."

Climate Change [37]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [10]
Forests [47]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
Europe [48]
Source: AP [49], 07/27/2026
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Trump DOE Admits Clean Energy Grants Were Canceled Based On Politics [50]

"The Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state” — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [51], 07/27/2026
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Emails Show Virginia Regulators Downplayed Data Center Health Concerns [52]

"Internal emails obtained by POLITICO through a public records request paint a portrait of an agency that moved quickly to defend the only data center in Virginia that is powering itself — in what former officials and environmental health advocates described as an unusual effort to shape the debate around an industry whose global epicenter is in the state."

Climate Change [37]
Consumer [53]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [54]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [55]
Source: E&E News [56], 07/27/2026
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Tracking The Trump Administration’s Favors To The Pesticide Industry [57]

"The pesticide industry has spent decades building a highly effective influence operation in Washington D.C., shaping how pesticides are regulated and how American agriculture operates."

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [21]
Conflict/Corruption [58]
Consumer [53]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: U.S. Right To Know [59], 07/27/2026
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Trump NRC Seeks To Eliminate Longstanding Radiation Safety Practice [60]

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to and that has been adopted around the world."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [26], 07/27/2026
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Large NYC Study Adds Evidence Linking Glyphosate To Preterm Birth Risk [61]

"Pregnant women who are exposed to glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, may face an increased risk of preterm births, according to one of the largest studies to date examining the link."

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [34]
Source: The New Lede [62], 07/27/2026
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Herbicide Paraquat, Banned In 70 Countries, To Be Pulled In Australia [63]

"Syngenta says it will stop selling paraquat in Australia after new regulations on chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease"

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
Australia & Oceania [39]
Source: Guardian [64], 07/27/2026
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Pain Of Forest Service Cuts Lingers In Its Leadership’s Backyard [65]

"The Forest Service remains stretched on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho — a place with ties to key agency leaders — and is leaning on volunteer groups for help."

Climate Change [37]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [47]
People & Population [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [66]
Source: E&E News [67], 07/27/2026
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"Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes?" [68]

"In San Francisco Bay, new AI-powered technology aims to help ships dodge whales whose long-haul migration is being disrupted by climate change."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [37]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [30]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [70]
International [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 07/27/2026
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