EJToday: Top Headlines

Record Seaweed Blankets Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Threatening Tourism [9]

"A record wave of brown, smelly seaweed is washing up on beaches along ‌Mexico's Caribbean coast, forcing closures in top tourist destinations and inflicting mounting economic damage on hotels, restaurants and shops."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Mexico [19]
Central America & the Caribbean [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 07/29/2026
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U.S. Military Bases Delay Cleanup Of Toxic "Forever Chemicals" [22]

"Hundreds of military bases have been putting off cleanup of toxic PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, for years, according to a new USA TODAY analysis of military records. "

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Military [28]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: USA TODAY [30], 07/28/2026
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Federal Judge Orders EPA to Administer Environmental Justice Grants [31]

"A South Carolina federal judge this week ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to resume distributing funds designed to address environmental and health challenges in underserved communities."

Activism [32]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 07/28/2026
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Water Contamination From Ag Is a Top Issue in Iowa Midterms [35]

"With polluted waterways and rising cancer rates, many Iowa voters will be choosing candidates based on their plans to address the problem."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [37]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [39]
Source: Civil Eats [40], 07/28/2026
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Energy, Enviro Spending Work Teeters In The Senate [41]

"Bipartisan dealmaking to fund energy, water and environment programs has ground to a halt in the Senate as top appropriators butt heads over spending levels and policy riders."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [44], 07/28/2026
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EPA Excuses Data Centers From Acid Rain Regs [45]

"EPA declared Monday that power generators that don’t sell power to the grid aren’t beholden to Clean Air Act acid rain standards."

Air [46]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [16]
Technology [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [47], 07/28/2026
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Leaked Document Reveals White House Nuclear Waste Plan [48]

"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 [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [49]
Pollution [16]
Technology [43]
Waste [50]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [51], 07/28/2026
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Environmental Groups Urge EPA To Reject New Pfas To Cool Datacenters [52]

"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 [23]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [16]
Technology [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Guardian [53], 07/28/2026
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Trump NRC Seeks To Eliminate A Longstanding Radiation Safety Practice [54]

"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 [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [49]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: AP [55], 07/28/2026
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Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List [56]

"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 [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [57]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [58]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
International [60]
Source: AP [61], 07/28/2026
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As Indonesia Cuts Methane Emissions, Waste Pickers Lives Change [62]

"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 [11]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Waste [50]
Public [18]
Australia & Oceania [63]
Source: AP [64], 07/28/2026
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US Heatwave To Hit 70 Million People With Third ‘Heat Dome’ In Month [65]

"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 [36]
Air [46]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [25]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Guardian [66], 07/27/2026
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France, Spain Battle Wildfires As More Than 250,000 People Flee Homes [67]

"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 [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [25]
Forests [68]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
Europe [69]
Source: AP [70], 07/27/2026
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Trump DOE Admits Clean Energy Grants Were Canceled Based On Politics [71]

"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 [42]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: AP [72], 07/27/2026
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Emails Show Virginia Regulators Downplayed Data Center Health Concerns [73]

"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 [11]
Consumer [24]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [16]
Technology [43]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [74]
Source: E&E News [75], 07/27/2026
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