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Trump Nuclear Deal Could Let Saudis Enrich Fuel, Make Bombs [9]

"U.S. lawmakers and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, to be announced Wednesday, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to develop nuclear weapons."

Conflict/Corruption [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Technology [17]
Waste [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Middle East [21]
Source: New York Times [22], 07/23/2026
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EPA's Zeldin Vows To Fulfill Coal Industry’s ‘Wish List’ [23]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to deliver for the coal industry Tuesday, as part of a broader push to reverse the sector’s fate. “Many of the items that were on your wish list are now done,” Zeldin told members of the National Coal Council gathered at the Willard hotel in Washington."

Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [25]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [30], 07/23/2026
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What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals About Global Heating [31]

"The United States is going through the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record." "Warming is expected to fuel the spread of food-borne pathogens. We might not be prepared."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [36]
Source: New York Times [37], 07/23/2026
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Judge Hits Brakes On BLM Land Sale Near Polluted Nev. Anaconda Site [38]

"A federal court temporarily blocked the sale of more than 2,000 acres of public land in and around a polluted former copper mine to a multi-national petroleum company on Thursday while a lawsuit against the sale is decided in court."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Studies [39]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Source: Nevada Current [43], 07/23/2026
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Pool Chemicals And Corroded Sprinklers Led To Ga. Plant Fire: Report [44]

"More than twice the amount of swimming pool chemicals as planned were improperly stored at a Georgia plant, setting conditions for a fire in 2024 that sent a huge plume of orange and black smoke into the sky and forced residents to shelter in place, a federal agency report concluded."

Chemicals [24]
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Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Technology [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: AP [46], 07/23/2026
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France Saw 5,700 More Deaths Than Usual During Historic June Heat Wave [47]

"France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [39]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [19]
International [36]
Europe [48]
Source: AP [49], 07/23/2026
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GOP Would Delay Protection For Endangered Right Whales Until 2035 [50]

"New protections for endangered right whales in the North Atlantic would be postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington last week with the full-throated support of the fishing and lobster industries."

Biodiversity [33]
Economy & Business [51]
Environmental Politics [27]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [53]
Wildlife [54]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [55]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [56]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: AP [57], 07/23/2026
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House Panel Narrows Bill To Protect Ratepayers From Data Center Hikes [58]

"The latest Ratepayer Protection Act would apply more specifically to data centers."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [59]
Technology [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [60], 07/23/2026
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One Billion Plastic Pellets Spill Into UK River Tyne As Ships Collide [61]

"Approximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a “devastating spill”, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought."

Chemicals [24]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [62]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [19]
Europe [48]
Source: Guardian [63], 07/23/2026
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From Rivers To Mangroves, Microplastics Are Contaminating The Amazon [64]

"Recent studies show that microplastics are already present in a variety of Amazonian environments: Major rivers such as the Amazon, urban streams, floodplain areas and mangroves in the Amazon’s Mouth."

Biodiversity [33]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [39]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Food [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [29]
Technology [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [53]
Wildlife [54]
Public [19]
South America [65]
Source: Mongabay [66], 07/23/2026
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Tropical Storm Bertha To Bring Heavy Rain, Flooding Along Gulf Coast [67]

"Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday but was expected to weaken as it chugs closer to the U.S., potentially bringing coastal flooding and heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [68]
Source: AP [69], 07/22/2026
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Trump EPA Kills Proposed Rules For Pfas-Contaminated Sewage Fertilizer [70]

"The Trump administration has killed the regulatory review of sewage sludge contaminated with Pfas and spread on farmland as fertilizer, a practice that has sickened farmers, destroyed their livelihoods, killed livestock, polluted water supplies, and poisoned meat and food products sold to the public."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [39]
Food [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Waste [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [71], 07/22/2026
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"EPA Violated Key Soot Standard in Clean Air Act, Court Rules" [72]

"In what many environmental organizations are touting as a victory, a federal judge last week ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by failing to meet its legal deadline to identify areas failing to meet its 2024 particulate matter standard."

Air [73]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 07/22/2026
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U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising [75]

"The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array of federal energy-efficiency programs at the same time that war in Iran is raising oil prices, climate change is fueling record heat that is driving up demand for air conditioning and new data centers are straining America’s electricity supply."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [76]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [15]
Pollution [29]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: New York Times [77], 07/22/2026
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Trump Threatens National Academies With Debarment. Here’s What It Is. [78]

"The oil industry and its allies gained a major supporter in their yearslong effort to derail climate science programs at the National Academies: the president of the United States."

Climate Change [25]
Conflict/Corruption [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [27]
Government [79]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [29]
Science [80]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [36]
Source: E&E News [81], 07/22/2026
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