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Trump Attacks Top US Scientific Body Over Climate Chapter in Manual [9]

"The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges."

Climate Change [10]
Conflict/Corruption [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [20]
Source: New York Times [21], 07/21/2026
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Trump Panel Seeks To Weaken Historic-Preservation Reviews Of Projects [22]

"The Trump administration is seeking to loosen federal rules intended to protect historic sites, alarming outside groups who say the changes would allow government agencies and developers to pursue major projects — such as President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch — without soliciting public input."

Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [28], 07/21/2026
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"‘A Better Way To Be Relevant’: Greens Embrace Data Center Fight" [29]

"The nation’s biggest green groups have joined the fray over data centers — and they’re starting to notch some victories after 18 months of stinging environmental setbacks under the Trump administration."

Activism [30]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [32]
Pollution [15]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [35], 07/21/2026
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Industry Helps Keep Louisiana Communities In The Dark On Toxic Air [36]

"The state’s air monitors are often miles from its biggest polluters and residents have little way of knowing what they’re breathing. That’s no accident."

Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Floodlight [40], 07/21/2026
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Cancer Is Bipartisan: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State Bluer [41]

"Democrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water."

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [43]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Politico [44], 07/21/2026
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"EPA Rollback Could Bring Dirtier Air to Black Communities" [45]

"Research shows Black neighborhoods bear the brunt of diesel pollution. New EPA changes could make that burden worse."
For decades, highways and industrial corridors have exposed Black communities to disproportionate levels of diesel pollution. As the Trump administration eases clean truck standards, environmental advocates warn those neighborhoods could once again pay the highest price."

Chemicals [37]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Word in Black [46], 07/21/2026
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States Join Fight Against Trump Defense Dept. Wind Farm Blockade [47]

"A coalition of 18 states and Washington, D.C., has moved to join an industry lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s freeze on onshore wind projects in America."

Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Military [48]
Technology [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [49], 07/21/2026
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BLM Plans To Open 2,800 Acres Of Ohio’s Wayne Natl. Forest To Fracking [50]

"The U.S. Bureau of Land Management scheduled a September 2026 lease sale for 2,800 acres of Wayne National Forest, a preserve long sought by the oil and gas industry. This could mean fracking Ohio’s only national forest for the first time."

Chemicals [37]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [51]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [15]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Signal Ohio [53], 07/21/2026
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California Restricts Utility Shutoffs As Dangerous Heat Spreads [54]

"California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’s dangerously hot outside – a basic safety protection. Losing power in some rural areas can also mean losing water, and in cities, having no way to cool down can be dangerous, even deadly, when hot weather spans several days."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [55]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [38]
Health [56]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [27]
Technology [33]
Public [18]
California [57]
Source: CalMatters [58], 07/21/2026
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Veterinarians Press Congress To Preserve State Animal Welfare Laws [59]

"More than 700 US veterinarians are asking Congress to leave out an industry-backed provision from the Farm Bill that would preempt states from having stricter animal welfare laws than other states. The provision — often referred to as the “Save Our Bacon Act” — was included in the House draft Farm Bill released in May, but was omitted in the Senate draft released last month."

Agriculture [42]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [60], 07/21/2026
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Majority of US Voters Link Extreme Weather To Climate Crisis: Study [61]

"Amid a summer of dangerous heat, drought and floods, a majority of Americans are connecting increasingly severe weather to the climate crisis, new polling shows, despite efforts by Donald Trump to dismiss global heating as a “con job” and a “hoax”."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [62], 07/20/2026
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Trump DOI Cancels Protections For Species Threatened With Extinction [63]

"The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction, the latest step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle key provisions of the landmark Endangered Species Act at the behest of industry."

Biodiversity [64]
Economy & Business [65]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Wildlife [66]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [67], 07/20/2026
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How Europe’s Most Powerful Farming Lobby Killed EU’s Pesticide Law [68]

"Newly revealed documents from inside the most powerful farming lobby in Europe show how it delayed, gutted and overturned some of the most sweeping farming reforms in EU history, including a plan to cut pesticide use in half."

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [64]
Chemicals [37]
Economy & Business [65]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [18]
Europe [69]
Source: Guardian [70], 07/20/2026
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US Will Auction Some Waters Around American Samoa For Deep-Sea Mining [71]

"The U.S. government plans to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining in an unprecedented move that is expected to draw criticism from many countries."

Biodiversity [64]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [72]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [15]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [20]
Australia & Oceania [73]
Source: AP [74], 07/20/2026
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Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements [75]

"The state will tax data center electricity but plans to reduce emissions at the facilities and secure environmental protections went nowhere."

Air [76]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [65]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [15]
Technology [33]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [77]
Source: Inside Climate News [78], 07/20/2026
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