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U.S. Military Bases Delay Cleanup Of Toxic "Forever Chemicals" [9]

"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 [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
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Military [16]
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Source: USA TODAY [22], 07/28/2026
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Federal Judge Orders EPA to Administer Environmental Justice Grants [23]

"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 [24]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [17]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 07/28/2026
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Water Contamination From Ag Is a Top Issue in Iowa Midterms [28]

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

Agriculture [29]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [30]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Source: Civil Eats [33], 07/28/2026
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Energy, Enviro Spending Work Teeters In The Senate [34]

"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 [25]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [37], 07/28/2026
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EPA Excuses Data Centers From Acid Rain Regs [38]

"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 [39]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [40], 07/28/2026
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Leaked Document Reveals White House Nuclear Waste Plan [41]

"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 [12]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [42]
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Waste [43]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [44], 07/28/2026
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Environmental Groups Urge EPA To Reject New Pfas To Cool Datacenters [45]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Guardian [46], 07/28/2026
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Trump NRC Seeks To Eliminate A Longstanding Radiation Safety Practice [47]

"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 [12]
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [42]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [48], 07/28/2026
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Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List [49]

"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 [50]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [51]
Natural Resources [52]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [53]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
International [55]
Source: AP [56], 07/28/2026
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As Indonesia Cuts Methane Emissions, Waste Pickers Lives Change [57]

"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 [25]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [17]
Waste [43]
Public [20]
Australia & Oceania [58]
Source: AP [59], 07/28/2026
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US Heatwave To Hit 70 Million People With Third ‘Heat Dome’ In Month [60]

"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 [29]
Air [39]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [61]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Guardian [62], 07/27/2026
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France, Spain Battle Wildfires As More Than 250,000 People Flee Homes [63]

"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 [25]
Disasters [61]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [64]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
Europe [65]
Source: AP [66], 07/27/2026
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Trump DOE Admits Clean Energy Grants Were Canceled Based On Politics [67]

"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 [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [68], 07/27/2026
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Emails Show Virginia Regulators Downplayed Data Center Health Concerns [69]

"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 [25]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [18]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [70]
Source: E&E News [71], 07/27/2026
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Tracking The Trump Administration’s Favors To The Pesticide Industry [72]

"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 [29]
Chemicals [10]
Conflict/Corruption [73]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: U.S. Right To Know [74], 07/27/2026
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