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Majority of US Voters Link Extreme Weather To Climate Crisis: Study [9]

"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]
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People & Population [13]
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National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 07/20/2026
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Trump DOI Cancels Protections For Species Threatened With Extinction [18]

"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 [19]
Economy & Business [20]
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Laws & Regulations [22]
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Wildlife [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [25], 07/20/2026
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How Europe’s Most Powerful Farming Lobby Killed EU’s Pesticide Law [26]

"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 [27]
Biodiversity [19]
Chemicals [28]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
Europe [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 07/20/2026
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US Will Auction Some Waters Around American Samoa For Deep-Sea Mining [31]

"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 [19]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [33]
Technology [34]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [35]
Australia & Oceania [36]
Source: AP [37], 07/20/2026
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Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements [38]

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

Air [39]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 07/20/2026
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As Data Centers Flood Wyoming, Water Pollution Fouls Good Faith [45]

"The contamination of a Cheyenne water system by a Meta data center underscores the worries residents have about more than two-dozen data centers that are and could be consuming Wyoming’s energy, water and landscape."

Air [39]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Technology [34]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Source: WyoFile [47], 07/20/2026
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Environmental Groups Press To Halt Imperial Valley Lithium Venture [48]

"In a case that has become a local flashpoint, environmental groups seeking to halt a lithium operation in Imperial County until it gets further review argued before a state appeals court in San Diego on Thursday."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [33]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
California [49]
Source: Los Angeles Times [50], 07/20/2026
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Colo. Cut $11.4M in Penalties for Oil Firms Filing Fake Cleanup Data [51]

"After a nearly two-year inquiry, Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) approved deals allowing firms owned by its largest oil and gas companies to avoid the majority of assessed penalties for falsified data submitted by their contractors."

Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Source: DeSmog [52], 07/20/2026
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"Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?" [53]

"For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from dredging operations in the Mobile Bay shipping channel have been smothering seagrasses, choking out oysters and clouding water that was once pristine." "A measure to permanently ban the practice of “thin-layer disposal” of dredged sediment nationwide has advanced through a House committee with bipartisan support."

Biodiversity [19]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 07/20/2026
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Trump Threatens Tariffs On Canada In Retaliation For Wildfire Smoke [56]

"President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose tariffs on Canada in retaliation for wildfire smoke, but it was not clear that he has the legal authority to impose such a levy."

Air [39]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Forests [57]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [35]
Canada [58]
Source: Washington Post [59], 07/20/2026
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Wildfire Smoke Blankets Midwest And Northeast, Prompts Evacuations [60]

"Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week."

Air [39]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [57]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [58]
Source: AP [61], 07/17/2026
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As Climate Extremes Collide, Attribution Science Evolves [62]

"A National Academy of Sciences report on extreme climate event attribution confronts political climate denialism with scientific evidence."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [63]
People & Population [13]
Science [64]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 07/17/2026
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As Climate Expands Mosquito Ranges, Monitoring Helps Prevent Disease [66]

"Monitoring is expensive and labor intensive. But it helps public health officials stop outbreaks."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [63]
Health [67]
People & Population [13]
Science [64]
Wildlife [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [68]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 07/17/2026
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Michigan Issues Line 5 Tunnel Permits Despite ‘Significant Impacts’ [70]

"State agencies on Wednesday issued key permits for the controversial Line 5 tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac, concluding the project’s benefits outweigh drawbacks that include disruption to Native American burial sites and harm to wetlands and rare species."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Transportation [71]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [72]
Canada [58]
Source: Bridge Michigan [73], 07/17/2026
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Google’s $3.5B Solar Project Pushes US Into New Territory [74]

"The largest solar and battery project in America broke ground this week, as Cypress Creek Renewables began construction of the Steel River Energy Center in Arkansas."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Infrastructure [42]
Planning & Growth [75]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: E&E News [76], 07/17/2026
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