EJToday: Top Headlines

Virginia To Offload More Grid Costs Onto Data Centers [9]

"The data center capital of the world is shifting more transmission costs onto the energy-hungry sector." "The decision is expected to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in transmission costs away from the public."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: E&E News [22], 08/07/2026
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Supreme Court Sets Oct. 5 Date For Blockbuster Climate Case [23]

"The case, Suncor v. Boulder, has spurred calls for two of the justices to recuse themselves as they weigh whether federal law or the Constitution bars local governments from suing fossil fuel companies over the costs of addressing climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 08/07/2026
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Lumberjack Lawmaker: Troy Jackson Cuts A Mixed Environmental Image [26]

"A late add to try to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, the Democratic Senate hopeful blends a progressive streak with roots in the timber industry."

Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: E&E News [30], 08/07/2026
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Unusually Intense Haboob Dust Storms Strike Phoenix Twice This Week [31]

"Dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years, scientists said Thursday. The storms — called haboobs — occur throughout the U.S. Southwest when strong downdrafts from thunderstorms stir up loose dust and dirt that get blown along in front of the approaching storm cell."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: AP [35], 08/07/2026
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On Frontline Of Australia’s Bird Flu Outbreak, People Are Distressed [36]

"As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts"

Biodiversity [27]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Health [37]
Wildlife [38]
Public [20]
International [39]
Australia & Oceania [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 08/07/2026
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Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect [42]

"In 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration proposed creating stronger cybersecurity guidelines to better safeguard the nation’s water supply from hackers. ... The E.P.A. rescinded the order, however, after Republican-led states and industry groups sued to block its enforcement."

Chemicals [43]
Consumer [44]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Military [45]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [39]
Source: New York Times [46], 08/06/2026
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Data Center Foes Win Big In Tuesday’s Primaries [47]

"Winners this week either want to crack down on new data centers or enact a moratorium."

Activism [48]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [44]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [50], 08/06/2026
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Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution [51]

"The president’s push for data centers is driving a boom in gas-burning power plants. Texas is leading the way."

Air [52]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [33]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: New York Times [53], 08/06/2026
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Senate Confirms CDC Head After Debate Over Her Independence Of RFK Jr. [54]

"The Senate on Wednesday voted mainly along party lines to confirm Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vote ends months of leadership uncertainty at the nation’s premier public health agency but leaves unresolved the central question that dominated her confirmation process: Will she preserve the agency’s scientific independence under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?"

Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Health [37]
People & Population [28]
Science [55]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [56], 08/06/2026
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How Trump’s Claims Of Vandalism At Reflecting Pool Crumbled [57]

"Trump has lashed out at U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she dropped vandalism cases and blamed damage at the pool on rushed and flawed work by a contractor."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: Washington Post [58], 08/06/2026
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Meta's La. Data Center Permit Omits Some Of Its Emissions: Sierra Club [59]

"An environmental group argues Louisiana officials did not account for all of the harmful emissions Meta’s data center in Richland Parish will produce when it approved the facility’s Clean Air Act permit revisions in June."

Activism [48]
Air [52]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [61], 08/06/2026
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EPA Claims Omaha Cleanup As Success, But Many Yards Still Have Lead [62]

"The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead."

Chemicals [43]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [63]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [64]
Source: Flatwater Free Press [65], 08/06/2026
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Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown [66]

"Thomasville hoped to remove mold, lead and failing sewage from a historic Black neighborhood. Now residents fear another generation of neglect."

Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: KFF Health News [67], 08/06/2026
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EPA Stalls Planned Nitrate Cancer Review As Pollution Crisis Grows [68]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has backed off its re-assessment of cancer-causing nitrates despite decades of research suggesting the contaminant is more harmful than previously thought and that nitrate pollution is at crisis levels in US drinking water."

Agriculture [69]
Chemicals [43]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The New Lede [70], 08/06/2026
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Court Says Fishermen’s Lobster Defamation Suit Raises First Amendment [71]

"A federal appeals court signaled that it might not allow a lawsuit brought by fishing industry businesses and trade groups against a California aquarium to proceed because of the case’s potential impact on free speech."

Biodiversity [27]
Consumer [44]
Fish & Fisheries [72]
Food [73]
Journalism & Media [74]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [20]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [75]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Source: AP [76], 08/06/2026
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