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Hurricane Lala Lashes Hawaii's Big Island With Wind, Rain But No Landfall [9]

"Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii’s Big Island Saturday without making landfall and is expected to gradually weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain that flooded roads and turned rivers into raging torrents."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [16]
Source: AP [17], 08/17/2026
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Mining Claims Staked on Land That Trump Cut From Monuments [18]

"About a month after President Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, at least nine mining claims have been staked on land that is no longer protected from development, public records show."

Chemicals [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: New York Times [25], 08/17/2026
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Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight [26]

"The Trump administration pushed out thousands of veteran U.S. Forest Service staff. An ‘extraordinary’ fire season is testing those who are left."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [27]
Government [28]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New York Times [30], 08/17/2026
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The Data Center Industry’s PR Blitz Is Backfiring [31]

"Front group lauds purported benefits of data centers without disclosing its backer."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Technology [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 08/17/2026
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Calif. Pesticide Agency Hopelessly Captured by Industry, Critics Charge [38]

"State regulators face calls to better protect low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrants from pesticide exposure in agricultural communities."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 08/17/2026
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How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy [44]

"For years, NextEra Energy boasted it was a “leading clean energy company.” Now, as renewable energy faces political opposition, it’s stopped emphasizing that."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [41]
Technology [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 08/17/2026
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EPA Sued For Approving Semiconductor Chemicals That May Pose Health Risks [46]

"Environmental and community groups sued the Trump administration on Friday over its approval of two chemicals for use in semiconductors despite posing health risks."

Activism [47]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [41]
Technology [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [48], 08/17/2026
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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty [49]

"A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines."

Air [50]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [41]
Technology [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: WIRED [51], 08/17/2026
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Judge Rejects Suit That Sought Professor’s Emails on Climate Law [52]

"A lawsuit against the University of Michigan demanding the emails of a professor who has worked on “climate superfund” laws has been dismissed by a state judge." "A conservative group had tried to force the University of Michigan to hand over messages from a law professor who worked on “climate superfund” bills."

Activism [47]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New York Times [53], 08/17/2026
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Empowering Guatemalan Villagers Plagued by Plastic [54]

"Indigenous Xinca villagers burn plastic to dispose of it and stoke cooking fires, unwittingly exposing themselves, their children and environment to deadly pollutants. An ambitious project aims to change that."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [55]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [41]
Waste [56]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 08/17/2026
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Maryland Breaks Heat-Related Death Record With Weeks of Summer to Go [59]

"Prolonged heatwaves are turning summers into deadly heat traps, with the very young and the elderly hit the hardest." "Prolonged heatwaves pushed death tolls to new levels this year in Maryland, which recorded its highest number of heat-related deaths with more than a month left of summer."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 08/14/2026
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So Much Solar: List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year [62]

"Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [33]
Planning & Growth [63]
Pollution [41]
Technology [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 08/14/2026
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White House Reviews Expanding Hunting And Fishing In Wildlife Refuges [65]

"A proposal to expand hunting and fishing access within wildlife refuges advanced this week to the White House review stage." "The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed opening 14 refuges to new hunting or sport fishing access."

Biodiversity [66]
Consumer [55]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [67]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [29]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [68]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [69], 08/14/2026
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Tropical Storm Lala Brings Hurricane Watch To The Big Island Of Hawaii [70]

"Tropical Storm Lala formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean and a hurricane watch has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii, where it could bring heavy rain and flooding this weekend, forecasters said."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [29]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [16]
Source: AP [71], 08/14/2026
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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Driving the Data Center Boom [72]

"Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plants and pipelines."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Infrastructure [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: WIRED [73], 08/14/2026
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