EJToday: Top Headlines

E. Washington Fires Burn 600 Structures, Displace 60,000 People [9]

"Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said Sunday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Source: AP [18], 08/03/2026
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Interior Posts Colorado River Plan With ‘Draconian’ Cuts For Arizona [19]

"The Trump administration released its final plan Friday for managing the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next decade, a major milestone in the seven-state brawl over water supplies for 40 million people across the West. The Interior Department’s plan — issued in the form of a final environmental impact statement — effectively breaks the fight into smaller chunks without resolving any of the fundamental disputes."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [24], 08/03/2026
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Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran [25]

"The scope of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems has grown to include at least seven states and may be far wider, officials and experts warned, as the authorities raced to safeguard the nation’s water supply against an assault that increasingly appeared to be the work of Iran."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Military [28]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [29]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: New York Times [31], 08/03/2026
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Clean Energy Group Targets State Races [32]

"The renewable energy industry is turning its attention to state-level races in the run-up to November’s midterm elections."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [33]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [29]
Technology [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [35], 08/03/2026
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Democrats’ ‘Climate Hushing’ Prompts Activists To Turn Up The Volume [36]

"Nationwide actions seek to counter view that talking about climate crisis distracts from affordability messaging"

Activism [37]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [38]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [39], 08/03/2026
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Dems Slam Trump Admin After DOJ Drops Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case [40]

"Democrats are reacting to the Justice Department’s move to drop its Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn, saying the move validated their longstanding criticism that the administration is weaponizing the Justice Department."

Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [38]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: The Hill [42], 08/03/2026
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Radioactive Waste Stack Looms and Expands Beside Fla. Black Community [43]

"Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next door."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [29]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 08/03/2026
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"Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?" [48]

"A small nonprofit with an innovative approach to predator-livestock conflicts is trying to ease Colorado ranchers’ concerns about wolves."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Politics [22]
Wildlife [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 08/03/2026
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California Was Mostly Solar-Powered In May — A Global First [53]

"Solar panels produced 51% of California’s electricity in May, the first time the clean energy source surpassed the halfway mark for an entire month. The data counts both large-scale installations and the state’s bounty of rooftop arrays."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [54]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [30]
Public [15]
California [55]
Source: Canary Media [56], 08/03/2026
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Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards [57]

"Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits or electricians."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [54]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: New York Times [58], 08/03/2026
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US Sees Iran Likely Behind Cyberattack on 30+ Minnesota Water Systems [59]

"Investigators believe a cyberattack this week on dozens of municipal water systems in Minnesota was probably the work of Iranian hackers, according to U.S. and state officials and others familiar with the matter, a potential act of aggression that comes at a precarious moment in the U.S. war against Iran." "There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Government [33]
Infrastructure [27]
Military [28]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [29]
Technology [30]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Source: New York Times [61], 07/31/2026
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Climate Change Made Spanish, French Fires Much More Likely: Scientists [62]

"Climate change’s fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week’s devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked Southern Europe’s burning the past eight years, two new studies conclude."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Science [63]
Public [15]
International [64]
Source: AP [65], 07/31/2026
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FEMA Said Yes To Dem-State Disaster Requests. Trump Killed Them Anyway. [66]

"President Donald Trump overruled his own agencies when he denied disaster aid for four Democratic-led states this month."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [33]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [67], 07/31/2026
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Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed PFAS Cleanups [68]

"In a fiercely divided Washington, there is bipartisan anger at the stalled progress in cleaning up toxic chemicals at military bases. The delays have emerged as a rare issue uniting Democrats and Republicans in their criticism of the Pentagon."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Military [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: New York Times [69], 07/31/2026
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Proposed BC Mine Expansion Raising Pollution Concerns In Canada And US [70]

"A proposed expansion of an Elk Valley Resources’ coal mine in southeast British Columbia is moving through the environmental assessment process despite concerns over pollution. Decades of coal mining in the valley has led to harmful selenium concentrations and loads downstream, in British Columbia and the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho."

Chemicals [26]
Economy & Business [71]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [72]
Pollution [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Mongabay [73], 07/31/2026
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