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Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects [9]

"A handful of mega data center projects would emit over 100 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, an enormous amount roughly equal to the annual emissions of a mid-sized industrialized country."

Air [10]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 08/27/2026
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West Point Climate Prof. Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’ [28]

"Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing the U. S. Military Academy, where he was a professor of geography and the only climate scientist, after being fired." "After 17 years of teaching science at West Point, Dr. Adam Kalkstein says he was suddenly ordered last year to cut from his curriculum information about the human causes of climate change, according to a new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Military Academy."

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Source: New York Times [35], 08/27/2026
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Clean Air Policies Help Kids Breathe and Think Better [36]

"Growing up with dirty air harms kids’ health. But reducing pollution can help reverse the damage."

Air [10]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Studies [37]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [21]
Science [34]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 08/27/2026
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As AI Data Centers Expand, New Cooling Chemicals Raise PFAS Concerns [40]

"The artificial intelligence race is creating demand for more than data centers and electricity. It is also creating a new market for the chemicals needed to keep increasingly powerful computer chips from overheating. Some of those cooling technologies rely on PFAS, a broad class of fluorinated compounds already responsible for widespread drinking water contamination in North Carolina."

Chemicals [41]
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National (U.S.) [25]
International [38]
Source: WRAL [42], 08/27/2026
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MAHA Moms Take On Coal [43]

"The Make America Healthy Again movement has taken on many issues over the past few years: pesticides, processed foods, vaccines. Now it has another target, and it’s one that President Trump likes to promote: coal."

Activism [44]
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Source: New York Times [47], 08/27/2026
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B.C. Regulator Let Oil Company Delay Pipeline Cleanup. Spills Followed [48]

"A major Canadian oil and gas company reported dozens of incidents at its pipelines after the provincial regulator exempted thousands of its pipelines from normal clean-up timelines."

Chemicals [41]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [49]
Public [24]
Canada [50]
Source: The Narwhal [51], 08/27/2026
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Canada Retaliates With Up to 50% Tariffs on Hundreds of U.S. Products [52]

"Canada announced retaliatory tariffs as high as 50 percent on hundreds of American products on Tuesday, just days after the collapse of trade talks triggered punishing tariffs from the Trump administration." "Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs."

Agriculture [53]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Food [45]
Forests [55]
Government [30]
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Natural Resources [56]
People & Population [33]
Transportation [49]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
Canada [50]
Source: New York Times [57], 08/26/2026
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EPA Moves to Curb Public Input on State Data Center Air Permits [58]

"The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for communities to weigh in on proposed data centers, even as a backlash against the behemoth projects grows across the country." "Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects."

Activism [44]
Air [10]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [11]
Conflict/Corruption [29]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: New York Times [59], 08/26/2026
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At Least 35,000 Excess Deaths Recorded In Europe’s Back-To-Back Heatwaves [60]

"At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent."

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [61]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [62]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
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People & Population [33]
Pollution [21]
Science [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [63], 08/26/2026
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Ohio Grapples With Fake Comments On Clean Energy: Some Want Crackdown [64]

"A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public feedback that aims to block renewable energy and promote fossil fuels."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [11]
Conflict/Corruption [29]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
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People & Population [33]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [65]
Source: Canary Media [66], 08/26/2026
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Fossil Lobbyists Also Represent 100s Of Cities Fighting For Climate Damages [67]

"Congressional lobbyists working for fossil fuel firms that are exacerbating the climate crisis are simultaneously representing more than 300 local governments raising funding to recover from climate damage, according to a new analysis."

Climate Change [11]
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Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Guardian [68], 08/26/2026
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Why We Should Stop Eating Lettuce, Cyclospora Or Not [69]

"Explosive diarrhea is in the news." "Lettuce makes us sick, wastes resources and has minimal nutritional value. Why are we still consuming it?"

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [61]
Chemicals [41]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Food [45]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [21]
Waste [70]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [71], 08/26/2026
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In A Global First, Mexico Approves Use Of RNA-Based Fungicide [72]

"Grape growers in Mexico have a new tool to fight powdery mildew, a common fungal disease, after the country became the first in the world to approve the commercial sale of an RNA-based biofungicide." "Oifirax, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to kill the fungus responsible for powdery mildew on grapes"

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [61]
Chemicals [41]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Food [45]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [38]
Source: Science [73], 08/26/2026
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Trump Border Wall Construction Threatens Rock Art As Old As The Pyramids [74]

"On an overcast summer morning, Carolyn Boyd, an archeologist at Texas State University, stood at the foot of a cave in west Texas, looking up toward a series of towering murals painted on a rock wall. Three massive human-like figures soared toward an overhang that had sheltered the painting from the elements since they were drawn here perhaps 4,000 years ago."

Journalism & Media [31]
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People & Population [33]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [75]
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National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Public Domain [76], 08/26/2026
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Living With Drought Has Taught Pastoralists Lessons The World Needs [77]

"Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world."

Agriculture [53]
Climate Change [11]
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Disasters [62]
Environmental Health [15]
Food [45]
Natural Resources [56]
People & Population [33]
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International [38]
Source: Grist [78], 08/26/2026
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