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What Most Battleground House Districts Have In Common: Data Centers [9]

"More than 200 data centers are going up in dozens of competitive House districts — and neither party knows how to handle their political fallout heading into the midterms."

Activism [10]
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Climate Change [12]
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Source: Politico [26], 06/16/2026
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Pentagon Reviews Are Blocking Wind Farms, Putting Jobs At Risk: Lawsuit [27]

"Renewable energy groups are suing the U.S. military because they say national security reviews for new wind farms on private land have been effectively frozen for months. The groups say this logjam jeopardizes $47 billion in investments and thousands of jobs in 21 states."

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Source: AP [30], 06/16/2026
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Trump DOE Issues Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running [31]

"The Orlando plant had been scheduled for retirement in 2025. The order cited an energy emergency related to a shortage of facilities and proliferation of data centers."

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Source: Inside Climate News [34], 06/16/2026
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Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff [35]

"Some day in the next 12 months – maybe in late-August, maybe not until next spring – Lake Mead will drop below the critical threshold of 1,035 feet above sea level. That is the water-level elevation at which hydropower generating capacity at Hoover Dam, the largest in the Colorado River basin, will be cut by 70 percent."

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Source: Circle of Blue [37], 06/16/2026
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As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants [38]

"An executive order in Massachusetts and a regulatory commission action in Minnesota are among the big moves this year that highlight the growing role of virtual power plants in grid management."

Climate Change [12]
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National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 06/16/2026
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Calif. Cuts Golden Mussel Safeguards At Vital Reservoir, Alarming Experts [40]

"The state of California is walking back protections meant to keep destructive golden mussels out of Lake Oroville, one of the largest and most important reservoirs in the state."

Biodiversity [41]
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Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [24]
California [42]
Source: CalMatters [43], 06/16/2026
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Battle Brews Over Forest Service Glyphosate Spraying Near Lake Tahoe [44]

"Katherine Levy remembers a childhood deeply rooted in the natural offerings of Lake Tahoe – water skiing in the summer and working as ski instructor on the surrounding snow-covered mountains during winter months." "A US government plan to spray multiple types of herbicides – including the cancer-linked glyphosate weed killer – within national forest property that abuts the community’s cherished lake."

Agriculture [45]
Chemicals [46]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [24]
California [42]
Source: The New Lede [49], 06/16/2026
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Dangerous Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Found In US Breast Milk Samples [50]

"Breast milk samples from mothers in Seattle contain alarming levels of dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals, including BPA, BPS, melamine, cyanuric acid, and triclosan, new peer-reviewed research has found."

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Northwest (OR WA) [51]
Source: Guardian [52], 06/16/2026
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As Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ [53]

"If protected, researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs across the Central Pacific."

Biodiversity [41]
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Fish & Fisheries [47]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 06/16/2026
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A Solar-Powered Rubbish-Eating Boat? It Chomps Plastic Waste At Sea [56]

"Guided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA river"

Fish & Fisheries [47]
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Waste [57]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
California [42]
International [54]
Source: Guardian [58], 06/16/2026
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"Trump Opens Protected Pacific Waters To Commercial Fishing" [59]

"The Trump administration struck down prohibitions on commercial fishing Thursday across more than 500,000 square miles of marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, as environmental groups vowed to challenge the action in federal court." "The president has now signed orders to eliminate commercial fishing bans in all five national marine monuments."

Biodiversity [41]
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Environmental Politics [17]
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Natural Resources [60]
Water & Oceans [29]
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National (U.S.) [25]
Alaska and Hawaii [61]
International [54]
Source: E&E News [62], 06/15/2026
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Trump NPS Ordered To Restore History, Climate Info Removed From Parks [63]

"A federal judge Friday gave the Trump administration three weeks to restore interpretative materials pertaining to history and climate change removed from national parks under President Donald Trump’s order.
Consumer [13]
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Government [65]
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Source: National Parks Traveler [67], 06/15/2026
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EPA Sends California Emissions Rules To Congress, Hoping For Reversal [68]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it was sending the Republican-controlled Congress landmark California vehicle emissions rules for potential ‌repeal, its latest effort to prevent tougher state tailpipe requirements."

Air [11]
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Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [65]
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Pollution [22]
Transportation [69]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
California [42]
Source: Reuters [70], 06/15/2026
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"Another Industry-Led Campaign Targets California’s Animal Welfare Law" [71]

"Several newspapers across farming states have run strikingly similar opinion columns over the past month that take issue with a California law requiring farmers to provide hogs, calves and chickens with enough room to turn around, lie down and stretch."

Agriculture [45]
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Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Food [72]
Journalism & Media [66]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
California [42]
Source: The New Lede [73], 06/15/2026
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Trump’s EPA Unlawfully Cancelled Environmental Justice Grants: Judge [74]

"The decision voided the EPA guidance to terminate the $2.8 billion grant program. But it stopped short of requiring the agency to resume administering it."

Activism [10]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [75]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [76], 06/15/2026
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