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Dems Slam Trump Admin After DOJ Drops Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case [9]

"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 [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Technology [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 08/03/2026
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Radioactive Waste Stack Looms and Expands Beside Fla. Black Community [18]

"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 [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 08/03/2026
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"Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?" [28]

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

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Wildlife [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 08/03/2026
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California Was Mostly Solar-Powered In May — A Global First [34]

"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 [35]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Infrastructure [38]
Technology [12]
Public [14]
California [39]
Source: Canary Media [40], 08/03/2026
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Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards [41]

"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 [35]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Infrastructure [38]
Technology [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New York Times [42], 08/03/2026
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US Sees Iran Likely Behind Cyberattack on 30+ Minnesota Water Systems [43]

"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 [19]
Consumer [36]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [20]
Government [45]
Infrastructure [38]
Military [46]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Technology [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
Source: New York Times [48], 07/31/2026
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Climate Change Made Spanish, French Fires Much More Likely: Scientists [49]

"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 [35]
Disasters [44]
Science [50]
Public [14]
International [51]
Source: AP [52], 07/31/2026
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FEMA Said Yes To Dem-State Disaster Requests. Trump Killed Them Anyway. [53]

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

Climate Change [35]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [45]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [54], 07/31/2026
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Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed PFAS Cleanups [55]

"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 [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Military [46]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New York Times [56], 07/31/2026
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Proposed BC Mine Expansion Raising Pollution Concerns In Canada And US [57]

"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 [19]
Economy & Business [58]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [59]
Pollution [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Mongabay [60], 07/31/2026
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Amid AI Boom, Coal Returns — With a Familiar Cost To Black Neighbors [61]

"Trump’s order keeping an Orlando coal plant online renews environmental justice concerns over who pays AI’s pollution bill." "The fight over Stanton Unit 1 illustrates how America's AI boom could prolong coal pollution that has historically fallen hardest on Black communities."

Air [62]
Chemicals [19]
Conflict/Corruption [63]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Technology [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Word in Black [64], 07/31/2026
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Warming Mediterranean Waters Are Drawing Hundreds Of Invasive Species [65]

Scientists say climate change, caused mainly by burning oil, coal and gas, is making the Mediterranean Sea hotter, bringing hundreds of new and invasive fish species that decimate indigenous populations. As biodiversity diminishes, coastal communities will struggle to make ends meet in the ways they’ve known for generations."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [35]
Environmental Studies [66]
Fish & Fisheries [67]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [31]
Public [14]
Africa [68]
Europe [69]
Source: AP [70], 07/31/2026
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Trump DOE To Turn Ky. Uranium Plant Into Gas-Powered AI Data Center [71]

"The U.S. Department of Energy is harnessing the artificial intelligence boom in its bid to convert another Cold War-era uranium enrichment site, tapping private equity to fund a $100 billion data center complex that will include its own new natural gas and battery storage power plant in Kentucky."

Air [62]
Climate Change [35]
Disasters [44]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [20]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [72]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Technology [12]
Waste [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: AP [73], 07/31/2026
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White House Looks To Reopen Refineries [74]

"The Trump administration is looking to reopen closed oil refineries, including an embattled one in the Virgin Islands, amid high gasoline prices caused by the Iran war."

Environmental Politics [10]
Government [45]
Infrastructure [38]
Pollution [24]
Technology [12]
Transportation [75]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [76]
Source: The Hill [77], 07/31/2026
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Study Spotlights Threat Of Overlooked Mold-Associated Illnesses [78]

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A first-of-its-kind U.S. study suggests invasive mold infections may be an underappreciated — and potentially deadly — threat. The researchers detected about 450 cases in Atlanta-area hospitals over five years. About a third of the patients died in the hospital."

Air [62]
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [35]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [20]
Health [79]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [50]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [80], 07/31/2026
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