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EPA Sued For Approving Semiconductor Chemicals That May Pose Health Risks [1]

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

Source: The Hill [2], 08/17/2026

How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy [3]

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

Source: Inside Climate News [4], 08/17/2026

Calif. Pesticide Agency Hopelessly Captured by Industry, Critics Charge [5]

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

Source: Inside Climate News [6], 08/17/2026

The Data Center Industry’s PR Blitz Is Backfiring [7]

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

Source: Inside Climate News [8], 08/17/2026

Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight [9]

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

Source: New York Times [10], 08/17/2026

Mining Claims Staked on Land That Trump Cut From Monuments [11]

"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."

Source: New York Times [12], 08/17/2026

Hurricane Lala Lashes Hawaii's Big Island With Wind, Rain But No Landfall [13]

"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."

Source: AP [14], 08/17/2026

Meet The Man Circumnavigating The Arctic Ocean, Alone [15]

"When sailing alone, even sleep is dangerous. Matt Rutherford knows this all too well. As he travels the Arctic, far from his home port of Annapolis, Md., the moments Rutherford does get to rest are precious. "It just becomes extremely difficult to get any sleep because if you hit the ice, you essentially die," he said."

Source: NPR [16], 08/14/2026

AI Push in Rulemaking Adds New Legal Risks for Federal Agencies [17]

"The US government’s experimentation with AI in rulemaking carries the risk that actions associated with the technology may be overturned in court, former federal officials warn."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 08/14/2026

What You Need To Know About The Water Crisis In Puerto Rico [19]

"U.S. citizens in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are spending hours waiting for water trucks after water rationing went into effect amid drought on the island archipelago. Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González declared a state of emergency in late July as the water in key dams dropped below levels that can support communities."

Source: Yale Climate Connections [20], 08/14/2026

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