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Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution [1]

"The president’s push for data centers is driving a boom in gas-burning power plants. Texas is leading the way."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: New York Times [16], 08/06/2026
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Extremely Hot Weather Cooks Up Unusually Awful Air Pollution [17]

Summertime and the livin' is smoggy. American air may be clearer now than when the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970, but pollutants still abound. Heat and sunlight stoke chemical reactions that exacerbate health hazards. And worsening wildfires mix in harmful smoke. The latest TipSheet has more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [19]
Air [2]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [25]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
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Taming the Freight Beast [26]

The U.S. freight system delivers significant environmental impacts nationwide, especially in states that host major rail-and-road hubs and seaports. Meanwhile, new federal laws and policies are making it harder to curtail pollution generated by freight trucks, trains and warehouses. Journalist John Lippert looks at how the public, private and nonprofit sectors are rising to this challenge.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [19]
Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [31]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Transportation [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
California [32]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
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Study Spotlights Threat Of Overlooked Mold-Associated Illnesses [34]

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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 [2]
Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [22]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [38], 07/31/2026
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Trump DOE To Turn Ky. Uranium Plant Into Gas-Powered AI Data Center [39]

"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 [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [40]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Waste [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: AP [43], 07/31/2026
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Amid AI Boom, Coal Returns — With a Familiar Cost To Black Neighbors [44]

"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 [2]
Chemicals [20]
Conflict/Corruption [45]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: Word in Black [46], 07/31/2026
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EPA Halted Study On Gas Stoves And Asthma. Results Were Striking. [47]

"Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took office."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [48], 07/30/2026
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"Near the Salton Sea, Little League Players Struggle to Breathe" [49]

"Pediatric asthma is common in Calipatria, where young athletes compete despite extreme heat and air pollution. Some worry a lithium boom could make things worse."

Air [2]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [6]
Natural Resources [50]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
California [32]
Source: Capital & Main [51], 07/29/2026
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EPA Excuses Data Centers From Acid Rain Regs [52]

"EPA declared Monday that power generators that don’t sell power to the grid aren’t beholden to Clean Air Act acid rain standards."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [30]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [53], 07/28/2026
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US Heatwave To Hit 70 Million People With Third ‘Heat Dome’ In Month [54]

"About 70 million people in the US are set to face excessive heat advisories as dangerously hot temperatures scorch much of the country’s southern and central states."

Agriculture [55]
Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [6]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [56], 07/27/2026
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