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Mining Claims Staked on Land That Trump Cut From Monuments [1]

"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."

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Source: New York Times [11], 08/17/2026
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Trump Cancels Biden-Era Bid To Speed Power Line Construction [12]

"The Trump administration is canceling a Biden-era effort to speed up power line construction in parts of Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the Dakotas."

Climate Change [13]
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Source: The Hill [21], 08/14/2026
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Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Environmental Health Harm of Data Centers [22]

"Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on Tuesday directing a new task force to work on tighter regulations aimed at restricting data centers’ air and noise pollution, tempering water and energy usage and preventing utility bill spikes."

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People & Population [23]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 08/13/2026
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Trump’s ‘Energy Emergency’ Could Speed Expansion Of La. LNG Terminal [27]

"Less than two years after opening, a liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a multi-billion-dollar expansion under a new Trump administration “emergency” permitting process that shortens environmental review and may weaken protections for surrounding wetlands and waterways."

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Planning & Growth [19]
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Transportation [28]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Verite News [29], 08/13/2026
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Utility, Tech Firms ‘Educate’ Regulators With Donations, Secret Retreats [30]

"As a pink-and-gold sunset faded over the waterside Ben Hotel, Republican state utility officials streamed out of a reception where they had been imbibing with executives from the industries they regulate."

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Source: Washington Post [32], 08/13/2026
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"On These Motorcycles, the Thrill Is Truly Electric" [33]

"The frenzy started on a single street in Lahore, Pakistan, where a half-dozen showrooms sprang up selling the same thing — electric motorcycles — and still couldn’t keep up with demand." "With gas prices high, people in developing countries are lining up to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said."

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Source: New York Times [36], 08/12/2026
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One Year On And The Global Plastics Treaty 'Is Going Backwards' [37]

"A new Aid to Negotiations document for the Global Plastics Treaty has been released a year after Geneva's collapse, but campaigners warn it dilutes key measures and retreats from the ambition needed to end plastic pollution."

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People & Population [23]
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Source: Oceanographic [41], 08/12/2026
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Anti-Uranium Advocates Swamp Hearing On Proposed Mine Near Navajo Land [42]

"A recent hearing meant to inform the public about a new uranium mine proposal near Church Rock instead exposed wounds around the legacy of mining’s impacts on Navajo communities, as well as fresh concerns about whether technology that promises to safely extract the mineral is as clean as the industry claims."

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People & Population [23]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: Source New Mexico [46], 08/12/2026
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Dems Probe Uranium Company For Insider Trading Tied To Bears Ears [47]

"House Democrats are investigating whether executives at a uranium company operating in Utah engaged in possible insider trading by making investments days before President Donald Trump opened a nearby national monument to mining."

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Source: E&E News [48], 08/12/2026
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Alito Gained Up To $2.9M From Oil And Gas Assets Since Joining Court [49]

"The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows." "Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case".

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Source: Guardian [50], 08/12/2026
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