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Anti-Uranium Advocates Swamp Hearing On Proposed Mine Near Navajo Land [1]

"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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Natural Resources [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: Source New Mexico [20], 08/12/2026
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"Trump Administration Kills a Flagship Annual Report on the Arctic" [21]

"The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for an annual report chronicling the changing environment of the Arctic, where rapid warming is upending ecosystems, reconfiguring trade routes and scrambling Great Power strategy."

Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Science [26]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Antarctica & Arctic [28]
Source: New York Times [29], 08/12/2026
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Dems Probe Uranium Company For Insider Trading Tied To Bears Ears [30]

"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."

Conflict/Corruption [31]
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Energy & Fuel [6]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 08/12/2026
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Alito Gained Up To $2.9M From Oil And Gas Assets Since Joining Court [34]

"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".

Climate Change [23]
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Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
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National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [35], 08/12/2026
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New Amazon Data Center Could Be Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. [36]

"Amazon is investing in a large-scale natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, the company confirmed on Friday, a facility that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States."

Climate Change [23]
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Planning & Growth [37]
Pollution [14]
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Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: New York Times [38], 08/11/2026
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Cyberattacks On Water Utilities Renew Dem Calls For Regulations [39]

"Two Senate Democrats introduced a bill Monday to set cybersecurity standards for water utilities — something Republicans and industry have long fought."

Consumer [3]
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Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [24]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [41], 08/11/2026
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EPA Moves To Rescind Biden-Era Tribal Water Quality Rule [42]

"The Trump administration plans to rescind an EPA rule requiring states to consider tribes’ rights to fish, hunt and gather wild plants when establishing water quality protections — a policy the administration argues went beyond the agency’s authority."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Food [44]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [45]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [47], 08/11/2026
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Top Science Body Deletes Climate Chapter From Judges’ Manual [48]

"The nation’s top scientific body has removed a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after an outcry from critics on the right, including President Trump."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [25]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Science [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [49], 08/11/2026
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August 21, 2026 to August 27, 2026

Film Screening: TO USE A MOUNTAIN at NYC's DCTV Firehouse Cinema [50]

Catch a screening of an SEJ-supported feature documentary TO USE A MOUNTAIN at NYC's DCTV Firehouse Cinema in Chinatown this week, with Q&As w/ director Casey Carter. Winner of the 2025 Visions du Réel Special Jury Award, the film chronicles a people's history of resistance and stewardship when six rural American communities were marked as candidates to become a burial ground for 77,000 tons of nuclear waste.

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What’s Next After Solar PAC’s win Against Ogles? [57]

"The solar energy industry-backed group that helped oust conservative Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles isn’t done making the case that you don’t mess with renewable energy."

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Source: E&E News [58], 08/10/2026
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