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Cyberattacks On Water Utilities Renew Dem Calls For Regulations [1]

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

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Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 08/11/2026
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EPA Moves To Rescind Biden-Era Tribal Water Quality Rule [16]

"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 [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Food [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [9]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [22]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [24], 08/11/2026
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Top Science Body Deletes Climate Chapter From Judges’ Manual [25]

"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 [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [29], 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 [30]

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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Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Policy [36]
Pollution [10]
Science [28]
Waste [37]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]

What’s Next After Solar PAC’s win Against Ogles? [39]

"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."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [41], 08/10/2026
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Trump Is Blocking Billions Of Dollars Of Grants That Would Fix The Grid [42]

"The Department of Energy has canceled or stalled funding for thousands of projects that would improve the country’s stressed grid — and not just in blue states."

Climate Change [26]
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Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Canary Media [45], 08/10/2026
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Senate Republicans Vote Down Farm Bill Amendment On Pesticide Liability [46]

"Republicans on Thursday voted down a proposed amendment to the Farm Bill that would have  protected consumer rights to sue pesticide manufacturers over alleged harm after the US Supreme Court recently narrowed those rights."

Agriculture [47]
Chemicals [32]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Science [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [48], 08/10/2026
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Ex-White House Official, Project 2025 Author, Picked as DOI Watchdog [49]

"President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author to be the Interior Department’s internal watchdog, a move that critics say could hurt the integrity of the office’s investigations."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [26]
Conflict/Corruption [43]
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [50], 08/10/2026
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Trump Launched Big New Solar Tariffs. Here’s What It Means. [51]

"A far-reaching new tariff on solar imports promises to both raise the cost of installing the clean energy source and strengthen efforts to reshore solar manufacturing."

Climate Change [26]
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Pollution [10]
Technology [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [52]
Source: Canary Media [53], 08/10/2026
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Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power [54]

"A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Pentagon to lift its freeze on reviewing onshore wind projects and to end some of the delays that have brought U.S. wind power development to a standstill."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [55]
Technology [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [56], 08/07/2026
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