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What’s Next After Solar PAC’s win Against Ogles? [1]

"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 [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [12], 08/10/2026
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Trump Is Blocking Billions Of Dollars Of Grants That Would Fix The Grid [13]

"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 [3]
Conflict/Corruption [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [17], 08/10/2026
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Senate Republicans Vote Down Farm Bill Amendment On Pesticide Liability [18]

"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 [19]
Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Science [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The New Lede [23], 08/10/2026
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Ex-White House Official, Project 2025 Author, Picked as DOI Watchdog [24]

"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 [25]
Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [30], 08/10/2026
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Trump Launched Big New Solar Tariffs. Here’s What It Means. [31]

"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 [3]
Conflict/Corruption [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [32]
Source: Canary Media [33], 08/10/2026
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Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power [34]

"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 [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [35]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: New York Times [36], 08/07/2026
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Lumberjack Lawmaker: Troy Jackson Cuts A Mixed Environmental Image [37]

"A late add to try to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, the Democratic Senate hopeful blends a progressive streak with roots in the timber industry."

Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [38]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: E&E News [40], 08/07/2026
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Supreme Court Sets Oct. 5 Date For Blockbuster Climate Case [41]

"The case, Suncor v. Boulder, has spurred calls for two of the justices to recuse themselves as they weigh whether federal law or the Constitution bars local governments from suing fossil fuel companies over the costs of addressing climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [42], 08/07/2026
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Virginia To Offload More Grid Costs Onto Data Centers [43]

"The data center capital of the world is shifting more transmission costs onto the energy-hungry sector." "The decision is expected to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in transmission costs away from the public."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Planning & Growth [44]
Pollution [16]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 08/07/2026
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All Bodies Of Water In England Polluted With Toxic Chemicals: Data [47]

"Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new government data shows, while just 14.3% of surface waters achieved good ecological status."

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [10]
Europe [48]
Source: Guardian [49], 08/07/2026
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