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Empowering Guatemalan Villagers Plagued by Plastic [1]

"Indigenous Xinca villagers burn plastic to dispose of it and stoke cooking fires, unwittingly exposing themselves, their children and environment to deadly pollutants. An ambitious project aims to change that."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Waste [11]
Public [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 08/17/2026
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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty [15]

"A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines."

Air [16]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: WIRED [22], 08/17/2026
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EPA Sued For Approving Semiconductor Chemicals That May Pose Health Risks [23]

"Environmental and community groups sued the Trump administration on Friday over its approval of two chemicals for use in semiconductors despite posing health risks."

Activism [24]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [25], 08/17/2026
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How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy [26]

"For years, NextEra Energy boasted it was a “leading clean energy company.” Now, as renewable energy faces political opposition, it’s stopped emphasizing that."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Technology [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 08/17/2026
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Calif. Pesticide Agency Hopelessly Captured by Industry, Critics Charge [29]

"State regulators face calls to better protect low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrants from pesticide exposure in agricultural communities."

Agriculture [30]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 08/17/2026
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So Much Solar: List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year [33]

"Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Planning & Growth [34]
Pollution [10]
Technology [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 08/14/2026
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Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Environmental Health Harm of Data Centers [36]

"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."

Climate Change [17]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [20]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 08/13/2026
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California Phasing Out Herbicide Linked To Parkinson’s Disease [39]

"Pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily cancelled registrations for products containing paraquat in California — kickstarting a statewide phase-out of the controversial herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease, according to a California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announcement on Monday."

Agriculture [30]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
California [31]
Source: The New Lede [40], 08/13/2026
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Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear, Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era [41]

"As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [42]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 08/13/2026
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Calif. Scrambled as Spring Wildfire Neared Former Nuclear Reactor Site [45]

"As a wildfire in May approached the site of one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in U.S. history, state and local officials scrambled to respond to the blaze and to establish proper real-time radiation and air monitoring to protect Southern California families, internal emails show."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
Pollution [10]
Technology [20]
Public [12]
California [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 08/13/2026
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