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"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future" [1]

"Climate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to soak up, store, and redistribute future floods."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Europe [12]
Source: YaleE360 [13], 08/04/2025
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"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won" [14]

"As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world. Here’s how" 

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [5]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 08/04/2025
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"Enviros Are Reeling In Trump’s ‘Scorched-Earth’ Second Term" [19]

"“We just lost a decade’s worth of work,” said one green group leader." 

Activism [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [28]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [29], 08/04/2025
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"Biggest US Offshore Wind Project Marches Ahead Despite Trump Attacks" [30]

"The largest planned offshore wind project in the U.S. is 60 percent complete and is on track to begin delivering electricity early next year."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [27]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 08/04/2025
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Experts Urge Brazil's President to Veto a Law To Cut Environmental Reviews [34]

"Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country's environmental regulations."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [28]
Public [10]
International [11]
South America [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 08/01/2025
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Charge: Perdue Breaking Law By Improperly Disposing Of PFAS-Laced Waste [38]

"In the latest move to combat contamination of a Maryland community's drinking water,  two Salisbury residents allege Perdue Agribusiness is violating federal law by failing to properly dispose of waste that contains toxic PFAS chemicals, according to a lawsuit filed July 25."

Activism [20]
Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [24]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [27]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Source: The New Lede [42], 08/01/2025
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Op-Ed: Can a Powerful CITES Meeting Help Save Sharks? [43]

"Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks -- if they pass." 

Biodiversity [21]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [6]
Science [46]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [11]
Source: The Revelator [47], 08/01/2025
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As UN Plastic Treaty Talks Face Possible Deadlock, What Will Happen? [48]

"In August, representatives of the world's nations will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to hopefully finalize a U.N. plastic treaty. But negotiators remain far apart, with an overwhelming number of nations wanting a legally binding treaty that limits plastic production, while a much smaller number want a voluntary agreement focused on waste management."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: Mongabay [49], 08/01/2025
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"University Sidelines Scientist Who Exposed Toxic Metals In Lake Maurepas" [50]

"The Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [27]
Science [46]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Louisiana Illuminator [52], 08/01/2025
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"The West’s Data Centers Suck (Water And Power)" [53]

"From simple searches to chatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [27]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: High Country News [54], 07/31/2025
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