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"At ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ the Biggest Risk Isn’t Alligators" [1]

"The area around the immigrant detention center, deep in the Everglades, is threatened by a number of environmental hazards like hurricanes, intense heat and even wildfires."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 08/07/2025
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"The Air Conditioning Dilemma: Cooling Homes Heats The Planet" [17]

"As temperatures soar around much of the world, people are cranking up the air conditioning, but blasting icy air into buildings fuels global warming, which increases demand for more cooling, creating a vicious circle."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [18]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [20]
Technology [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [22]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [23], 08/07/2025
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Photos Of Mexican Ranchers Struggling As Screwworm Ravages Their Cattle [24]

"The U.S. has suspended live cattle imports from Mexico due to concerns about the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite found in southern Mexico. This suspension has severely impacted ranchers in Sonora, who are already struggling with drought."

Agriculture [25]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
People & Population [10]
Wildlife [26]
Public [13]
Mexico [27]
Source: AP [28], 08/06/2025
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Court Temporarily Blocks Trump From Reallocating FEMA Preparedness Funds [29]

"A federal court on Tuesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from reallocating funds used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help communities prevent future storm damage."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/06/2025
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Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site and Protected Forest [32]

"To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts on the hallowed ground of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest. But it already approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby."

Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 08/06/2025
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"Pesticide Manufacturer Spent More Than $200K Lobbying In Iowa" [35]

"Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024."

Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch [38], 08/05/2025
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"West Virginia Scrambles To Strip Artificial Dyes From School Meals" [39]

"When school starts in West Virginia next month, 240,000 students in districts large and small will notice something missing from their cafeteria trays. Gone will be red Jell-O fruit cups, yogurt topped with brightly hued sprinkles and and older verisons of Cool Ranch Doritos — all foods made with synthetic dyes."

Chemicals [36]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [10]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: AP [42], 08/05/2025
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"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future" [43]

"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 [30]
Infrastructure [7]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [44]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [22]
Europe [45]
Source: YaleE360 [46], 08/04/2025
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"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won" [47]

"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 [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [44]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: Guardian [49], 08/04/2025
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"EPA Research Cuts Stoke Fears Over Scientific Independence" [50]

"“This is a very baffling moment in time,” said one researcher. “I never would have thought we had to advocate for science.”" 

Air [51]
Biodiversity [52]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Studies [53]
Government [54]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [20]
Science [55]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [56], 08/04/2025
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