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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]
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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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Judge Rejects Suit That Sought Professor’s Emails on Climate Law [15]

"A lawsuit against the University of Michigan demanding the emails of a professor who has worked on “climate superfund” laws has been dismissed by a state judge." "A conservative group had tried to force the University of Michigan to hand over messages from a law professor who worked on “climate superfund” bills."

Activism [16]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New York Times [20], 08/17/2026
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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty [21]

"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 [22]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: WIRED [26], 08/17/2026
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EPA Sued For Approving Semiconductor Chemicals That May Pose Health Risks [27]

"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 [16]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [28], 08/17/2026
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How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy [29]

"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 [23]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [10]
Technology [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 08/17/2026
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Calif. Pesticide Agency Hopelessly Captured by Industry, Critics Charge [31]

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

Agriculture [32]
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Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
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Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 08/17/2026
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Mining Claims Staked on Land That Trump Cut From Monuments [35]

"About a month after President Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, at least nine mining claims have been staked on land that is no longer protected from development, public records show."

Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
Source: New York Times [39], 08/17/2026
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AI Push in Rulemaking Adds New Legal Risks for Federal Agencies [40]

"The US government’s experimentation with AI in rulemaking carries the risk that actions associated with the technology may be overturned in court, former federal officials warn."

Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [41]
Government [42]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Technology [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [43], 08/14/2026
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Scientists Warn Senate TSCA Overhaul Could Put Children At Greater Risk [44]

"A group of over 30 scientists, health professionals, and public health advocates is urging the Senate not to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a move they say will put children in harm’s way from toxic chemicals and pollutants."

Activism [16]
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Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Science [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [46], 08/14/2026
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Trump Cancels Biden-Era Bid To Speed Power Line Construction [47]

"The Trump administration is canceling a Biden-era effort to speed up power line construction in parts of Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the Dakotas."

Climate Change [17]
Conflict/Corruption [48]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [24]
Planning & Growth [49]
Technology [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [50], 08/14/2026
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