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AI Boom Poses Growing Public Health Threat, Former EPA Officials Warn [1]

"A group representing more than 800 former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday sounded the alarm over the health consequences of data centers. It warned that Trump administration policies to weaken pollution safeguards and speed up approvals of the facilities threatened to exacerbate those health harms."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Military [11]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [15], 09/11/2026
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How The Data Center Backlash Is Growing In U.S. Statehouses [16]

"As legislation is introduced at a record pace, public opposition is driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Planning & Growth [18]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [19], 09/08/2026
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Decarbonizing Energy Systems With Clean Firm Power [20]

Solar and wind power are critical for combating climate change, but some energy experts warn they won’t be enough. Their vision for an emissions-free grid depends on technologies ranging from long-duration batteries to nuclear reactors. Journalist Nicolás Rivero on clean firm power’s potential, the challenges ahead and how Big Tech is driving the pursuit of always-on zero-carbon electricity.

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Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Government [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Policy [25]
Pollution [26]
Science [27]
Technology [12]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
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Smart Toilets Are Already Using AI to Analyze Your Poop [31]

"While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in th�e way of benefits to the average person."

Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Technology [12]
Waste [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: WIRED [34], 09/04/2026
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Court Halts Trump Effort To Help Congress Overturn Calif. Clean Car Rules [35]

"A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car rules through Congress."

Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [26]
Technology [12]
Transportation [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [37]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/04/2026
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Gen Z Is Using ‘Polyester’ As An Insult. It’s Actually A Throwback. [39]

"Here's how the fabric went from a "miracle" fiber to TikTok slang for fake."

"Even if you’re not wearing polyester now, it’s probably sitting somewhere in your closet — after all, it is the most ubiquitous fabric for textiles on Earth. Is that bad? 

Judging by social media, the answer is solidly “yes.” Influencers want you to know it’s a form of plastic, fashioned from melted crude oil or PET bottles and extruded into threads. That disgust factor (“ugh, I’m wearing plastic?”) might help explain why “polyester” is now trending as an insult on TikTok.

Activism [40]
Chemicals [41]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Politics [8]
People & Population [42]
Technology [12]
Waste [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: , 09/03/2026
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Study Suggests That Climate Change Is Intensifying El Niños [43]

"A new study suggests that El Niños — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [3]
Conflict/Corruption [45]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [42]
Science [27]
Technology [12]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [13]
Source: AP [47], 09/03/2026
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UN Talks In Mongolia Show Growing Drought Crisis As Climate Impacts Worsen [48]

"Representatives from nearly 200 countries wrapped up United Nations desertification talks in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Friday, seeking ways to keep land productive as climate change heats the planet and degraded soils and landscapes lose their ability to hold water, produce food and support livelihoods.

Science [27]
Technology [12]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
International [50]
Source: AP [51], 09/03/2026
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AC Cooling Saves 1000s Of Lives Yearly, But Worsens Warming: Experts [52]

"Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [26]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
International [50]
Source: AP [53], 09/03/2026
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New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects [54]

"[T]he EPA is moving forward with revisions to a separate set of Clean Water Act regulations that would limit state and tribal authority over waterways—especially when it comes to weighing in on major energy projects like oil and gas pipelines, export terminals and hydropower dams."

Activism [40]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [26]
Technology [12]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 09/03/2026
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