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1000s Flee Long Drought In Somalia As Hunger Deepens And Aid Shrinks [1]

"After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa with no food and little sense of what would happen next."

Agriculture [2]
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Middle East [11]
Source: AP [12], 08/13/2026
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‘When You Kill It, It Doesn’t Die’: Jellyfish Cracks Code Of Immortality [13]

"Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again".

Biodiversity [14]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 08/12/2026
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FDA Tightens Oversight On Foods “Generally Recognized As Safe” [21]

"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making it harder for manufacturers to deem their own chemical ingredients as safe."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [25]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The New Lede [26], 08/12/2026
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One Year On And The Global Plastics Treaty 'Is Going Backwards' [27]

"A new Aid to Negotiations document for the Global Plastics Treaty has been released a year after Geneva's collapse, but campaigners warn it dilutes key measures and retreats from the ambition needed to end plastic pollution."

Activism [28]
Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [33]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [25]
Technology [34]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Oceanographic [36], 08/12/2026
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Anti-Uranium Advocates Swamp Hearing On Proposed Mine Near Navajo Land [37]

"A recent hearing meant to inform the public about a new uranium mine proposal near Church Rock instead exposed wounds around the legacy of mining’s impacts on Navajo communities, as well as fresh concerns about whether technology that promises to safely extract the mineral is as clean as the industry claims."

Activism [28]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [38]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [25]
Technology [34]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Source New Mexico [41], 08/12/2026
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Opinion: Drought, Rationing And Dry Rivers: Global Water Crisis Is Here [42]

"Disturbing news about our water resources is now constant and unrelenting. In just the past few weeks, media have reported that Puerto Rico is suffering a deep water crisis as severe drought has cut water supplies to thousands. The Rhine and Po rivers in Europe are at record low levels. The seven states sharing the Colorado River in the US are fighting over unprecedented shortages, while its major reservoirs have shrunk to their lowest levels since they were built."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [14]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [33]
Infrastructure [43]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [44], 08/12/2026
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kill At Least 7 Along Gulf: Here's How To Be Safe [45]

"A so-called flesh-eating bacterium that thrives in warm seawater has killed at least seven people this year along the Gulf Coast, officials said."

Biodiversity [14]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: CBS News [46], 08/11/2026
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Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says [47]

"The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [48]
Pollution [25]
Science [17]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [49], 08/11/2026
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New Amazon Data Center Could Be Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. [50]

"Amazon is investing in a large-scale natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, the company confirmed on Friday, a facility that could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Planning & Growth [48]
Pollution [25]
Technology [34]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: New York Times [51], 08/11/2026
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Cyberattacks On Water Utilities Renew Dem Calls For Regulations [52]

"Two Senate Democrats introduced a bill Monday to set cybersecurity standards for water utilities — something Republicans and industry have long fought."

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People & Population [7]
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Source: E&E News [53], 08/11/2026
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