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What You Need To Know About The Water Crisis In Puerto Rico [1]

"U.S. citizens in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are spending hours waiting for water trucks after water rationing went into effect amid drought on the island archipelago. Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González declared a state of emergency in late July as the water in key dams dropped below levels that can support communities."

Climate Change [2]
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Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Central America & the Caribbean [10]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [11], 08/14/2026
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Trump Cancels Biden-Era Bid To Speed Power Line Construction [12]

"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 [2]
Conflict/Corruption [13]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Planning & Growth [17]
Technology [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [20], 08/14/2026
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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Driving the Data Center Boom [21]

"Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plants and pipelines."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Infrastructure [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: WIRED [22], 08/14/2026
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So Much Solar: List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year [23]

"Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [24]
Technology [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 08/14/2026
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Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Environmental Health Harm of Data Centers [26]

"Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on Tuesday directing a new task force to work on tighter regulations aimed at restricting data centers’ air and noise pollution, tempering water and energy usage and preventing utility bill spikes."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [24]
Technology [18]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 08/13/2026
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Trump’s ‘Energy Emergency’ Could Speed Expansion Of La. LNG Terminal [31]

"Less than two years after opening, a liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is seeking a multi-billion-dollar expansion under a new Trump administration “emergency” permitting process that shortens environmental review and may weaken protections for surrounding wetlands and waterways."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Planning & Growth [17]
Pollution [24]
Technology [18]
Transportation [32]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Verite News [33], 08/13/2026
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Utility, Tech Firms ‘Educate’ Regulators With Donations, Secret Retreats [34]

"As a pink-and-gold sunset faded over the waterside Ben Hotel, Republican state utility officials streamed out of a reception where they had been imbibing with executives from the industries they regulate."

Climate Change [2]
Conflict/Corruption [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [35]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [28]
Technology [18]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [36], 08/13/2026
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Opinion: Drought, Rationing And Dry Rivers: Global Water Crisis Is Here [37]

"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 [38]
Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [35]
Infrastructure [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 08/12/2026
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Cyberattacks On Water Utilities Renew Dem Calls For Regulations [42]

"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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Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [35]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [24]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [43], 08/11/2026
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What’s Next After Solar PAC’s win Against Ogles? [44]

"The solar energy industry-backed group that helped oust conservative Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles isn’t done making the case that you don’t mess with renewable energy."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Technology [18]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [46], 08/10/2026
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