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"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind" [1]

"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [9]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [12], 08/06/2025
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"As EPA Weakens Rules On ‘Forever Chemicals,’ States Are Moving Forward" [13]

"At least 250 bills to regulate the hazardous chemicals have been introduced this year in more than two dozen states." 

Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [16], 08/06/2025
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"E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy" [17]

"The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [19], 08/06/2025
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"New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws" [20]

"New Michigan data center plans are on the verge of triggering an “offramp” in the state’s nation-leading climate laws that would effectively halt the shift to renewables less than two years after the plans were approved."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 08/05/2025
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Coastal Flooding Challenges Cities Around the U.S. [23]

The United States has nearly 100,000 miles of coastline and much of it is at risk of flooding. But what that inundation looks like varies widely from place to place. From storm surges to land subsidence, the latest Backgrounder details the different types of flooding and the threats they pose to coastal communities, especially sea level cities.

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National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Northwest (OR WA) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
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"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future" [34]

"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 [25]
Economy & Business [18]
Infrastructure [6]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [37]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [10]
International [38]
Europe [39]
Source: YaleE360 [40], 08/04/2025
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"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won" [41]

"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 [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [37]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Source: Guardian [42], 08/04/2025
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Countries Failing To Act On UN Climate Pledge To Triple Renewables: Thinktank [43]

"Most global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, according to climate analysts."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
International [38]
Source: Guardian [44], 07/31/2025
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"The West’s Data Centers Suck (Water And Power)" [45]

"From simple searches to chatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [9]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: High Country News [46], 07/31/2025
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"4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment" [47]

"In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system."

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Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [38]
Source: New Yorker [48], 07/31/2025
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