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"New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws" [1]

"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 [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [11], 08/05/2025
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Coastal Flooding Challenges Cities Around the U.S. [12]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [14]
Infrastructure [6]
Journalism & Media [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
California [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Northwest (OR WA) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
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Public [9]
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"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future" [25]

"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 [14]
Economy & Business [3]
Infrastructure [6]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
International [29]
Europe [30]
Source: YaleE360 [31], 08/04/2025
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"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won" [32]

"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 [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Guardian [33], 08/04/2025
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Countries Failing To Act On UN Climate Pledge To Triple Renewables: Thinktank [34]

"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 [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [35], 07/31/2025
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"The West’s Data Centers Suck (Water And Power)" [36]

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

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [37]
Technology [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: High Country News [38], 07/31/2025
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"4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment" [39]

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

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [29]
Source: New Yorker [40], 07/31/2025
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"Trump Yanks Millions of Acres of Ocean Designated for Wind Power" [41]

"The Trump administration is revoking approval for millions of acres of ocean to be set aside for offshore wind development amid an escalating attack on the renewable power source." 

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg [42], 07/31/2025
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"Interior Officials Commit To "Rebuilding" Grand Canyon's North Rim" [43]

"Interior Department officials are committed to "rebuilding" the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park that's been partially overrun by a lightning-ignited fire that claimed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, dozens of guest cabins, and concessionaire facilities."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [6]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: National Parks Traveler [44], 07/29/2025
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"As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most" [45]

"As heat grips Illinois this summer, one group is more vulnerable to extreme heat than any other: Those incarcerated inside the state’s decaying prisons and jails."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Infrastructure [6]
People & Population [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 07/29/2025
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