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Wildfire Smoke Kills Tens Of Thousands Of People A Year. Here’s How. [1]

"Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show."

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International [12]
Source: AP [13], 07/22/2026
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Vibrio On The Rise As Climate Warms The Chesapeake Bay [14]

"One day last July, Vernon Spear scratched his forearm on a crab pot as he pulled it out of the Choptank River from his pier in Cambridge, MD. He put hydrogen peroxide on the tiny cuts, thinking that would disinfect them. That night, his forearm swelled up, and he spiked a high fever."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Source: Bay Journal [18], 07/22/2026
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Trump Threatens National Academies With Debarment. Here’s What It Is. [19]

"The oil industry and its allies gained a major supporter in their yearslong effort to derail climate science programs at the National Academies: the president of the United States."

Climate Change [4]
Conflict/Corruption [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [9]
Science [24]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [12]
Source: E&E News [25], 07/22/2026
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U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising [26]

"The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array of federal energy-efficiency programs at the same time that war in Iran is raising oil prices, climate change is fueling record heat that is driving up demand for air conditioning and new data centers are straining America’s electricity supply."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Military [28]
Pollution [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: New York Times [29], 07/22/2026
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Tropical Storm Bertha To Bring Heavy Rain, Flooding Along Gulf Coast [30]

"Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday but was expected to weaken as it chugs closer to the U.S., potentially bringing coastal flooding and heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [5]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
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Source: AP [34], 07/22/2026
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California Restricts Utility Shutoffs As Dangerous Heat Spreads [35]

"California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’s dangerously hot outside – a basic safety protection. Losing power in some rural areas can also mean losing water, and in cities, having no way to cool down can be dangerous, even deadly, when hot weather spans several days."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [36]
Health [37]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [8]
Technology [38]
Public [10]
California [39]
Source: CalMatters [40], 07/21/2026
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States Join Fight Against Trump Defense Dept. Wind Farm Blockade [41]

"A coalition of 18 states and Washington, D.C., has moved to join an industry lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s freeze on onshore wind projects in America."

Agriculture [42]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Military [28]
Technology [38]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Canary Media [43], 07/21/2026
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"‘A Better Way To Be Relevant’: Greens Embrace Data Center Fight" [44]

"The nation’s biggest green groups have joined the fray over data centers — and they’re starting to notch some victories after 18 months of stinging environmental setbacks under the Trump administration."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [46]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [47]
Pollution [9]
Technology [38]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [48], 07/21/2026
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Trump Attacks Top US Scientific Body Over Climate Chapter in Manual [49]

"The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges."

Climate Change [4]
Conflict/Corruption [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Pollution [9]
Science [24]
Transportation [50]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [12]
Source: New York Times [51], 07/21/2026
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Climate Data Site Spiked, Resurrected by Ex-NOAA Employees [52]

An effort by the Trump administration to tank a highly useful data source on climate change trends has met impressive resistance — in the form of a group of fired NOAA staffers who have rebuilt the climate.gov website stripped by the federal government. And as the latest Toolbox notes, it’s a great resource. Reacquaint yourself with it.

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