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More Snow Is Falling as Rain in Washington, Bringing Drought To Farms [1]

"Climate models show warmer winters, with precipitation rates staying about the same but producing more rain and less snowpack, which leads to summer drought."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [7], 07/24/2026
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California Sues EPA Over Delayed Climate-Friendly Coolant Rule [8]

"States have joined a growing legal fight against EPA’s May rule pushing back deadlines for the food industry to start buying climate-friendly refrigeration systems."

Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 07/24/2026
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August 14, 2026

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House Panel Narrows Bill To Protect Ratepayers From Data Center Hikes [20]

"The latest Ratepayer Protection Act would apply more specifically to data centers."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Technology [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [28], 07/23/2026
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France Saw 5,700 More Deaths Than Usual During Historic June Heat Wave [29]

"France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Studies [32]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [12]
Public [5]
International [33]
Europe [34]
Source: AP [35], 07/23/2026
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What the Cyclospora Outbreak Reveals About Global Heating [36]

"The United States is going through the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record." "Warming is expected to fuel the spread of food-borne pathogens. We might not be prepared."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [37]
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Consumer [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Food [38]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [33]
Source: New York Times [39], 07/23/2026
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EPA's Zeldin Vows To Fulfill Coal Industry’s ‘Wish List’ [40]

"EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to deliver for the coal industry Tuesday, as part of a broader push to reverse the sector’s fate. “Many of the items that were on your wish list are now done,” Zeldin told members of the National Coal Council gathered at the Willard hotel in Washington."

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Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [42], 07/23/2026
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Western Reservoirs That Supply California Fall To Record Low Levels [43]

"The Colorado River’s largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have declined to their lowest combined levels on record.
Researchers say the new low underscores the urgent need to cut water use in the seven states that depend on the river."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [24]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Technology [27]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [44]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Los Angeles Times [47], 07/22/2026
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States, NYC Sue EPA For Relaxing Climate Rule Over Hydrofluorocarbons [48]

"The Trump administration was sued ​on Tuesday by 18 Democratic-led states, Washington, D.C. and New York City over a new ‌federal rule they say would harm the climate by giving companies more time to stop using dangerous hydrofluorocarbons in commercial refrigeration equipment."

Air [49]
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Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [27]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [51], 07/22/2026
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Wildfire Smoke Kills Tens Of Thousands Of People A Year. Here’s How. [52]

"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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Forests [53]
Government [54]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [33]
Source: AP [55], 07/22/2026
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