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Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk [1]

“Necropsy reports from sloths imported by a planned Orlando tourist attraction document stressed animals riddled with bacteria, parasites and viruses. Scientists say the situation is a warning about the threat the booming wildlife trade poses to human health.”

Environmental Health [2]
Government [3]
Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Policy [6]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 06/08/2026
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Energy, Water Use and Pollution of AI and Data Centers Rival Most Countries [11]

"The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as use of artificial intelligence grows."

Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [18]
Source: AP [19], 06/04/2026
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Ex-Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Wins Nomination for New Mexico Governor [20]

"Deb Haaland will try to defend Democratic dominance in New Mexico in a race that could make her the first female Native American governor of any U.S. state as she faces off with Republican nominee Gregg Hull in November."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: AP [22], 06/04/2026
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Deadly Heat Is Coming. But Funding To Save Lives Is Not. [23]

"Emergency officials are searching for loopholes to save lives as President Donald Trump slashes programs."

Air [24]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [2]
Government [3]
Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Policy [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [26], 06/04/2026
  • Read more about Deadly Heat Is Coming. But Funding To Save Lives Is Not. [23]

In Years-Long Fight, Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win [27]

"A bill, newly passed by legislators, will expand the state’s capacity to enforce limits on health-harming emissions in overburdened communities."

Activism [28]
Air [24]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [29]
Pollution [30]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 06/04/2026
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An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water. [33]

"After shuttering two wells for recurring nitrate contamination, the riverside community of Princeton may face yet another costly fix."

Chemicals [34]
Disasters [35]
Health [4]
Infrastructure [14]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 06/04/2026
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Supreme Court’s Limits on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse [37]

"A new study calculates the dollar value of wetlands in reducing river flooding. But in Sackett vs. EPA, the high court rolled back protections for nature’s first line of defense."
 

Water & Oceans [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 06/04/2026
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Dolphins, Sharks, Turtles and Workers All Victims of Outlaw Squid Fleets [39]

"Former crew members report egregious environmental destruction and labor abuses onboard shadowy squid fishing fleets, due to a regulatory vacuum."

Activism [28]
Conflict/Corruption [40]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [12]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Food [43]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [7]
Public [8]
International [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 06/04/2026
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House Passes Bipartisan Measures To Speed Geothermal Energy Projects [45]

"The package of geothermal permitting reforms comes as Republicans and Democrats alike look to boost clean, 24/7 power supplies. Now it heads to the Senate."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [46]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [47]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [48]
Policy [6]
Technology [15]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [49], 06/04/2026
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Trump Expected To Announce $700M Boost For Coal [50]

"Trump is set to use wartime authority under the Defense Prevention Act to dole out $425 million to 13 existing coal plants and $75 million for an export terminal in California. He is also expected to announce $185 million in grant funding from the Energy Department to build two new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia and restart a plant in Maryland."

Environmental Politics [46]
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [47]
Policy [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [51], 06/04/2026
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