Lumberjack Lawmaker: Troy Jackson Cuts A Mixed Environmental Image
"A late add to try to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, the Democratic Senate hopeful blends a progressive streak with roots in the timber industry."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026
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Supreme Court Sets Oct. 5 Date For Blockbuster Climate Case
"The case, Suncor v. Boulder, has spurred calls for two of the justices to recuse themselves as they weigh whether federal law or the Constitution bars local governments from suing fossil fuel companies over the costs of addressing climate change."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026
Virginia To Offload More Grid Costs Onto Data Centers
"The data center capital of the world is shifting more transmission costs onto the energy-hungry sector." "The decision is expected to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in transmission costs away from the public."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026
Sunrise Co-Founder, Data Center Critic Nabs Big Michigan Primary
"William Lawrence, a data center moratorium supporter who co-founded the progressive Sunrise Movement, won a critical Michigan congressional primary Tuesday over two more-moderate and better-funded Democrats."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2026
All Bodies Of Water In England Polluted With Toxic Chemicals: Data
"Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new government data shows, while just 14.3% of surface waters achieved good ecological status."
Source: Guardian, 08/07/2026
Trump DOI To Pay German Firm $1.22Bn To Cut More Offshore Wind Leases
"The German energy company RWE has reached a $1.22bn deal with the US government to relinquish its offshore wind leases and instead redirect funds towards fossil fuel investments. The agreement marks the fifth deal the Donald Trump administration has struck with energy companies, offering payouts in exchange for abandoning renewable energy projects and redirecting investment towards fossil fuels."
Source: Guardian, 08/07/2026
El Niño Could Push 50M People Into Acute Hunger By End Of Next Year
"About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Niño weather system, according to forecasting. This is in addition to the hundreds of millions of people already facing dangerous levels of hunger, owing to years of drought in parts of Africa and pressure on food prices from the war in Iran."
Source: Guardian, 08/07/2026
Court Says Fishermen’s Lobster Defamation Suit Raises First Amendment
"A federal appeals court signaled that it might not allow a lawsuit brought by fishing industry businesses and trade groups against a California aquarium to proceed because of the case’s potential impact on free speech."
Source: AP, 08/06/2026
EPA Stalls Planned Nitrate Cancer Review As Pollution Crisis Grows
"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has backed off its re-assessment of cancer-causing nitrates despite decades of research suggesting the contaminant is more harmful than previously thought and that nitrate pollution is at crisis levels in US drinking water."
Source: The New Lede, 08/06/2026
Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
"Thomasville hoped to remove mold, lead and failing sewage from a historic Black neighborhood. Now residents fear another generation of neglect."
Source: KFF Health News, 08/06/2026
