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White House Reviews Expanding Hunting And Fishing In Wildlife Refuges

"A proposal to expand hunting and fishing access within wildlife refuges advanced this week to the White House review stage." "The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed opening 14 refuges to new hunting or sport fishing access."

Source: E&E News, 08/14/2026

Maryland Breaks Heat-Related Death Record With Weeks of Summer to Go

"Prolonged heatwaves are turning summers into deadly heat traps, with the very young and the elderly hit the hardest." "Prolonged heatwaves pushed death tolls to new levels this year in Maryland, which recorded its highest number of heat-related deaths with more than a month left of summer."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/14/2026

How Cougars Keep The Roadways Of Washington's Olympic Peninsula Safe

"While we think of predators as being dangerous, an otherwise harmless deer meandering into the road is far more likely to take you out than a bear or a wolf or a mountain lion is to stalk and eat you. Occasional news stories about pumas (Puma concolor) might suggest that they are a significant threat to humans. They are not—only around 30 deaths have been recorded since official record-keeping began in 1868."

Source: Sierra, 08/13/2026

Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Environmental Health Harm of Data Centers

"Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order on Tuesday directing a new task force to work on tighter regulations aimed at restricting data centers’ air and noise pollution, tempering water and energy usage and preventing utility bill spikes."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/13/2026

California Phasing Out Herbicide Linked To Parkinson’s Disease

"Pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily cancelled registrations for products containing paraquat in California — kickstarting a statewide phase-out of the controversial herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease, according to a California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announcement on Monday."

Source: The New Lede, 08/13/2026

Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear, Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era

"As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/13/2026

Calif. Scrambled as Spring Wildfire Neared Former Nuclear Reactor Site

"As a wildfire in May approached the site of one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in U.S. history, state and local officials scrambled to respond to the blaze and to establish proper real-time radiation and air monitoring to protect Southern California families, internal emails show."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/13/2026

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