Environmental Politics

EPA Claims Omaha Cleanup As Success, But Many Yards Still Have Lead

"The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead."

Source: Flatwater Free Press, 08/06/2026

Meta's La. Data Center Permit Omits Some Of Its Emissions: Sierra Club

"An environmental group argues Louisiana officials did not account for all of the harmful emissions Meta’s data center in Richland Parish will produce when it approved the facility’s Clean Air Act permit revisions in June."

Source: Louisiana Illuminator, 08/06/2026

How Trump’s Claims Of Vandalism At Reflecting Pool Crumbled

"Trump has lashed out at U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she dropped vandalism cases and blamed damage at the pool on rushed and flawed work by a contractor."

Source: Washington Post, 08/06/2026

Senate Confirms CDC Head After Debate Over Her Independence Of RFK Jr.

"The Senate on Wednesday voted mainly along party lines to confirm Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vote ends months of leadership uncertainty at the nation’s premier public health agency but leaves unresolved the central question that dominated her confirmation process: Will she preserve the agency’s scientific independence under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?"

Source: Washington Post, 08/06/2026

Latin American News Startup: ‘The Most Accurate Truth’

"After CBS News hit the brakes on a 60 Minutes story about CECOT prison, the League of Latin American Citizens decided it was time to start their own newsroom. Within months, El Grito Media has become a definitive resource."

Source: Columbia Journalism Review, 08/05/2026

DiCaprio And Bezos Lead $200M Project To Save 100 Threatened Species

"Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth’s most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas."

Source: AP, 08/05/2026

Crews Building Trump Border Wall In N.M. Ordered To Stop Drilling Wells

"Construction crews building a border wall in New Mexico were ordered to stop drilling new wells after ranchers said that pumping groundwater to produce concrete could threaten their livestock amid a severe drought."

Source: Guardian, 08/05/2026

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