"Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?"
"A small nonprofit with an innovative approach to predator-livestock conflicts is trying to ease Colorado ranchers’ concerns about wolves."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/03/2026
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Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed PFAS Cleanups
"In a fiercely divided Washington, there is bipartisan anger at the stalled progress in cleaning up toxic chemicals at military bases. The delays have emerged as a rare issue uniting Democrats and Republicans in their criticism of the Pentagon."
Source: New York Times, 07/31/2026FEMA Said Yes To Dem-State Disaster Requests. Trump Killed Them Anyway.
"President Donald Trump overruled his own agencies when he denied disaster aid for four Democratic-led states this month."
Source: E&E News, 07/31/2026Proposed BC Mine Expansion Raising Pollution Concerns In Canada And US
"A proposed expansion of an Elk Valley Resources’ coal mine in southeast British Columbia is moving through the environmental assessment process despite concerns over pollution. Decades of coal mining in the valley has led to harmful selenium concentrations and loads downstream, in British Columbia and the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho."
Source: Mongabay, 07/31/2026Amid AI Boom, Coal Returns — With a Familiar Cost To Black Neighbors
"Trump’s order keeping an Orlando coal plant online renews environmental justice concerns over who pays AI’s pollution bill." "The fight over Stanton Unit 1 illustrates how America's AI boom could prolong coal pollution that has historically fallen hardest on Black communities."
Source: Word in Black, 07/31/2026White House Looks To Reopen Refineries
"The Trump administration is looking to reopen closed oil refineries, including an embattled one in the Virgin Islands, amid high gasoline prices caused by the Iran war."
Source: The Hill, 07/31/2026Trump Admin Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers
"The Trump administration is repurposing large chunks of federal land to host enormous data centers and the power plants needed to run them as officials seek to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence and overcome growing local opposition to the facilities."
Source: New York Times, 07/30/2026Data Center Boom Sparks Lobbying Surge
"The number of companies, associations and advocacy groups lobbying around data center issues more than doubled this spring compared to the same time last year as Congress and the Trump administration sought to address the industry’s rapid growth."
Source: E&E News, 07/30/2026Trump Bets Chevron’s Fall Lets Him Rewrite Rules For Imperiled Wildlife
"For decades, presidents of both parties and the Supreme Court have agreed that federal law prevents developers from destroying habitat critical to vulnerable wildlife. The Trump administration is now making the case that a landmark Supreme Court ruling ending judicial deference to federal agencies gives it room to reverse that longstanding interpretation."
Source: E&E News, 07/30/2026Louisa, Va., Homeowner Sues Amazon Over Data Center Construction
"Round-the-clock disruptions drive a Central Virginia man to file a lawsuit against the tech giant as it seeks to build its latest digital warehouse in the commonwealth."
Source: Virginia Mercury, 07/30/2026In This Costa Rican Forest, Monkeys Come Face-to-Face With A.I.
"CapuchinAI, a portable testing station equipped with a touch screen and facial recognition software, could help scientists study primate intelligence in the wild."
Source: New York Times, 07/30/2026DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Collapsed Under Trump 2.0; Lawyers Exit
"The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division recently changed its name to the Energy and Natural Resources Division and added “unleashing American energy” to its mission."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/29/2026Energy Dept. Names 5 States For Possible Nuclear Waste Disposal
"The Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it is in talks with Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Idaho to create special nuclear hubs that would support “final disposition of used nuclear fuel.”
Source: E&E News, 07/29/2026Fossil Fuel Executives Cash In Selling Stock During Iran War
"Insiders at leading oil and gas companies have made millions from stocks since the Iran war began."
Source: New York Times, 07/29/2026White House’s Pandemic Preparedness Office Has A Remarkably Tiny Team
"As recently as 2024, the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy had 15 employees. In 2026, it has two."
Source: MS NOW, 07/29/2026
