The EPA’s Data On Cancer Risk From Air Pollution Has Gone Dark
"For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing."
Source: Grist, 08/18/2026
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Trump Admin Halts Border Work In Big Bend National Park As Outrage Grows
"The Trump administration has paused all border barrier construction work at Big Bend National Park, after a flurry of videos showing bulldozers marring the protected landscape drove a furious backlash."
Source: Public Domain, 08/18/2026Trump Admin Fights Republican Effort To Lower Flood Insurance Costs
"The Trump administration is defending a flood policy imposed by the Biden administration and supported by environmental groups against efforts by Republican-led states to overturn it in court."
Source: E&E News, 08/18/2026Wildfire Scorched 900 Buildings. A State Calls The Fire Risk ‘Moderate.’
"Washington state will impose a fire-resistant building code in high-risk areas. Wildfire-prone areas are being excluded, some say."
Source: E&E News, 08/18/2026As Temperatures Get Hotter, Pesticides Are More Dangerous to Farmworkers
"Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers, and that the problem is poised to grow as the global climate warms."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/18/2026How $600B of Biden’s Clean Energy Funding Escaped Trump’s Cuts
"A POLITICO analysis finds that while the administration wiped out hundreds of billions in clean-energy tax breaks, spending has been harder to unwind."
Source: Politico, 08/18/2026Nation’s Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in Southwest
"Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River."
Source: New York Times, 08/18/2026After a 2-Year Wait, Will Ohio’ Largest Solar Project Get The OK?
"The Oak Run solar and storage project has been in legal limbo since 2024, showing local opponents’ power to delay clean energy. A decision may come soon."
Source: Canary Media, 08/18/2026Florida Makes It Harder To Sue Phosphate Mines Over Radioactive Soil
"A new law gives companies a simple way to raise the bar for lawsuits. A phosphate mining company lobbied for it."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/18/2026Jaguars Are Ready to Come Back. The Border Wall Might Stop Them.
"A lone male roves the Arizona mountains, and a female has been spotted just across the border in Mexico. The sightings raise hopes for the species, despite serious threats."
Source: New York Times, 08/18/2026Hurricane Lala Lashes Hawaii's Big Island With Wind, Rain But No Landfall
"Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii’s Big Island Saturday without making landfall and is expected to gradually weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain that flooded roads and turned rivers into raging torrents."
Source: AP, 08/17/2026Mining Claims Staked on Land That Trump Cut From Monuments
"About a month after President Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, at least nine mining claims have been staked on land that is no longer protected from development, public records show."
Source: New York Times, 08/17/2026Federal Job Cuts Are Making Wildfires Harder to Fight
"The Trump administration pushed out thousands of veteran U.S. Forest Service staff. An ‘extraordinary’ fire season is testing those who are left."
Source: New York Times, 08/17/2026The Data Center Industry’s PR Blitz Is Backfiring
"Front group lauds purported benefits of data centers without disclosing its backer."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/17/2026Calif. Pesticide Agency Hopelessly Captured by Industry, Critics Charge
"State regulators face calls to better protect low-income, Spanish-speaking immigrants from pesticide exposure in agricultural communities."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/17/2026
