How $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, 08/18/2026
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Nation’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, 08/17/2026How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy
"For years, NextEra Energy boasted it was a “leading clean energy company.” Now, as renewable energy faces political opposition, it’s stopped emphasizing that."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/17/2026EPA Sued For Approving Semiconductor Chemicals That May Pose Health Risks
"Environmental and community groups sued the Trump administration on Friday over its approval of two chemicals for use in semiconductors despite posing health risks."
Source: The Hill, 08/17/2026The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty
"A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines."
Source: WIRED, 08/17/2026Judge Rejects Suit That Sought Professor’s Emails on Climate Law
"A lawsuit against the University of Michigan demanding the emails of a professor who has worked on “climate superfund” laws has been dismissed by a state judge." "A conservative group had tried to force the University of Michigan to hand over messages from a law professor who worked on “climate superfund” bills."
Source: New York Times, 08/17/2026Empowering Guatemalan Villagers Plagued by Plastic
"Indigenous Xinca villagers burn plastic to dispose of it and stoke cooking fires, unwittingly exposing themselves, their children and environment to deadly pollutants. An ambitious project aims to change that."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/17/2026
