Environmental Politics

As Data Centers Flood Wyoming, Water Pollution Fouls Good Faith

"The contamination of a Cheyenne water system by a Meta data center underscores the worries residents have about more than two-dozen data centers that are and could be consuming Wyoming’s energy, water and landscape."

Source: WyoFile, 07/20/2026

Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements

"The state will tax data center electricity but plans to reduce emissions at the facilities and secure environmental protections went nowhere."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/20/2026

US Will Auction Some Waters Around American Samoa For Deep-Sea Mining

"The U.S. government plans to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining in an unprecedented move that is expected to draw criticism from many countries."

Source: AP, 07/20/2026

How Europe’s Most Powerful Farming Lobby Killed EU’s Pesticide Law

"Newly revealed documents from inside the most powerful farming lobby in Europe show how it delayed, gutted and overturned some of the most sweeping farming reforms in EU history, including a plan to cut pesticide use in half."

Source: Guardian, 07/20/2026

Trump DOI Cancels Protections For Species Threatened With Extinction

"The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction, the latest step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle key provisions of the landmark Endangered Species Act at the behest of industry."

Source: AP, 07/20/2026

US Trial Could Reveal Who Paid Hackers To Target Exxon Climate Critics

"A group of American climate activists are closely watching a US court case that could reveal who hired hackers to target their inboxes a decade ago."

Source: Guardian, 07/17/2026

Analysis: Andy Burnham, Next British PM, Faces Tough Climate Decisions

"Wildfires cast a pall of smoke this week over Greater Manchester, whose former mayor Andy Burnham stands on the threshold of No 10. Amid three UK heatwaves so far this year, which have killed thousands of people in England and Wales, damaged harvests and left children crying in classrooms, the new prime minister’s plans for the climate crisis remain as shrouded as his city."

Source: Guardian, 07/17/2026

Michigan Issues Line 5 Tunnel Permits Despite ‘Significant Impacts’

"State agencies on Wednesday issued key permits for the controversial Line 5 tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac, concluding the project’s benefits outweigh drawbacks that include disruption to Native American burial sites and harm to wetlands and rare species."

Source: Bridge Michigan, 07/17/2026

Marietta, Ohio Residents Worry Drinking Water Could Become Contaminated

"Washington County residents are raising concerns that injection wells in southeastern Ohio leaking brine waste will eventually pollute Marietta’s drinking water."

Source: Ohio Capital Journal, 07/16/2026

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