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"Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?"

"For decades, fishers, swimmers and environmental groups have complained that mud and silt from dredging operations in the Mobile Bay shipping channel have been smothering seagrasses, choking out oysters and clouding water that was once pristine." "A measure to permanently ban the practice of “thin-layer disposal” of dredged sediment nationwide has advanced through a House committee with bipartisan support."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/20/2026

Colo. Cut $11.4M in Penalties for Oil Firms Filing Fake Cleanup Data

"After a nearly two-year inquiry, Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) approved deals allowing firms owned by its largest oil and gas companies to avoid the majority of assessed penalties for falsified data submitted by their contractors."

Source: DeSmog, 07/20/2026

Environmental Groups Press To Halt Imperial Valley Lithium Venture

"In a case that has become a local flashpoint, environmental groups seeking to halt a lithium operation in Imperial County until it gets further review argued before a state appeals court in San Diego on Thursday."

Source: Los Angeles Times, 07/20/2026

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

Majority of US Voters Link Extreme Weather To Climate Crisis: Study

"Amid a summer of dangerous heat, drought and floods, a majority of Americans are connecting increasingly severe weather to the climate crisis, new polling shows, despite efforts by Donald Trump to dismiss global heating as a “con job” and a “hoax”."

Source: Guardian, 07/20/2026

After Wildfires Destroyed Forests, CA Tribe Finds 1,200 Ancestral Sites

"Until recently, when members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu pulled up a map of their ancestral land in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, only about two dozen of their historic sites appeared." "Then the forests burned."

Source: Los Angeles Times, 07/17/2026

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