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
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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
"The Mysterious Case Of Disappearing Chesapeake Ospreys"
"It was a glorious spring here on the lower Potomac River in 2023 for ospreys and for the townsfolk like Joanie and Barry Millward who applaud their annual return from the tropics and thrill to watch them dive for fish." "Then, a sudden and mysterious population crash: Only five chicks reached adulthood in 2024, eight in 2025."
Source: Bay Journal, 07/17/2026
Puerto Rico Announces Emergency Water Rationing As Drought Worsens
"Puerto Rico announced water rationing measures on Thursday as a drought grips the U.S. territory, worsening chronic water shortages that have forced the governor to declare a state of emergency."
Source: AP, 07/17/2026
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
