# environmental justice (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover environmental justice. Page: Feed: --- ## [Clean Air Policies Help Kids Breathe and Think Better](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26082026/reducing-air-pollution-can-help-childrens-health/) _2026-08-26 · By Keerti Gopal · Inside Climate News_ Growing up with dirty air harms kids’ health. But reducing pollution can help reverse the damage. In London, an effort to combat traffic emissions led to measured improvements in kids whose lung growth was previously stunted compared to their peers outside the city. In New York City, policies that lowered prenatal exposure to air pollution \[…\] ## [New York’s Power Grid Struggles to Handle the Heat](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26082026/new-york-power-grid-struggles-during-heatwaves/) _2026-08-26 · By Lauren Dalban · Inside Climate News_ NEW YORK—When nearly 10,000 people in Southeast Queens lost power during a July heatwave, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on residents to keep their air conditioners at 78 degrees to reduce the pressure on the grid. The New York Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s electricity grid, issued an energy watch the same month, but \[…\] ## [A Florida Community Aimed to Address a Legacy of Pollution. The Trump Administration Cancelled Its Funding.](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26082026/florida-community-lost-millions-when-trump-cancelled-environmental-justice-grant/) _2026-08-26 · By Amy Green · Inside Climate News_ TAMPA, Fla.—Ross Fabian’s low-slung apartment building sits beside a pond that sometimes smells of dead fish. He has seen dead dogs in the pond. For many years the pond has served an important purpose, as a repository of sorts for the pollutants and contaminants that flow with Florida’s heavy rains from the industrial sites, brownfields \[…\] ## [‘Unbearable’ Heat in Uncooled Alabama Prisons](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25082026/alabama-prisons-unbearable-heat/) _2026-08-25 · By Lee Hedgepeth · Inside Climate News_ ELMORE, Ala.—Tiffany Montellano can’t sleep. Instead, she lies awake, worried about her husband Andrew, 31, who is incarcerated at Elmore Correctional Facility just north of Montgomery, Alabama’s state capital. She worries because a few days ago, she received a call during her lunch break from Andrew, who had missed their usual call the night before. \[…\] ## [A Severe Drought Is Straining the Panama Canal. Could Global Warming Make It Worse?](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25082026/todays-climate-el-nino-drought-panama-canal/) _2026-08-25 · By Kiley Price · Inside Climate News_ One of the world’s most-used shortcuts is at risk as a severe drought plagues Central America. Starting in early September, the Panama Canal will reduce the number of ships allowed to pass through each day due to low water levels in the artificial lakes that feed the lock system. Experts say the reason for the \[…\] ## [The Biggest Carbon Polluters Are to Blame for Half of U.S. Western Water Lost to Climate Change, ‘Groundbreaking’ Paper Says](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25082026/attribution-study-links-carbon-majors-to-colorado-river-crisis/) _2026-08-25 · By Jake Bolster · Inside Climate News_ Some of the largest fossil fuel companies on Earth are disproportionately responsible for the water crisis in the American West, according to a first-of-its-kind study published Tuesday. From 2014 to 2024, climate change sapped over a third of the region’s typical annual snowpack and decreased streamflows by about 13 percent, the authors found in the \[…\] ## [Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25082026/texas-data-center-gas-projects/) _2026-08-25 · By Dylan Baddour · Inside Climate News_ The 12 largest gas power projects planned in Texas are all specifically intended to run data centers, according to data released Tuesday by Global Energy Monitor, a global nonprofit that maps and tracks energy infrastructure. The volume of gas power generation planned in Texas has continued to surge, growing by 50 percent in the last \[…\] ## [Pennsylvania Lags Far Behind on Solar. Here’s How It Could Catch Up.](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25082026/pennsylvania-legislature-slows-renewable-energy-adoption/) _2026-08-25 · By Jon Hurdle · Inside Climate News_ Pennsylvania was a pioneer on renewable energy before the fracking boom upended that trajectory, and environmental advocates think it’s past time for state leaders to once again prioritize clean forms of power. The nonprofit PennFuture outlined ways for Pennsylvania to do so in a new report, accusing the state’s legislature of “policy inertia” for failing \[…\] ## [Fearing ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Water Cuts, Nevada Sues Feds Over Colorado River Plan](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24082026/nevada-sues-trump-administration-over-colorado-river-plan/) _2026-08-24 · By Steven Rodas · Inside Climate News_ Three days was all it took for the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan to see a legal challenge from, somewhat ironically, Nevada. Of the seven states that rely on the river, Nevada gets the smallest amount by law. Nevada water managers said the long-term impacts from the proposed cuts could be devastating—with Las Vegas bearing \[…\] ## [ERCOT Says Abbott’s Data Center Audit Will Be Done in December](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24082026/texas-gov-abbott-data-centers-audit/) _2026-08-24 · By Arcelia Martin · Inside Climate News_ The first group of large data centers in line to get connected to Texas’ grid won’t move forward until mid-December, grid officials say. Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) staff needs to vet the first 300 projects, 90 percent of which are data centers, in “Batch Zero,” and put together a community impact review as \[…\] ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/otMNpGuGPggR) _2026-08-24 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [A Global Gathering to Tackle the Planet’s Soil Crisis Is Underway in Mongolia](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22082026/convention-to-combat-desertification-highlights-soil-crisis/) _2026-08-22 · By Georgina Gustin · Inside Climate News_ In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, policy makers, scientists and global negotiators are gathering to convey an urgent message: The world’s rangelands, which make up about half of Earth’s land surface, are in trouble. But these same lands offer an opportunity. If, collectively, farmers and land users restore rangelands and soils, they can combat drought and preserve a \[…\] ## [Secret Plan to Dump Slaughterhouse Waste Blindsided Residents of Iowa’s Loess Hills](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22082026/iowa-loess-hills-slaughterhouse-waste/) _2026-08-22 · By Anika Jane Beamer · Inside Climate News_ In a matter of days, a dirt pit the size of five football fields appeared next to the weathered headstones of Center Cemetery in Castana, Iowa. The excavation site sits on the edge of the Loess Hills, a 200-mile corridor of craggy bluffs and ridges bordering the Mississippi River valley in western Iowa. The hills, \[…\] ## [Depression, poor sleep quality linked to occupational exposure to EMF radiation](https://www.ehn.org/depression-poor-sleep-emf-radiation) _2026-08-22 · Environmental Health Sciences Staff · EHN_ A recent study published by Imène Kacem et al. in Frontiers in Psychiatry found an association between electric power plant workers’ exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) and negative impacts to mental health and sleep quality. ELF-EMF, commonly referred to simply as EMF, is an exposure people experience from close proximity to electrical grid infrastructure,… ## [Texas Oil and Gas Regulators Will No Longer Have to Accept Public Comment at Open Meetings](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21082026/texas-railroad-commission-new-participation-policy/) _2026-08-21 · By Martha Pskowski · Inside Climate News_ The three elected officials who regulate the oil and gas industry in Texas hold an open meeting each month in Austin to vote on matters from pipeline violations to permit renewals. Members of the public can register to speak for up to three minutes at the end of each meeting. People often travel hundreds of \[…\] ## [Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21082026/lawsuit-to-block-climate-research-center-closure/) _2026-08-21 · By Nicholas Kusnetz · Inside Climate News_ One of the nation’s largest environmental groups is challenging the Trump administration’s closure of a leading climate institute, filing a lawsuit Thursday in federal court saying the closure is unlawful. The administration had announced in December that it would dismantle the Colorado-based National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, which conducts advanced climate and weather \[…\] ## [Bomb Fishing Is Reducing Coral Reefs to ‘Rubble’](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21082026/bomb-fishing-destroying-coral-reefs/) _2026-08-21 · By Johnny Sturgeon · Inside Climate News_ Nicknamed the “Amazon of the Seas,” the Coral Triangle is the world’s most biologically diverse marine ecosystem. Sink below the surface and you’ll encounter the sound of a vibrant symphony of snapping shrimp, crunching crustaceans and feeding fish. But then the rhythmic music of life will dissolve into eerie silence, punctured only by the plosive \[…\] [Listen](https://cdn.insideclimatenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/21162043/Sounds-of-healthy-reef-c-Tim-Lamont.wav) ## [‘Lead City’ Series Receives National Association of Black Journalists Award](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21082026/lead-city-series-receives-national-association-of-black-journalists-award/) _2026-08-21 · By ICN Editors · Inside Climate News_ A collaborative project about Chicago’s handling of its massive number of lead water pipes—a public health hazard—has won a reporting award from the National Association of Black Journalists. The “Salute to Excellence” award is the latest in a list of honors for “Lead City,” a series Inside Climate News reported alongside WBEZ and Grist. The \[…\] ## [Why cancer, not affordability, may be the biggest issue in Iowa’s midterms](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/cancer-rates-iowa-maha-pesticides-herbicides-glyphosate-farming-agriculture-midterm-elections-issues/) _2026-08-21 · EHN Curators · EHN_ "State leadership and industrial agriculture are very hesitant to have those conversations." ## [Water from plastic bottles — including expensive brands — contains more chemicals than water stored in glass](https://www.ehn.org/plastic-bottled-water-edcs) _2026-08-21 · Environmental Health Sciences Staff · EHN_ In a recent study published in Analytica Chimica Acta , researchers used new methods for detecting diverse endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in drinking water to test multiple bottled water brands from Belgium. In short: In total, 17 EDCs were found in the 37 bottled waters tested, including chemicals used in plastic packaging, pharmaceutical drugs, and cosmetics. Water in plastic bottles… ## [A Supreme Court case may be slowing Trump’s next climate rollback](https://www.eenews.net/articles/a-supreme-court-case-may-be-slowing-trumps-next-climate-rollback/) _2026-08-21 · EHN Curators · EHN_ “EPA is trying to have their cake and eat it, too,” said one environmental lawyer. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MNWFVSLeTSHe) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Northwest Indiana residents in ‘survival mode’ as outages drag on](https://apnews.com/article/indiana-power-outages-gary-ohio-floods-e0fbdd4a721b6269e8ec62e512299b11) _2026-08-21 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. ## [Notes from Illinois’ virtual power plant frontier](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/inside-clean-energy-illinois-virtual-power-plants/) _2026-08-21 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Solrite is the latest energy services company to venture into Illinois, a sign of how quickly a new state law has jumpstarted the market. ## [Lobsters and acidic seas: Can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/environment-oceans-acidification-alkali-carbon-absorption-lobsters) _2026-08-21 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research. ## [Extreme Heat Waves Fuel Political Tensions in Europe](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21082026/europe-heat-fuels-political-tensions/) _2026-08-21 · By Bob Berwyn · Inside Climate News_ LINZ, Austria—A summer-long series of heatwaves that has been blistering much of Europe since June has turned political. Elected leaders are facing growing scrutiny for their lackluster response to the deadly consequences of climate extremes, even as their parties continue to pursue policies that worsen the crisis.The extreme temperatures, along with drought, have drained rivers, \[…\] ## [More than 50 Sloths Died at a Florida Wildlife Attraction. Officials Say No Crime Occurred.](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/florida-sloth-world-deaths-investigation-concludes-no-crime/) _2026-08-20 · By Katie Surma, Kiley Price · Inside Climate News_ New investigative findings from a Florida sheriff’s office detail the stark conditions of emaciated and dehydrated sloths at a planned tourism attraction where more than 50 of the animals died, including one frothing at the mouth and another that had been lying on the ground for two days, covered in feces. Even so, the Orange \[…\] ## [Opinion: Congress must renew Toxic Substances Control Act fees](https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/asbestos-forever-chemicals-kill-congress-must-renew-toxic-substances-control-act-fees,713566) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ When I learned asbestos was only truly restricted in 2024 when new uses were banned under the reformed TSCA, I was speechless, yet grateful there is now a law keeping it out of new building materials. ## [Scottish Water first utility to tackle laboratory plastic waste](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26480877.scottish-water-first-utility-tackle-laboratory-plastic-waste/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Scottish Water is using new technology to disinfect and recycle laboratory plastics previously sent to landfill or incineration. ## [China’s Solar Buildout Hampers Bird Diversity](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/china-solar-panels-harm-bird-diversity/) _2026-08-20 · By Phil McKenna · Inside Climate News_ Policies promoting solar power construction projects in China have contributed to a decline in bird diversity across the country. Those findings, from a study published Thursday in the journal Science, highlight the environmental impacts of large-scale solar developments and suggest ways that policies supporting photovoltaics could be improved in China, which has installed nearly as \[…\] ## [One year after Roseland oil disaster, parents fear for their kids](https://capitalbnews.org/roseland-louisiana-oil-pollution-black-children/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ As the Louisiana town of Roseland recovers, residents wrestle with the increasingly difficult task of shielding children from a polluted future. ## [Report: Big Food companies regularly sue to stop or slow down public health policies](https://investigatemidwest.org/2026/08/19/report-big-food-companies-regularly-sue-to-stop-or-slow-down-public-health-policies/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Mars have regularly sued governments around the world in an effort to prevent public health proposals from being implemented. ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WI32jTTgO5Xf) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [California packaging law could raise costs, producers say](https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/08/plastics-law-producer-responsibility-consumer/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ A new California law aims to cut plastic packaging 25% by 2032 — but producers say the real cost could be billions more than the state projected. ## [Study finds PFAS destruction gap widens as regulators tighten forever chemical limits](https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/newsroom/study-finds-pfas-destruction-gap-widens-as-regulators-tighten-forever-chemical-limits) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ A new report warns that widely used PFAS treatments only concentrate the chemicals, not destroy them, as E.U. and U.S. limits tighten sharply. ## [How Trump is trying to crush California’s environmental policies](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/climate/trump-california-climate.html) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has long led the nation in environmental protections. ## [Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/19/great-lakes-plastic-pollution/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lakes' water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced. ## [Parents warned about 'cute' squishy toys as Amazon removes counterfeits containing lead and phthalates](https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/counterfeit-squishy-toys-safety-warning-1762897) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns parents about counterfeit squishy toys that may contain hazardous substances such as lead and phthalates, urging caution and vigilance when purchasing these popular children's items. ## [Amara’s Law made Minnesota the strictest state on PFAS](https://spokesman-recorder.com/2026/08/18/epa-pfas-regulations-rollback-minnesota/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency narrows its definition of PFAS and approves new PFAS-containing pesticides, Minnesota is moving in the opposite direction under Amara’s Law, named for a 20-year-old who died of liver cancer linked to 3M’s “forever chemicals.” ## [Europe Faces Surging Wildfire Threat, New Research Shows](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/europe-surging-wildfire-threat/) _2026-08-20 · By Bob Berwyn · Inside Climate News_ Wildfires in Europe could burn across about 39 percent more land by the end of the century, even if greenhouse gas emissions decline rapidly over the next few decades, new research shows. With continued high emissions, the burned area could increase as much as 192 percent. Emissions reductions are the key to reducing wildfire impacts, \[…\] ## [Pressure Increases for Texas to Allow Treated Drilling Waste Into Rivers and Rangeland](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/texas-oil-wastewater-treatment/) _2026-08-20 · By Martha Pskowski · Inside Climate News_ ORLA, Texas—Elected officials and industry leaders warn that Texas is at the “precipice” of running out of underground space to dispose of the nearly 1 billion gallons of wastewater that oil and gas production generates every day in the Permian Basin. The toxic wastewater, known as produced water, is usually injected underground into disposal wells. \[…\] ## [Safety Failures Led to Last Year’s Fatal Explosion at U.S. Steel Plant](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/us-steel-plant-fatal-explosion-safety-failures/) _2026-08-20 · By Jon Hurdle · Inside Climate News_ The federal government alleged that U.S. Steel could have prevented a catastrophic explosion at Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh on Aug. 11, 2025, killing two workers and injuring 11. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued a final report a year after the incident, saying the company had no procedure for how \[…\] ## [Climate Change Reshuffles Where People Are Moving in Florida](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/florida-threats-lead-to-climate-migration/) _2026-08-20 · By Mike Schneider · Inside Climate News_ SEBRING, Fla.—The city of Sebring has an “Old Florida” charm. Citrus trees greet motorists driving into town. Red, white and blue bunting hangs from a white gazebo in the middle of the town circle. Many of the century-old stucco and brick buildings surrounding the downtown circle have generous awnings to protect against the Florida sun. \[…\] ## [Recent Rain Slowed Southwestern Montana Wildfires. Now the Heat Is Returning.](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082026/montana-wildfire-conditions-rapidly-change/) _2026-08-19 · By Mosabber Hossain · Inside Climate News_ Firefighters are gaining ground on three large wildfires that have burned more than 47,000 acres across southwestern Montana, but unhelpful warmer temperatures, lower humidity and breezy conditions are returning after recent rainfall slowed the fires’ growth. According to the U.S. Forest Service, containment on the Sand Creek Fire, southeast of Wisdom, increased from 2 percent \[…\] ## [Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay?](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082026/alabama-power-proposed-data-centers-utility-bills/) _2026-08-19 · By Lee Hedgepeth · Inside Climate News_ Wired for Profit: Fourth in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State. WESTOVER, Ala.—Shannon Vanden Heuvel said she doesn’t believe a word they say. A marketing designer and proud mom, she’s seen the seemingly endless television advertisements from Alabama Power, the state’s largest electric \[…\] ## [As Seas Rise, Scientists Race to Save Coastal Marshes From Drowning](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082026/sea-level-rise-drowns-coastal-marshes/) _2026-08-19 · By Madeline Shaw · Inside Climate News_ STONE HARBOR, N.J.—Against a lush carpet of marsh grasses, the five-and-a-half acre island of muddy sediment, shallow pools and tufts of straggly vegetation stood out like a sore thumb. It wasn’t enough to catch the eye of young visitors to The Wetlands Institute, who were far more interested in the diamondback terrapin enclosure that was \[…\] [Listen](https://cdn.insideclimatenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/18141355/birdhouse.mp4) ## [El Paso Officials Seek Answers Following Emissions at Marathon Refinery](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18082026/marathon-el-paso-refinery-emissions/) _2026-08-18 · By Martha Pskowski · Inside Climate News_ EL PASO, Texas—Gilbert Morales struggled to compose himself before addressing the El Paso City Council on Tuesday morning. Morales fought back tears as he recounted how his wife died of lung cancer in June, despite never being a smoker. He lives next to Marathon Petroleum’s El Paso Refinery, which is one of the largest sources \[…\] ## [Hurricane Lala Pummels Hawaii—Despite Never Making Landfall](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18082026/todays-climate-hurricane-lala-hawaii/) _2026-08-18 · By Kiley Price · Inside Climate News_ Despite never making landfall, Hurricane Lala left a path of destruction across Hawaii over the weekend. Strong winds, torrential rain and mudslides damaged or swept away more than 100 homes while felled trees blocked key roads on the island of Hawaii, or the Big Island, which suffered the brunt of the tropical cyclone’s wrath. More \[…\] ## [NOAA’s New Priorities Put Profits Ahead of Marine Protections](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18082026/noaa-scraps-marine-protections/) _2026-08-18 · By Johnny Sturgeon · Inside Climate News_ In the Western Pacific, protections for endangered leatherback turtles face elimination. In Alaskan waters, Steller sea lion sanctuaries could soon shrink. And in the North Atlantic, gear designed to save right whales from fatal entanglements might be permanently scrapped. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sent letters to the nation’s regional fisheries councils last \[…\]