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October 7, 2026

When Did Synthetic Fabrics Become the Enemy?

Tracey Woodruff, former senior scientist and policy advisor in EPA’s Office of Policy, spoke with The New York Times about concerns surrounding the growing use…

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September 30, 2026

Trump Has Made it Legal to Destroy Endangered Species’ Habitats

Environmental Protection Network’s new report The Hidden Health Costs of AI Data Centers was referenced by The Nation in an article about the Trump administration’s…

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September 29, 2026

Big Oil can’t hide behind the Clean Air Act

Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator, and Avi Garbow, former senior counsel to EPA’s administrator, co-authored an op-ed in The Hill about the Supreme Court’s consideration…

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September 29, 2026

Nvidia CEO says AI must cause ‘pain and suffering’ before it can help the climate

Marc Boom, Senior Director of Public Affairs, spoke with The Cool Down about the environmental costs of AI’s growing energy demand and the need for…

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September 28, 2026

Starbucks’ ‘widely recyclable’ plastic cups end up in landfills, incinerators: nonprofit

Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, spoke with The New York Post about an investigation into Starbucks’ plastic cups that found none…

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September 27, 2026

Datacenter developers accused of skirting key US pollution rules

Cheryl Vetter, former Group Leader in EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, and Mike Koerber, former Deputy Director in EPA’s Office of Air…

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September 25, 2026

Texas cities asked to avoid PVC when replacing lead pipes

Judith Enck, former EPA Regional Administrator for Region 2, spoke with Public News Service about efforts to replace lead pipes in Texas and concerns about…

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September 24, 2026

Trump cut their climate jobs. This secretive network found them new ones.

Environmental Protection Network was mentioned by Grist in an article about Climate Reserve, a new initiative helping displaced climate experts continue their work by placing…

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September 24, 2026

Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain

Marc Boom, Senior Director of Public Affairs, spoke with The Verge about the environmental impacts of AI’s growing energy demand and the choices that could…

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