Weather, climate, pollution, air and water quality, conservation, wildlife, natural resources, and environmental policy.
The EPA is proposing to keep federal limits for PFOA and PFOS while allowing eligible public water systems to request more time to comply. A separate proposal would rescind standards for four other PFAS categories.
Minnesota officials said August 6 that improving conditions could allow the state to wind down its peacetime-emergency response, but the Boundary Waters closure remains in place with no reopening date announced.
The Healey-Driscoll administration announced grants for six regional partnerships working with municipalities and local organizations on restoration, flood reduction, water quality and climate resilience.
A University of Iowa research project will combine NASA satellite observations with precipitation, groundwater and water-quality data to help utilities anticipate nitrate changes in Iowa rivers and streams.
A scheduled Army Corps water release for the Carlsbad Irrigation District is projected to cut Santa Rosa Lake storage from about 40,000 acre-feet to 3,500 acre-feet and close the state park’s boat ramp.
NOAA has documented how satellite heat-signature data supported wildfire awareness and response during Nebraska’s Morrill Fire, which ignited March 12 and was described as the largest wildfire in state history.
Montana DEQ is accepting public comments on proposed energy-related administrative rules through August 7, 2026. The rules have not been adopted.
Michigan EGLE said smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires could push fine-particle pollution to unhealthy levels beginning July 15, 2026.
The Moore administration announced a Code Red, or very unhealthy, air-quality condition in western Maryland on July 17, 2026, and urged residents to monitor readings and take protective measures.
Monrovia and the property owners have agreed to a proposed $2 million purchase that would stop planned residential development and add the 8-acre site to the Hillside Wilderness Preserve, pending review and final approval.
Ocean Isle Beach suspended public irrigation, its Town Center Park splash pad and beach-access foot-wash stations after Brunswick County imposed Stage 3 mandatory water-shortage restrictions.
A Navajo Nation drought emergency declared June 9 proposes $6.55 million for water and agricultural infrastructure, while separate agreements advance more than $10.5 million in federally funded projects across the Nation.
Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine declared a local state of emergency effective at 8 p.m. July 4 after torrential rain, damaging winds, flash flooding, outages, road closures and significant property damage.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued air permit 36-05111 for Lippert Components I/Denver. The permit record lists Aug. 31, 2026, as a material date.
Beaufort County has moved the future Arthur Horne Wetlands Park between Camelia Road and Ivy Lane into design, but cost, timing and final public-use plans remain unsettled.
A proposed Fish and Wildlife Service rule would give Western states and tribes a larger role in grizzly-bear management while keeping the species protected under federal law.
A federal review meeting is scheduled for August 6, 2026, on the Agriculture Department’s proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The proposal remains under review and is not final.
The World Food Programme says conflict, weather extremes and reduced aid funding are threatening food access worldwide, even as a separate U.N. report finds global hunger eased for a third consecutive year.
The World Meteorological Organization says El Niño conditions are developing in the tropical Pacific, with an 80% chance of emergence during June–August 2026 and about a 90% chance during September–December.
Australia and Fiji have ratified the Pacific Resilience Facility Treaty, bringing the number of identified ratifiers to 10 ahead of an initial project-proposal call planned for Palau in late August 2026.
A July 17 snapshot showed hazardous wildfire smoke in the East, catastrophic flooding in Texas and expanding fires in the Pacific Northwest as firefighting resources stretched across 15 states.
The proposed sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule would require sampled public water systems to collect data on 30 chemicals, but it is not a final rule or a new enforceable PFAS limit.
