AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoWildfire Smoke & Air Quality: Canada’s July wildfires kept pumping smoke into the U.S. and the D.C. region, with reports of Code Purple/Code Red conditions and lingering unhealthy air even as storms threatened to clear it. Court & Climate Rules: The D.C. Circuit backed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s updated nuclear license renewal rules, rejecting arguments that climate risks weren’t handled well enough. Local Energy & Data Centers: Boyd County, Kentucky approved a six-month data center moratorium (with an exception for a specific project), while other communities are pushing for buffers and environmental/noise review around new data center campuses. Conservation & Wildlife: North Carolina researchers reported an endangered bat species found for the first time in years during surveys, and a separate incident at Yellowstone sparked outrage over people walking on fragile geothermal microbial mats. Water Infrastructure: U.S. Rep. James Gallagher helped secure a WRDA provision to speed up the U.S. Army Corps’ safety-of-dams study for Black Butte Dam, aiming to improve long-delayed water reliability work.
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