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July 23, 2026

The MuniSUSTAINABILITY Reader is a bi-weekly compendium of articles covering a broad range of industry topics, all filtered through a Sustainability lens, as applicable to US Public Finance and the municipal bond market. We hope you find it useful and informative and look forward to your comments & feedback (Research@DPCData.com).


     

Webinars/ Podcasts of Interest


First Street: From Secondary Peril to Portfolio Risk - Wednesday, July 29 / 12:00 PM EST

 

Inside Climate: A Texas-Sized Water Crisis

 

Physical Risk


New flooding haunts Hill Country residents a year after historic disaster (July 16, 2026)


FEMA Awards Dearborn, Mich., $8.1M for Flood Prevention (July 16, 2026)


Colorado Wildfires Continue to Burn, Grow to 190K Acres (July 9, 2026)


Hurricane Helene relief appropriation $700M, pushes Legislature total to $2.8B (July 5, 2026)


Illinois Faces More Tornadoes, Less Federal Disaster Aid (June 26, 2026)

 

Transition Risk


19-State Coalition Joins Suit Against U.S. Department of Defense, Hegseth for Blocking Wind Projects (July 21, 2026)


Utility Costs Drive States to Roll Back Climate Goals (June 30, 2026)

 

Social Risk


Communities Across the Nation Want to Add Housing. Which Metropolitan Areas Are Adding the Most? (June 16, 2026)

 

Cybersecurity


New Jersey Continues Statewide Investment in Cybersecurity (July 13, 2026)


St. Paul, Minn., Notifies People Affected by 2025 Cyber Attack (July 13, 2026)


Pennington County, S.D., Probes Cybersecurity Incident (July 10, 2026)


Healthcare ransomware attacks up 14%: 5 things to know (July 10, 2026)


North Carolina Makes Largest Cyber Investment in State History (July 9, 2026)


New Jersey Cyber Attack May Have Exposed Patient Data (July 9, 2026)

 

AI & Other Governance


Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Launches AI Wildfire Detection (July 21, 2026) 

 

New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium (July 14, 2026)


Meta’s Louisiana data center investment to reach $50 billion, aided by generous tax incentives (July 13, 2026)


Wildfire Season Finds Gov Tech Taking a Bigger Role (July 9, 2026)


Texas, other Southwest states rethink data center boom (July 7, 2026)


Illinois Governor Signs Bipartisan AI Oversight Bill Into Law (July 6, 2026)


How Virginia became the world’s data center capital (July 5, 2026)


What California has learned from an AI-enabled early wildfire detection system (July 1, 2026)


As Its Own AI Tool Expands, California Will Use Anthropic Too (July 1, 2026)

 

Research Reports


How Rising Insurance Premiums Are Reshaping US Housing Affordability (July 1, 2026)


     
     

Selected Paywall-Protected Articles Available Through DPC's MuniGUARD News Service


Drought continues - News-Topic, Lenoir, NC (7/17/2026)

 

Michigan wildfire smoke is unprecedented with worst air pollution levels in more than 20 years - mLive, MI (7/16/2026)

 

Measure to overhaul California's powerful environmental law draws 73% support in new poll - Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA (7/15/2026)

 

Decatur seeks regional plan to tackle nations highest phosphorus pollution  - Herald & Review, Decatur, IL (7/7/2026)

     

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