Area · research snapshot, 13 September 2026

Environmental, across the country

Every environmental topic on the record, ranked by movement. A snapshot; the record keeps moving.

What this page is for every topic the environmental area carries on the record, ranked by movement, each a door to its own snapshot.

The percentage is the last 90 days against the 90 before it. The line is a rolling 90-day total, so its right-hand point is that same 90-day count and the point three back is the 90 before it. Counts of documents on our record, never a reading of what they decided.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

Topics on the record8

Environmental protection general296 towns42 in 90 days
Watershed protection overlay258 towns28 in 90 days
Climate action planning185 towns17 in 90 days
Shoreland and flood108 towns11 in 90 days ▼ -52.2%
Marine and waterfront33 towns7 in 90 days ▲ +16.7%
Dark sky lighting63 towns6 in 90 days
Carbon pricing16 towns0 in 90 days
Climate superfund9 towns0 in 90 days

A snapshot of a moving record, cut 13 September 2026. The counts follow where we read; absence is not evidence. How coverage is built: municipalalpha.com/methodology. This page carries no subscriber content.