Area · research snapshot, 31 August 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 general291 towns48 in 90 days ▼ -58.6%
Watershed protection overlay249 towns39 in 90 days
Climate action planning183 towns24 in 90 days
Shoreland and flood103 towns11 in 90 days ▼ -57.7%
Dark sky lighting60 towns7 in 90 days
Marine and waterfront32 towns5 in 90 days ▼ -37.5%
Carbon pricing15 towns0 in 90 days
Climate superfund9 towns0 in 90 days

A snapshot of a moving record, cut 31 August 2026. The counts follow where we read; absence is not evidence. How coverage is built: municipalalpha.com/methodology. This page carries no subscriber content.