Water & Oceans

TVA Put Out Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks. Experts Call it ‘Dishonest.’

"A 35-page booklet distributed in a public meeting by the Tennessee Valley Authority about coal ash is filled with “lies” and misleading information, according to coal ash researchers."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/19/2026

Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Okla. Regulators Don't Help.

"The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act like it would go away,” the family says."

Source: Frontier/ProPublica, 05/19/2026

"E.P.A. to End Some Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water"

"The Trump administration announced Monday that it will drop some limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water that officials had determined can cause cancer and other serious health problems — angering some key activists who had supported President Trump’s campaign."

Source: New York Times, 05/19/2026

DHS Waives 29 Environmental Laws for Border Barriers Along Big Bend

"Today, under authority of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and the Real ID Act, the new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin waived 29 environmental and conservation laws in the Big Bend Sector."

Source: Our Public Lands & Waters, 05/18/2026

"Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says"

"Florida plans to shut down the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz as soon as early June, according to a news report."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/15/2026

Budd-Falen’s Ex-Clients Wanted Bison Off Public Land. Burgum Intervened.

"In administrative cases before DOI, Interior Secretary Burgum intervened to make policy changes that involved or benefited the former legal clients of Karen Budd-Falen, one of his top deputies."

Source: Public Domain, 05/15/2026

Trump EPA Aims To Roll Back Limits On Toxic Wastewater From Coal Plants

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to roll back limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers through polluted groundwater, saying a three-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking."

Source: AP, 05/15/2026

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