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Steve Pearce's Confirmation Tested Senate Public Lands Caucus. It Failed [9]

"The Senate on Monday narrowly confirmed Steve Pearce, a former New Mexico congressman with a long history of pushing for federal public land sell-offs, to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Source: Public Domain [24], 05/19/2026
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"Trump Picks A Potomac River Site For ‘Heroes’ Statue Garden" [25]

"President Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to build a statue garden of “American heroes” at a park location along the Potomac River near the Tidal Basin in Washington."

Activism [26]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [16]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [30]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: E&E News [32], 05/19/2026
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WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak In Congo A Global Health Emergency [33]

"The World Health Organization declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to be a "public health emergency of international concern" on Sunday."

Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Health [36]
People & Population [28]
Technology [37]
Public [21]
International [38]
Africa [39]
Source: NPR [40], 05/18/2026
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DHS Waives 29 Environmental Laws for Border Barriers Along Big Bend [41]

"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."

Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Studies [43]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mexico [45]
Source: Our Public Lands & Waters [46], 05/18/2026
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"Can The US Harness Old Oil And Gas Wells To Produce Geothermal Energy?" [47]

"As states seek out much-needed supplies of clean, reliable energy, some are looking to an unconventional source: abandoned oil and gas wells harnessed for geothermal heat."

Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Technology [37]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [38]
Source: Canary Media [49], 05/18/2026
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"The Surprising Climate Fix That Democrats And Republicans Both Love" [50]

"Politicians across the spectrum want more housing. Apartments are a great answer, because they also slash carbon emissions in a big way."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [51]
Technology [37]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [52], 05/18/2026
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"Tree Lines Are Migrating. Some Up, Some Down." [53]

"Between 2000 and 2020, 42% of tree lines around the world crept upward, largely because of climate change. But 25% moved downhill, seemingly because of factors such as land use changes and wildfires."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [34]
Public [21]
International [38]
Source: Eos [54], 05/18/2026
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Amazon Indigenous Urge UN To Curb Organized Crime, Not Militarize Lands [55]

"Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America sent a letter Monday to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is driving violence and accelerating environmental destruction in rainforest communities. However, they urged governments to avoid heavily militarized responses in Indigenous territories."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Economy & Business [48]
Environmental Justice [42]
Forests [15]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [28]
Waste [56]
Public [21]
South America [57]
Source: AP [58], 05/18/2026
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"The Trans Canada Trail Connected The Country Coast To Coast. Not Anymore" [59]

"Climate change is putting the future of B.C.’s trail system at risk, as the province weighs the cost of repair after disasters. Communities like Princeton are facing the fallout"

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [34]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [28]
Transportation [60]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
Canada [61]
Source: The Narwhal [62], 05/18/2026
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Tesla Semis Are About To Hit The Road: That’s Good News For California [63]

"Thanks to state incentives, the long-range, lower-cost electric trucks are affordable. Widespread adoption could help California meet clean-trucking targets."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [51]
Technology [37]
Transportation [60]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [64]
International [38]
Source: Canary Media [65], 05/18/2026
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Appeals Court Weighs Legality Of Orders Keeping Michigan Coal Plant Open [66]

"Michigan’s Department of Attorney General and several environmental justice groups presented oral arguments on Friday before a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, arguing that emergency orders that kept the J.H. Campbell coal plant from retiring were illegal applications of federal law."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [51]
Technology [37]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [67]
Source: Michigan Advance [68], 05/18/2026
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Solar-Powered Charging Station In Cuba Brings Life To A Darkened Island [69]

"Yudelaimys Barrero Muñoz used to spend up to three hours on the side of a highway under the blazing sun waving money at drivers as she attempted to hitch a ride from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Santa Clara, where she buys supplies to resell and support her husband and two children."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [70]
Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [37]
Transportation [60]
Public [21]
Central America & the Caribbean [71]
Source: AP [72], 05/18/2026
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"China Widens Its Clean Energy Lead" [73]

"While Chinese companies continue to expand their dominance of clean energy industries, the data shows, their American counterparts are withdrawing from those sectors."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Technology [37]
Transportation [60]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [38]
Asia [74]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 05/15/2026
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Trump EPA Aims To Roll Back Limits On Toxic Wastewater From Coal Plants [76]

"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."

Air [77]
Chemicals [78]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [79], 05/15/2026
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"US EPA Proposes Delaying Enforcement Of Biden Vehicle Pollution Rule" [80]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a delay in enforcement of a regulation requiring ‌significant cuts in air pollution from vehicles."

Air [77]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [70]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [51]
Transportation [60]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Reuters [81], 05/15/2026
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