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The Blue Paint Is Peeling Off The Reflecting Pool [9]

"For days, workers have been trying to rid the Reflecting Pool of algae after a more than $14 million renovation that President Donald Trump said was “done properly” and “could last for 100 years.” But now workers have another problem to contend with: peeling paint."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 06/22/2026
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Trump Coal Push Breathes New Life Into Plants With Repeated Violations [23]

"At least three of the 12 coal plants the Trump administration funded have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations, amplifying public-health concerns."

Climate Change [24]
Conflict/Corruption [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 06/22/2026
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Appeals Court Clears Trump To Remake Philly NPS Slavery Exhibit [30]

"An appeals panel ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can take down an exhibit on the enslaved servants of George Washington at a Philadelphia national park, a win for the White House as it tries to reframe the nation’s sins into uplifting stories of progress across national park sites."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [33], 06/22/2026
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OMB Nominee Touts Plan To Give Trump Appointees Power To Kill Grants [34]

"President Donald Trump’s nominee for the No. 2 post at the White House budget office told lawmakers Wednesday that the administration will stop federal cash from flowing to “divisive ideologies” under new grant rules in the works."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Politico [37], 06/22/2026
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Trump NSF Reverses Defunding Of Oceans-Monitoring Network After Outcry [38]

"The National Science Foundation on Thursday reversed a decision to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network after vigorous objections from Democratic lawmakers and scientists who rely on it to track everything from ocean circulation to extreme weather."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [39]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Science [41]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [42], 06/22/2026
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‘Every Day It’s More Barriers’: The US Is Shutting Out Climate Refugees [43]

"Millions of people around the world are having their lives upended by floods, storms and heatwaves worsened by the climate crisis. Those forced to flee their home countries, however, are finding that the door to the US is more firmly shut than ever."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Transportation [45]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 06/22/2026
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Groups Sue Robeson County NC Over PFAS In County Drinking Water [48]

"Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit against Robeson County to stop a landfill from contaminating drinking water with pollutants.

The Robeson County Landfill is infiltrating the county’s public water system with PFAS, or forever chemicals, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has allowed the landfill to expand over the years, so it now takes up 537 acres near the town of St. Pauls.
Activism [35]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [16]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: NC Newsline [51], 06/22/2026
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"How Shining a Light on Ships Could Help Solve Illegal Fishing" [52]

"Sixteen countries have adopted the Mombasa Declaration to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. The biggest weapon in their arsenal: transparency."

Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
International [46]
Africa [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 06/22/2026
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Interview: "An EPA Researcher Details the Agency’s Assault on Science" [55]

"In January 2025, the Trump administration began shutting down projects within the EPA’s independent science division that touched on climate change and environmental justice. Air quality researcher Thomas Luben, who had worked at the agency for 18 years, was fired for objecting."

Air [56]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [39]
Government [36]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [41]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: YaleE360 [57], 06/22/2026
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Most Famous Sherwood Forest 1,000-Year-Old Major Oak Dies [58]

"The Major oak, one of Europe’s oldest, largest and most celebrated ancient trees, has died."

Forests [59]
Public [19]
Europe [60]
Source: Guardian [61], 06/22/2026
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Eastern Washington Wildfire Forces Evacuations And Destroys Homes [62]

"High winds drove a wildfire into an eastern Washington neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of about 1,500 people and destroying at least 15 homes, officials said Wednesday."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [44]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northwest (OR WA) [63]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: AP [64], 06/18/2026
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Storm Arthur Makes Landfall In Texas, Raising Flood Risk Across South [65]

"A mass of showers and thunderstorms that has been sprawling across Texas and northern Mexico in recent days over South Texas consolidated into Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday. Life-threatening flooding, property damage and disruptions to commerce and travel may unfold as inches of rain pour down over a portion of the southeastern United States into Friday."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [44]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: AccuWeather [66], 06/18/2026
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Top US Lobby Firms Profit On Both Sides of the PFAS Fight, Report Finds [67]

"Several major US lobby firms that are working for chemical industry interest groups to fight against strict regulation of harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water are also representing local governments wrestling with health and water quality issues stemming from the contamination, according to a new report."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [68], 06/18/2026
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Despite Law, Trump DOJ Wants To Sideline Citizens In Pollution Fights [69]

"In a court filing backing Elon Musk’s AI company, the Trump administration said the federal government can stop Americans from suing over air pollution."

Activism [35]
Air [56]
Climate Change [24]
Consumer [70]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [71], 06/18/2026
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Trump DOI To Buy Back 4 More Leases For Offshore Wind Projects [72]

"The Trump administration said Wednesday it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels. The latest deal brings the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 billion."

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Technology [17]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [73], 06/18/2026
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