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TVA Put Out Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks. Experts Call it ‘Dishonest.’ [1]

"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."

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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 05/19/2026
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Calif. Hazardous Waste Rules Slammed as Years Late and ‘Polluter-Friendly’ [22]

"Wherever they turn, residents in and around Santa Fe Springs, California, contend with toxic hazards." "Proposed hazardous waste oversight changes are years behind schedule and fail to account for a community’s health risks from pollution, environmental groups warn."

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Consumer [23]
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People & Population [13]
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California [25]
Source: Capital & Main [26], 05/19/2026
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Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Okla. Regulators Don't Help. [27]

"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."

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People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
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Water & Oceans [17]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: Frontier/ProPublica [29], 05/19/2026
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"The Indiana Community Caught Between Coal And The Data Center Boom" [30]

"In rural Jasper County, two defining energy trends of the Trump era — reviving coal and building gas-powered data centers — are converging."

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: Canary Media [33], 05/15/2026
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"New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’" [34]

"Legislation that would reduce plastic waste in New York is advancing in the state Legislature amid a contentious debate over chemical recycling." "Environmentalists and some state lawmakers say the process does more harm than good. Plastics producers are pushing back."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 05/15/2026
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Trump EPA Aims To Roll Back Limits On Toxic Wastewater From Coal Plants [37]

"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."

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Pollution [14]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [38], 05/15/2026
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"Why Swedish Scientists Gave Salmon Cocaine" [39]

"A recent study caught our eye: salmon on cocaine. Or really, researchers giving salmon cocaine…for science."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [23]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Pollution [14]
Science [41]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Europe [42]
Source: NPR [43], 05/14/2026
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Bill Sought To Reckon With Sludge Use On New Hampshire Farms: How it Went [44]

"Earlier this year, a proposal from the New Hampshire House sought to pause the practice of applying PFAS-containing sewage sludge to farmland in New Hampshire. But over the course of multiple packed hearings and after a handful of amendments, the bill’s provisions have changed shape, sparking concern among some early supporters."

Agriculture [45]
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Consumer [23]
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Food [46]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Waste [16]
Public [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: New Hampshire Bullwtin [47], 05/14/2026
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"Marty Makary Out as FDA Commissioner" [48]

"While running the FDA, Makary led efforts to get companies to ditch food dyes and was popular among followers of the MAHA movement."

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Environmental Health [6]
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Food [46]
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People & Population [13]
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Source: Civil Eats [49], 05/13/2026
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Bayer’s Proposed Roundup Settlement Pays Lawyers, Snubs Plaintiffs: Critics [50]

"A class action settlement proposed in the nationwide Roundup litigation would award $675 million to lawyers who negotiated the settlement, while plaintiffs suffering from cancer would receive, on average, $10,000 to $165,000 each, according to a new court filing in the case."

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Source: The New Lede [51], 05/13/2026
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