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Bayer’s Proposed Roundup Settlement Pays Lawyers, Snubs Plaintiffs: Critics [1]

"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 [14], 05/13/2026
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Musk's xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit [15]

"xAI has added 19 natural gas turbines to its second data center campus in Southhaven, Mississippi, over the past two months, according to internal emails seen by WIRED. The additions come as xAI is fighting a lawsuit from the NAACP and several environmental groups, alleging that the company is violating the Clean Air Act by operating more than two dozen natural gas turbines at the site without appropriate air permits."

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Source: WIRED [21], 05/13/2026
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EPA Plan: Let Work Start On Data Centers, Power Plants Before Air Permits [22]

"EPA on Monday proposed allowing data centers, power plants and other industrial facilities to begin certain construction work before obtaining required federal air permits."

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Environmental Health [6]
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Source: E&E News [25], 05/13/2026
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Watchdog Sues Trump Interior Dept, Demanding Docs on Freedom 250 Funding [26]

"“America’s 250th anniversary celebration is supposed to be an occasion for strengthening public trust in our democratic institutions,” said one advocate. “Freedom 250 is a privately managed slush fund.”"

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Source: Common Dreams [30], 05/13/2026
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Red State AGs Want EPA To Censor Public Database About Chem Plant Hazards [31]

"A group of 18 state attorneys general are pushing EPA to delete its public online database of chemical facilities, citing vulnerabilities to hackers or other security threats."

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Source: E&E News [33], 05/13/2026
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Trump DOI Cancels Rule That Made Conservation A ‘Use’ Of Public Lands [34]

"The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land."

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Source: AP [36], 05/12/2026
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Nonprofit Sues To Stop Trump Changes To Reflecting Pool, A Historic Site [37]

"A Washington-area nonprofit Monday asked a federal court to halt President Donald Trump’s efforts to resurface the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying that the president failed to undergo required federal reviews before applying a blue color to the basin."

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Source: Washington Post [38], 05/12/2026
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"As Coal Rebounds, More Toxic Mercury Is in the Air" [39]

"Coal-fired power plants across the country released more mercury last year as power demand surged, reversing a yearslong downward trend in the emissions of a toxic metal that impairs brain development."

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Energy & Fuel [18]
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Source: New York Times [40], 05/12/2026
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Trump Says He’ll Move To Suspend US Gasoline Tax, But He Needs Congress [41]

"President Donald Trump said Monday he will move to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war. The president cannot suspend the federal tax on his own. Congress would have to approve the move."

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Source: AP [43], 05/12/2026
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National Seashores Are a Secret Summer Treasure [44]

While less heralded than its national park system, the United States abounds in waterfront treasures that are part of the national seashore and lakeshore program. The latest TipSheet takes you on a guided tour of more than a dozen, from barrier islands and dunes to tidepools and turtles. Plus, a half-dozen reporting ideas for your own region.

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