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6,000-Acre Solar Project Permit Nixed By Ohio Supreme Court, For Now [1]

"The Ohio Supreme Court overturned a permit that state officials previously granted to a massive, 6,000-acre industrial-scale solar farm and battery operation in Madison County."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [5]
Source: Signal Ohio [6], 05/28/2026
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Hajj Pilgrims Perform Rituals In Soaring Heat As Eid Al-Adha Begins [7]

"Huge crowds of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia threw pebbles at a pillar in a symbolic ritual on one of the final days of the Hajj in temperatures reaching over 107 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius) as Muslims around the world on Wednesday started celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [3]
People & Population [11]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [4]
International [14]
Middle East [15]
Source: AP [16], 05/28/2026
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"Residents Wrangle Over Transmission Line Proposal for Rural Virginia" [17]

"GOOCHLAND, Va.—Deborah Blackburn leaned on her cane in a line to enter the Central High Cultural and Educational Complex, angst-ridden over a giant transmission line proposal for reasons that are common refrains here: It’s all to benefit data centers in Northern Virginia, and it will disrupt the rural character here outside Richmond."

Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 05/28/2026
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Analysis: Why Trump EPA Plan To Attempt To Destroy PFAS Is ‘Nonsensical’ [26]

"A new Trump administration plan to ditch Pfas drinking water regulations and instead attempt to destroy “forever chemicals” on a wide scale tears a page from the fossil fuel industry’s carbon capture playbook, and will benefit the industry while harming public health."

Chemicals [27]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 05/28/2026
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"National Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects" [31]

"The administration is spending at least $67 million worth of fees paid by visitors to national parks on fixing D.C. fountains and the Reflecting Pool."

Conflict/Corruption [32]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [10]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: New York Times [33], 05/28/2026
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June 4, 2026

Webinar: The Environmental Cost of War — Accounting for Conflict's Hidden Emissions [34]

​Join us for a live webinar during Toronto Climate Week in partnership with the University of Toronto's MSc in Sustainability Management program. ​Together, we'll examine how military emissions are excluded from global accounting, what that means for Canada's climate commitments, and what it would take to change it.

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Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [8]
Conflict/Corruption [32]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Military [37]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Other or All [38]
Policy [39]
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International [14]

Greens Sue To Enforce Marine Mammal Protections for Imported Seafood [40]

"Environmental groups on Thursday sued the United States government to ensure internationally sourced seafood doesn’t threaten whales or dolphins that become entangled or drown due to sometimes lethal fishing techniques."

Biodiversity [41]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
International [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 05/27/2026
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"U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel" [44]

"The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to provide Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to companies that want to convert the dangerous material into fuel for nuclear power plants. The plan has generated debate and some unease among nonproliferation experts."

Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: New York Times [45], 05/27/2026
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"Interior Proposes Opening 95% Of Wildlife Refuges To Hunting" [46]

"The Interior Department plans to expand hunting and fishing access across national parks and wildlife refuges." "The hunting and fishing expansions would occur at refuges in 32 states, while Interior also removed some restrictions on hunting at certain national parks."

Biodiversity [41]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [47]
Wildlife [48]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [49], 05/27/2026
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"AI-Fueled Cyberattacks Threaten Water Sector, Experts Say" [50]

"Artificial intelligence is making it easier for bad actors to initiate cyberattacks on water infrastructure, yet the water sector remains inadequately prepared, a panel of experts told lawmakers Thursday." "House lawmakers are considering whether more funding or expanded EPA authority could address the problem."

Consumer [28]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [29]
International [14]
Source: E&E News [52], 05/27/2026
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