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DHS Waives 29 Environmental Laws for Border Barriers Along Big Bend [1]

"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 [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mexico [15]
Source: Our Public Lands & Waters [16], 05/18/2026
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"Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says" [17]

"Florida plans to shut down the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz as soon as early June, according to a news report."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 05/15/2026
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"Trump’s Gas Tax Holiday Pitch Faces Early Capitol Hill Headwinds" [26]

"Interest in a gasoline tax holiday is growing on Capitol Hill following President Donald Trump’s endorsement Monday — but the proposal is also facing pushback from some key Republicans balking at cutting a major source of federal funding."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [23]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [31], 05/14/2026
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Bayer’s Proposed Roundup Settlement Pays Lawyers, Snubs Plaintiffs: Critics [32]

"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."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [34]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The New Lede [35], 05/13/2026
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EPA Plan: Let Work Start On Data Centers, Power Plants Before Air Permits [36]

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

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [6]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [23]
Technology [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [37], 05/13/2026
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Red State AGs Want EPA To Censor Public Database About Chem Plant Hazards [38]

"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."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [18]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [23]
Technology [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [39], 05/13/2026
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Graphic Content — Journalistic Lessons From Crossing Genres [40]

Today’s teens are growing up in a world of conspicuous climate change, often directly affected by its consequences. Despite their youth, some are at the forefront of the fight against this threat. Freelance journalist and author Meera Subramanian — co-creator of a new nonfiction graphic novel about young climate campaigners — on teens as sources, activism as a topic and the pleasures of collaboration. See a sample of the book [41].

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Health [45]
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"Black Hills Drilling Project Canceled After Backlash From Tribes" [51]

"A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups."

Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [10]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Source: AP [53], 05/11/2026
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The Rebuilding Of Milwaukee’s Lead Program – And How It Could Change Lives [54]

"Thousands of Milwaukee children are growing up with poison in their blood. It courses through their veins, cements in their bones and threatens to rob them of impulse control, learning ability and physical health."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [5]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [56], 05/11/2026
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EPA Will Propose Weakening Some Biden-Era PFAS Limits, Official Says [57]

"The Trump administration will soon propose softening Biden-era limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, delaying but keeping tough standards for two common types and rescinding limits on some rarer forms of the substance, according to an EPA official."

Chemicals [34]
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Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [23]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [58], 05/11/2026
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