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Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: Milder Than Normal Thanks To El Nino [1]

"A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won’t make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: AP [10], 05/22/2026
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TVA Put Out Booklet Downplaying Coal Ash Risks. Experts Call it ‘Dishonest.’ [11]

"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."

Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 05/19/2026
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June 2, 2026

DEADLINE: CCNow Social-First Climate Journalism Workshops [25]

This June, join Covering Climate Now for a series of free, hands-on online workshops designed for climate journalists looking to improve their social media content and grow their online audience.

Workshops and Fellowships [26]
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Journalism & Media [18]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
International [35]

Reporters Expose Failed Systems After Hurricane Ian, Maui Fires [36]

In the wake of two major disasters, beat reporters at The Washington Post examined systemic failures in response and recovery, and the human toll for affected communities. Journalist Brianna Sacks shares what she learned from those investigations, which won a large market award for beat reporting from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Read our Inside Story Q&A.

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Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [4]
Policy [38]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
California [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Visibility: 
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"Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says" [39]

"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 [2]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Military [41]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [42]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 05/15/2026
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Groups Challenge NC Utilities Commission Chair’s Pause of Solar Projects [44]

"Advocates for solar energy are asking the North Carolina Utilities Commission to overturn an unusual order by its chairman directing Duke Energy to stop its 2026 solar procurement process."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [4]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: NC Newsline [46], 05/14/2026
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"Something Startling Is Happening In The Gulf Of Mexico" [47]

"Climate change is causing oceans worldwide to warm. But that year, summertime sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico began heating up at about twice the rate seen in the global oceans."

Biodiversity [48]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Studies [49]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [52], 05/14/2026
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Musk's xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit [53]

"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."

Air [54]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: WIRED [56], 05/13/2026
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National Seashores Are a Secret Summer Treasure [57]

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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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
International [35]
Canada [60]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Deadly Vibrio Is Creeping Up The US East Coast. How Worried Should We Be? [61]

"Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step ahead"

Biodiversity [48]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [14]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Pollution [21]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Grist [62], 05/11/2026
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