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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."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
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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June 2, 2026

DEADLINE: CCNow Social-First Climate Journalism Workshops [22]

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 [23]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
California [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Northwest (OR WA) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
International [33]

"Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says" [34]

"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 [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [36]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 05/15/2026
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Groups Challenge NC Utilities Commission Chair’s Pause of Solar Projects [39]

"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 [40]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: NC Newsline [41], 05/14/2026
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"Something Startling Is Happening In The Gulf Of Mexico" [42]

"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 [43]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Studies [44]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Science [46]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [47], 05/14/2026
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Musk's xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit [48]

"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 [49]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [14]
Technology [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: WIRED [51], 05/13/2026
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National Seashores Are a Secret Summer Treasure [52]

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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TipSheet [53]
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Government [54]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
California [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
International [33]
Canada [55]
Visibility: 
Public [18]
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Deadly Vibrio Is Creeping Up The US East Coast. How Worried Should We Be? [56]

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

Biodiversity [43]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Pollution [14]
Science [46]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Grist [57], 05/11/2026
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Georgia Officials Knew Carpet Mills Were Polluting Water. People Did Not [58]

"Growing up in northwest Georgia, Stormy Bost lived her life in the water. During summers she plucked crawdads from the neighborhood creek and played in its cool depths, racing home for dinner to beat the setting sun."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution [59], 05/07/2026
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Officials Investigate Rare Cancer Cases In Eastern Kentucky Children [60]

"The Kentucky Department for Public Health is investigating reports of an unusually high number of brain tumors diagnosed in Eastern Kentucky children."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [6]
People & Population [13]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Kentucky Lantern [61], 05/07/2026
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