Environmental Politics

Tiny Texas River Agency Plans to Build Largest Desalination Plant in US

"Officials from the Nueces River Authority collected millions of dollars from cities and utility districts near San Antonio and Austin before they partnered with an Israeli desalination giant."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/23/2026

Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists

"At least 358 human rights defenders were killed last year, according to a report released last week by Front Line Defenders, a Dublin-based group that provides support for global human rights activists. Nearly a quarter, 84, were targeted because of their often unpaid work protecting land and the environment."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/23/2026

Trump DOE Pushed To Divert Puerto Rico Solar Funds To Bankrupt Utility

"Internal documents show the Department of Energy knew the decision "may generate negative commentary" and be perceived as "undue favoritism.""

Source: Grist, 06/23/2026

US Proposes To Slash Costs For Energy Drillers On Federal Lands

"The Trump administration on Monday proposed looser rules for oil and gas drilling operations on federal ​lands, including a dramatic cut to clean-up costs ‌for abandoned wells."

Source: Reuters, 06/23/2026

Groups Sue Robeson County NC Over PFAS In County Drinking Water

"Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit against Robeson County to stop a landfill from contaminating drinking water with pollutants. 

The Robeson County Landfill is infiltrating the county’s public water system with PFAS, or forever chemicals, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. 

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has allowed the landfill to expand over the years, so it now takes up 537 acres near the town of St. Pauls. 

Source: NC Newsline, 06/22/2026

Interview: "An EPA Researcher Details the Agency’s Assault on Science"

"In January 2025, the Trump administration began shutting down projects within the EPA’s independent science division that touched on climate change and environmental justice. Air quality researcher Thomas Luben, who had worked at the agency for 18 years, was fired for objecting."

Source: YaleE360, 06/22/2026

‘Every Day It’s More Barriers’: The US Is Shutting Out Climate Refugees

"Millions of people around the world are having their lives upended by floods, storms and heatwaves worsened by the climate crisis. Those forced to flee their home countries, however, are finding that the door to the US is more firmly shut than ever."

Source: Guardian, 06/22/2026

Trump NSF Reverses Defunding Of Oceans-Monitoring Network After Outcry

"The National Science Foundation on Thursday reversed a decision to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network after vigorous objections from Democratic lawmakers and scientists who rely on it to track everything from ocean circulation to extreme weather."

Source: AP, 06/22/2026

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