May 20, 2026

 

Michigan will receive up to $240 million to clean up PCB contamination following a legal settlement with chemical company Monsanto. (Rick Pluta/Michigan Public Radio)

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Camera Hamilton has been named the new lead of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a year after President Trump fired him as the interim lead for speaking against dismantling the agency. (Gabriela Aoun Anguiera/The Associated Press)

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Cuba announced its oil reserves have run dry, after the U.S. energy blockade on the country has caused an energy crisis with widespread nationwide power outages. (Frances Roblies/The New York Times)

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Nearly 50,000 residents in Lake Tahoe could lose 75 percent of their power after their energy provider is directing resources to power data centers. (Catherina Gioino/Fortune)

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A new study used satellite images to show how light pollution brightened Earth’s night sky by nearly sixteen percent in the last decade. (Janet Loehrke/USA Today)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced a formal proposal to repeal limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, saying it would issue new regulations on PFAS in the future. (Jake Spring, Brady Dennis/The Washington Post)

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The Trump administration halted reviews of more than 250 onshore wind energy projects permits citing national security concerns. (Kathryn Krawczyk/Canary Media)

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Michigan joined Illinois and Minnesota to argue the U.S. Court of Appeals that the Trump administration broke laws forcing an aging coal-burning power plant to stay open declaring an “energy emergency.” (Karen Zraick/The New York Times)

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A recent study finds New Orleans will be “past the point” of no return and surrounded by the ocean within decades, following ongoing sea-level rise and wetland erosion from climate change. (Oliver Milman/The Guardian)

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And then there’s this

 

A new Gallup poll finds seven out of 10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities. (Tim Craig/The Washington)