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) ▾ 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) ▾ Cuba announced its oil reserves have run dry, after the U.S. ene
May 6, 2026
Michigan Democratic lawmakers introduced a “green amendment” to enshrine environmental protections in the state Constitution alongside bills to regulate PFAS pollution. (Steve Carmody/Michigan Public Radio) ▾ A New York Times expose shows the U.S. Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” upended climate policy, first blocking coal-burning power plant regulations introduced by Obama, showing how the court could rule on Trump’s efforts to rescind the federal authority to combat climate
