Court Halts Trump Effort To Help Congress Overturn Calif. Clean Car Rules
"A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration effort to overturn California’s clean car rules through Congress."
Source: The Hill, 09/04/2026
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Trump Taps Army Engineering Official as Acting Secretary
"President Trump said on Thursday that he was appointing Adam R. Telle, the official overseeing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to take over as the acting Army secretary, following the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll earlier this week."
Source: New York Times, 09/04/2026Trump EPA Stalled A Survey Of PFAS In Wastewater, Former EPA Officials Say
"The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful forever chemicals with their wastewater, according to two former agency officials who were involved in its development."
Source: AP, 09/04/2026US Forest Service Closing 23 Research Facilities Under Trump Cuts
"The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research and development stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump that is intended to trim costs and concentrate the agency’s resources in Western states, officials said Thursday."
Source: AP, 09/04/2026The Trump Admin Halted A Great Lakes Project. Then Whitmer Called Trump
"An unexplained Trump administration hold on construction of a state-federal project aimed at preventing invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes was abruptly lifted this week, hours after a call to President Donald Trump by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer."
Source: AP, 09/04/2026Inside The Failed Mission To Eliminate FEMA
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is no longer in the Trump administration's crosshairs, according to its former leader."
Source: NPR, 09/04/2026Wells Drying Up At South Dakota Homes And Ranches Due To Heat And Drought
“We can’t do laundry or dishes or take showers other than with a little trickle,” said Connie Howie, 76. “Other times we have a little water because it seems to come and go.”
Source: South Dakota News Watch, 09/04/2026Patagonia Joins Lawsuit Against Trump’s Utah National Monument Reduction
"The outdoor retailer Patagonia on Wednesday joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its executive orders to shrink the sizes of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah."
Source: The Hill, 09/04/2026Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named a new culprit this week for the high energy prices that are weighing on the world economy: Ukraine."
Source: New York Times, 09/04/2026Smart Toilets Are Already Using AI to Analyze Your Poop
"While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in th�e way of benefits to the average person."
Source: WIRED, 09/04/2026NPR Spent 2 Years Tracking US Deaths From Heat, A Staggering Hidden Toll
"Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat."
Source: NPR, 09/03/2026Almost Half World’s Farmers Poisoned By Pesticides Every Year: Experts
"Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found."
Source: Guardian, 09/03/2026Trump’s Tactics to Lower Beef Prices and Appease Ranchers Fall Short
"The Trump administration has rolled out several programs intended to pacify consumers frustrated with high beef prices and ranchers angered by beef imports."
Source: New York Times, 09/03/2026New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects
"[T]he EPA is moving forward with revisions to a separate set of Clean Water Act regulations that would limit state and tribal authority over waterways—especially when it comes to weighing in on major energy projects like oil and gas pipelines, export terminals and hydropower dams."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/03/2026AC Cooling Saves 1000s Of Lives Yearly, But Worsens Warming: Experts
"Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say."
Source: AP, 09/03/2026
