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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 [9]

"A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim."

Activism [10]
Agriculture [11]
Biodiversity [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
People & Population [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New York Times [20], 09/01/2026
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Trump Is Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer [21]

"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer."

Biodiversity [12]
Conflict/Corruption [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [29]
Source: NOTUS [30], 08/31/2026
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‘A New Form of US Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at US Oil Takeover [31]

"Many Venezuelans suspected that there was going to be a price to pay for President Trump’s brazen capture of their autocratic leader, Nicolás Maduro, who was arrested by U.S. forces in January. On Friday, that cost became clear when Mr. Trump announced that the U.S. would be taking majority control of a vast part of Venezuela’s oil reserves — national resources long considered by many in the country to be a birthright."

Climate Change [32]
Conflict/Corruption [22]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [34]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Military [35]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
South America [37]
Source: New York Times [38], 08/31/2026
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$900 Million From A Canceled Wind Deal Will Benefit A Trump Donor [39]

"The Trump administration’s latest deal to cancel offshore wind projects and boost fossil fuel energy development instead is generating a huge payday for one of the president’s million-dollar donors."

Climate Change [32]
Conflict/Corruption [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [34]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [18]
Source: Washington Post [40], 08/31/2026
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Top Trump Honcho Asked For More Planes To Fight Fire Near His Idaho Ranch [41]

"Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment Michael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked agency staff last month to escalate the amount of aircraft at a seven-acre fire that had started near his mega-ranch in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest, according to two Forest Service officials familiar with the matter."

Public [18]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 08/31/2026
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Trump Administration Proposes Changes To Biden-Era Climate Report [44]

"The Tr ump administration is looking to change a portion of a 2023 federal climate report." "The administration proposed to reframe how the Fifth National Climate Assessment sees its worst-case scenarios after U.N. scientists said earlier this year that a worst-case scenario was not plausible."

Climate Change [32]
Conflict/Corruption [22]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Science [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [46], 08/31/2026
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Trump DOT Moves To Relax Fuel Efficiency Standards For Commercial Trucks [47]

"The Trump administration on Friday moved to relax fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks."

Agriculture [11]
Chemicals [48]
Climate Change [32]
Conflict/Corruption [22]
Consumer [49]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [36]
Technology [52]
Transportation [53]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [54], 08/31/2026
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Menhaden Board Advances Potential Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Fishery Limits [55]

"The regional board overseeing menhaden management along the Atlantic coast on Wednesday advanced a measure to implement new restrictions on Virginia’s only reduction fishery that harvests the oily forage fish within the Chesapeake Bay."

Fish & Fisheries [56]
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Science [45]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Source: Virginia Mercury [58], 08/31/2026
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First Nations Want Emergency Order To Protect Southern Mountain Caribou [59]

"Southern mountain caribou are a type of caribou found in mature forests of western Canada, where they subsist on lichen as a winter food. Habitat loss — primarily driven by logging — has transformed their mature forest habitat, upsetting the predator-prey balance and leading to caribou declines."

Biodiversity [12]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [15]
Wildlife [28]
Public [18]
Canada [60]
Source: Mongabay [61], 08/31/2026
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More Dangerous, Drug-Resistant Salmonella Rising In US Poultry [62]

"Amid a busy season of summer food recalls and illnesses, sustainable farming advocates are warning that salmonella bacteria found in poultry is increasing strains most likely to cause illness, hospitalization and death, and that such bacteria are also increasingly resistant to antibiotic medicine."

Agriculture [11]
Chemicals [48]
Consumer [49]
Environmental Health [50]
Food [63]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Science [45]
Technology [52]
Wildlife [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [64], 08/31/2026
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Burning Man Begins This Week As Hawk Fire Reaches 95% Containment [65]

"Around 70,000 are expected be at the Nevada desert festival, with it urging attendees to treat “everyone affected by this emergency with patience and care.”"

Activism [10]
Climate Change [32]
Environmental Health [50]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Source: Washington Post [66], 08/31/2026
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Trump DOI Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review [67]

"The Interior Department will soon publish a “categorical exclusion” that will rubber stamp oil and gas development in Alaska’s remote National Petroleum Reserve."

Climate Change [32]
Consumer [49]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [68]
Source: Public Domain [69], 08/28/2026
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As Water Pollution Concerns Grow in Iowa, So Do Fertilizer Industry Profits [70]

"As farmers balk at skyrocketing fertilizer costs and runoff threatens drinking water sources in Iowa, North American manufacturers are raking in cash." "The net earnings of North America’s top fertilizer producers raise questions about who benefits most from fertilizer use, an advocacy group says."

Agriculture [11]
Chemicals [48]
Disasters [71]
Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [36]
Waste [72]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 08/28/2026
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Fast Food Chains May Still Be Sourcing Beef Raised With Antibiotics: Report [74]

"McDonald’s, Subway and Taco Bell are failing to keep up with pledges to reduce the use of antibiotics in their beef supply, according to a group of food safety advocates."

Agriculture [11]
Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [50]
Health [75]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [36]
Technology [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [76], 08/28/2026
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A Hard-Won Rule to Cut Chemical Plant Pollution Is Being Unraveled [77]

"In 2024, the Biden administration enacted wide-ranging regulations to protect communities near petrochemical plants from air toxics. The Trump administration has since granted exemptions to scores of polluting facilities and is working to rewrite the long-awaited rule."

Chemicals [48]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [78], 08/28/2026
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