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Trump DOT Moves To Relax Fuel Efficiency Standards For Commercial Trucks [9]

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

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Conflict/Corruption [13]
Consumer [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Technology [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The Hill [28], 08/31/2026
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Menhaden Board Advances Potential Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Fishery Limits [29]

"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 [30]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: Virginia Mercury [34], 08/31/2026
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First Nations Want Emergency Order To Protect Southern Mountain Caribou [35]

"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 [36]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Wildlife [37]
Public [26]
Canada [38]
Source: Mongabay [39], 08/31/2026
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More Dangerous, Drug-Resistant Salmonella Rising In US Poultry [40]

"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 [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [14]
Environmental Health [17]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [31]
Technology [24]
Wildlife [37]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The New Lede [42], 08/31/2026
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Burning Man Begins This Week As Hawk Fire Reaches 95% Containment [43]

"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 [44]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [17]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [46]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Source: Washington Post [48], 08/31/2026
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Trump DOI Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review [49]

"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 [12]
Consumer [14]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [23]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Source: Public Domain [51], 08/28/2026
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As Water Pollution Concerns Grow in Iowa, So Do Fertilizer Industry Profits [52]

"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 [10]
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [23]
Waste [54]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 08/28/2026
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Fast Food Chains May Still Be Sourcing Beef Raised With Antibiotics: Report [56]

"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 [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [17]
Health [57]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [23]
Technology [24]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The New Lede [58], 08/28/2026
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A Hard-Won Rule to Cut Chemical Plant Pollution Is Being Unraveled [59]

"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 [11]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [60], 08/28/2026
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California’s New Fire-Safe Landscaping Rules Are Strongest In The U.S. [61]

"California struggled for years to adopt new landscaping rules that dictate what residents in fire-prone areas can plant and build within five feet of their homes, known as Zone Zero."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [53]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Technology [24]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [62]
Source: LA Times [63], 08/28/2026
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Districts Face A Back-To-School Math Problem: The High Price Of Diesel [64]

"As the new school year kicks off, school districts are facing a challenging math problem: the high cost of diesel. The price of a gallon of diesel is up nearly $2 compared with this time last year. That is meaningful for schools, considering that around 90% of the United States' 480,000 school buses run on diesel."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [25]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NPR [65], 08/28/2026
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El Niño Climate Patterns Supercharged By Burning Fossil Fuels, Study Finds [66]

"‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year"

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [53]
Food [41]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Guardian [67], 08/28/2026
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One Of East Coast’s Largest Datacenters Accused Of ‘Violating Federal Law’ [68]

"The largest planned AI datacenter in New Jersey is being accused of violating federal law after a visual investigation found the site running dozens of unpermitted gas-powered generators."

Air [69]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [23]
Technology [24]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [70]
Source: Floodlight [71], 08/28/2026
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Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Fast-Track Approval Of Toxic Datacenter Chemical [72]

"The Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm, a new lawsuit warns."

Air [69]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [23]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Guardian [73], 08/28/2026
- Read more about Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Fast-Track Approval Of Toxic Datacenter Chemical [72]
Decoding Beluga Whales’ Chitchat May Save Them – And Show Us Ourselves [74]

"From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture "

Biodiversity [36]
People & Population [22]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [26]
Antarctica & Arctic [75]
Source: Guardian [76], 08/28/2026
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