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Trump Is Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer [9]

"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 [10]
Conflict/Corruption [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [21]
Source: NOTUS [22], 08/31/2026
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‘A New Form of US Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at US Oil Takeover [23]

"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 [24]
Conflict/Corruption [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Military [27]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
South America [29]
Source: New York Times [30], 08/31/2026
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$900 Million From A Canceled Wind Deal Will Benefit A Trump Donor [31]

"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 [24]
Conflict/Corruption [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
Source: Washington Post [32], 08/31/2026
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Top Trump Honcho Asked For More Planes To Fight Fire Near His Idaho Ranch [33]

"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 [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 08/31/2026
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Trump DOI Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review [36]

"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 [24]
Consumer [37]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [28]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: Public Domain [39], 08/28/2026
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As Water Pollution Concerns Grow in Iowa, So Do Fertilizer Industry Profits [40]

"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 [41]
Chemicals [42]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [28]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 08/28/2026
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Fast Food Chains May Still Be Sourcing Beef Raised With Antibiotics: Report [48]

"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 [41]
Chemicals [42]
Environmental Health [44]
Health [49]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [28]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The New Lede [51], 08/28/2026
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A Hard-Won Rule to Cut Chemical Plant Pollution Is Being Unraveled [52]

"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 [42]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [54], 08/28/2026
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California’s New Fire-Safe Landscaping Rules Are Strongest In The U.S. [55]

"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 [24]
Disasters [43]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [56]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [21]
Source: LA Times [57], 08/28/2026
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Districts Face A Back-To-School Math Problem: The High Price Of Diesel [58]

"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 [24]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [56]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [59]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [60], 08/28/2026
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El Niño Climate Patterns Supercharged By Burning Fossil Fuels, Study Finds [61]

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

Agriculture [41]
Climate Change [24]
Disasters [43]
Food [62]
People & Population [56]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [63], 08/28/2026
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One Of East Coast’s Largest Datacenters Accused Of ‘Violating Federal Law’ [64]

"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 [65]
Chemicals [42]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [28]
Technology [50]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [66]
Source: Floodlight [67], 08/28/2026
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Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Fast-Track Approval Of Toxic Datacenter Chemical [68]

"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 [65]
Chemicals [42]
Environmental Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [28]
Technology [50]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [69], 08/28/2026
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Decoding Beluga Whales’ Chitchat May Save Them – And Show Us Ourselves [70]

"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 [10]
People & Population [56]
Science [71]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
Antarctica & Arctic [72]
Source: Guardian [73], 08/28/2026
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Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects [74]

"A handful of mega data center projects would emit over 100 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, an enormous amount roughly equal to the annual emissions of a mid-sized industrialized country."

Air [65]
Climate Change [24]
Conflict/Corruption [11]
Consumer [37]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Planning & Growth [75]
Pollution [28]
Technology [50]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [76]
Source: Inside Climate News [77], 08/27/2026
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