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Trump DOT Moves To Relax Fuel Efficiency Standards For Commercial Trucks [1]

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

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Conflict/Corruption [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [20], 08/31/2026
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Trump DOI Moves To Fast-Track Arctic Drilling Without Environmental Review [21]

"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 [4]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: Public Domain [24], 08/28/2026
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PJM Has Finally Greenlit A Lot Of New Clean Power. Can It Get Built? [25]

"The country’s biggest energy market has a problem: It can’t build enough power plants to keep up with electricity demand." "More than 50 GW of solar, wind, and batteries can now connect to PJM’s grid. It could help drive down costs — if states, utilities, and hyperscalers make it happen."

Climate Change [4]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Planning & Growth [28]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Source: Canary Media [31], 08/27/2026
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MAHA Moms Take On Coal [32]

"The Make America Healthy Again movement has taken on many issues over the past few years: pesticides, processed foods, vaccines. Now it has another target, and it’s one that President Trump likes to promote: coal."

Activism [33]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [9]
Food [34]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New York Times [36], 08/27/2026
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Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects [37]

"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 [38]
Climate Change [4]
Conflict/Corruption [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Planning & Growth [28]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 08/27/2026
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"The Revolution Will Be Planted With Wildflowers" [42]

"When you buy the “Decolonize This Yard” native wildflower mix seed packet from Matiz Press in Chicago, you get much more than a lush garden" "A new generation of green thumbs are creating beautifully designed seed packets to encourage the growth of lush gardens — and social consciousness."

Activism [33]
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [43]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New York Times [44], 08/26/2026
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Living With Drought Has Taught Pastoralists Lessons The World Needs [45]

"Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [6]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [9]
Food [34]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [14]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [47]
Source: Grist [48], 08/26/2026
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In A Global First, Mexico Approves Use Of RNA-Based Fungicide [49]

"Grape growers in Mexico have a new tool to fight powdery mildew, a common fungal disease, after the country became the first in the world to approve the commercial sale of an RNA-based biofungicide." "Oifirax, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to kill the fungus responsible for powdery mildew on grapes"

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Food [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [47]
Source: Science [50], 08/26/2026
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Why We Should Stop Eating Lettuce, Cyclospora Or Not [51]

"Explosive diarrhea is in the news." "Lettuce makes us sick, wastes resources and has minimal nutritional value. Why are we still consuming it?"

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [43]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [9]
Food [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [52]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [53], 08/26/2026
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Ohio Grapples With Fake Comments On Clean Energy: Some Want Crackdown [54]

"A troubling trend has shown up in some communities around the U.S.: Public officials are being inundated with seemingly fake public feedback that aims to block renewable energy and promote fossil fuels."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [4]
Conflict/Corruption [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [55]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [56]
Source: Canary Media [57], 08/26/2026
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