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Menhaden Board Advances Potential Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Fishery Limits [1]

"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."

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Source: Virginia Mercury [9], 08/31/2026
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Trump DOT Moves To Relax Fuel Efficiency Standards For Commercial Trucks [10]

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

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People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
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Source: The Hill [26], 08/31/2026
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Trump Administration Proposes Changes To Biden-Era Climate Report [27]

"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."

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Source: The Hill [29], 08/31/2026
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$900 Million From A Canceled Wind Deal Will Benefit A Trump Donor [30]

"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."

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Source: Washington Post [33], 08/31/2026
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‘A New Form of US Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at US Oil Takeover [34]

"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."

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Source: New York Times [38], 08/31/2026
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Trump Is Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer [39]

"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."

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Source: NOTUS [43], 08/31/2026
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One Of East Coast’s Largest Datacenters Accused Of ‘Violating Federal Law’ [44]

"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." 

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Source: Floodlight [47], 08/28/2026
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Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Fast-Track Approval Of Toxic Datacenter Chemical [48]

"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."

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Source: Guardian [49], 08/28/2026
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Districts Face A Back-To-School Math Problem: The High Price Of Diesel [50]

"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."

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Source: NPR [51], 08/28/2026
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California’s New Fire-Safe Landscaping Rules Are Strongest In The U.S. [52]

"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."

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Source: LA Times [54], 08/28/2026
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