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Yellowstone Park, Montana Continue Easing Fishing Restrictions [1]

"Yellowstone National Park and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have announced the easing of fishing restrictions on rivers as water temperatures drop."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
Source: States Newsroom [11], 09/01/2026
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Trump’s EPA on a Mission to Ease Air Rules by 2028: Explained [12]

"The EPA still has unfinished business on a handful of major air rules, which environmentalists fear will endanger Americans’ health and worsen the climate crisis."
 

Air [13]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 09/01/2026
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal Won't Lower Your Gas Prices. What You Need To Know [22]

"The Trump administration announced an agreement with the Venezuelan government on Friday to develop a vast amount of Venezuela's oil reserves.

The U.S. government says it is entering into a joint venture with a private Venezuelan company, according to an official who spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the deal. The Trump administration says the U.S. would get 55% of the oil from the joint venture. That's equivalent to about 65 billion barrels of oil that's under the ground.

Climate Change [3]
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Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Military [24]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Central America & the Caribbean [26]
South America [27]
Source: NPR [28], 09/01/2026
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Big Bend Border Wall Preparations Paused by Texas Federal Judge [29]

"Construction on — or at least preparations for — a border wall through Texas’s Big Bend National Park and the larger Big Bend region have been halted through Sept. 15, and possibly longer, a federal judge said from the bench Friday."

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [33]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [34]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 09/01/2026
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California Sues Over Trump Deal to Cancel Wind Project Lease [36]

"California sued the Trump administration and Golden State Wind over the federal government’s deal with the company to cancel an offshore wind project lease, alleging the transaction violated multiple federal laws."

Activism [37]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [4]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [25]
Technology [38]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [34]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 09/01/2026
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The CDC Hasn’t Added 2 Deaths To Its Measles Database. Here’s Why. [40]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two deaths reported by Pennsylvania from its weekly updates of a national measles death tally, a decision that came from new CDC director Erica Schwartz, according to three former and current officials familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation."

Conflict/Corruption [23]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Health [42]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Science [44]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Source: Washington Post [46], 09/01/2026
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Secretive Deals May Cut Billions From US Global Health Spending: Analysis [47]

"The Trump administration is working to cut global health funding to developing nations by tens of billions of dollars by 2030, according to a new analysis of the secretive agreements U.S. officials have pursued with more than a dozen governments to date."

Agriculture [48]
Conflict/Corruption [23]
Consumer [15]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [19]
Food [49]
Health [42]
Infrastructure [31]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Technology [38]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [50]
Source: Washington Post [51], 09/01/2026
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September 30, 2026

DEADLINE: Wilson Center Research Fellowship [52]

The Wilson Center is taking applications from scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to join its 12-month, remote research fellowship program. 

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‘Trade Secrets’ Keep Journalists, Public in the Dark [56]

So-called confidential business information is a major obstacle to the dissemination of knowledge about environmental threats for the public, cautions WatchDog Opinion. Part of the problem is how federal agencies treat requests for confidentiality, and so is the way environmental laws handle the issue. A look at the worst offenders, and a call for journalists to break through the veil of secrecy.

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Policy [55]
Region: 
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Burning Man Begins This Week As Hawk Fire Reaches 95% Containment [58]

"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 [37]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
Source: Washington Post [59], 08/31/2026
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