National (U.S.)

Burning Man Begins This Week As Hawk Fire Reaches 95% Containment

"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.”"

Source: Washington Post, 08/31/2026

More Dangerous, Drug-Resistant Salmonella Rising In US Poultry

"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."

Source: The New Lede, 08/31/2026

Menhaden Board Advances Potential Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Fishery Limits

"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."

Source: Virginia Mercury, 08/31/2026

Trump DOT Moves To Relax Fuel Efficiency Standards For Commercial Trucks

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

Source: The Hill, 08/31/2026

Trump Administration Proposes Changes To Biden-Era Climate Report

"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."

Source: The Hill, 08/31/2026

Top Trump Honcho Asked For More Planes To Fight Fire Near His Idaho Ranch

"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."

Source: Washington Post, 08/31/2026

‘A New Form of US Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at US Oil Takeover

"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."

Source: New York Times, 08/31/2026

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

"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."

Source: NOTUS, 08/31/2026

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