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Latest top headlines • 17 April 2026
Trump has formally scheduled the first of four O&G lease auctions in ANWR, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. https://buff.ly/QZRLXYV
A suit has been filed to stop the construction of any border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas. https://buff.ly/ZVW4g6n
An Trump-aligned advisory panel advanced his plan for a gigantic arch in DC, while acknowledging that fully 100% of the nearly 1,000 public comments received were against the project. https://buff.ly/FMTqKDx
By a 50-49 vote, the Senate cleared the way for a controversial mine just outside the Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area. https://buff.ly/WZKQaFN
A judge has again halted Trump's White House ballroom project, saying an exception for national security reasons is not being met. https://buff.ly/lrHKwyR
A parks conservation group is suing to stop a mine from being restarted within Mojave NPres. https://buff.ly/FMO356v
USNPS is being sued after it took down a sign explaining the racist beliefs of the namesake of a DC-area memorial fountain. https://buff.ly/XNj7aL6
Additional groups are joining the legal fight to overturn last month's "God Squad" decision to nullify ESA protections in the Gulf of Mexico over "national security" concerns. https://buff.ly/ga6eDs2
A conservation group is suing to overturn the recent "God Squad" decision to set the ESA aside in the Gulf of Mexico. https://buff.ly/OOKrb1d
A bill to abolish César E. Chávez NMon is pending in the Senate, but the private organization that owns most of the site is in favor of renaming it instead, arguing that it commemorates an entire labor movement, not just its disgraced leader. https://buff.ly/smv1Mak
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