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Latest top headlines • 4 September 2026
Trump is moving to drastically reduce wetlands protections under the Clean Water Act. https://buff.ly/90ABkyi
An appeals court has denied the city of Philadelphia's request for a rehearing of its lawsuit against Trump's censorship of exhibits at the President's House in Independence NHP. https://buff.ly/0e4Gtcp
An invasive crayfish is threatening an endangered newt species at Crater Lake NP. https://buff.ly/tbqL6nT
Several organizations, including the outdoor company Patagonia, are suing Trump over his cuts to Bears Ears NMon. (A separate suit is underway on the cuts to Grand Staircase-Escalante.) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/climate/patagonia-bears-ears-lawsuit-trump.html
A new UN report concedes that the world will miss the 1.5ºC climate target and should instead try to limit how far past that mark temperatures will go — and then carry out a program of massive atmospheric carbon removal. One critic called it "an invitation to apathy." https://buff.ly/rnDj0U6
The Supreme Court ruled that the National Trust for Historic Preservation does not have standing to sue to stop Trump's ballroom project, which will now likely be completed. https://buff.ly/7z3K91g
The last Confederate monument standing on Virginia's Capitol Square has been taken down. https://buff.ly/mDBfUT8
The foundations of a 15th-century hunting lodge in England have been revealed thanks to the recent months of hot, dry weather. https://buff.ly/faebele
Trump is considering a controversial land exchange in Yosemite NP — one previously rejected — that would benefit a developer. https://buff.ly/HRdIX2A
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