The state of Nevada is suing to challenge the Trump administration's new plan for dealing with water shortages along the Colorado River.

(Beyond Pesticides, August 26, 2026) A childhood cancer cluster has been reported in the community of Ladera Ranch, an unincorporated development of over 20,000 people in Orange County, California. Residents, pressing for federal and state investigations, have documented at least six pediatric Ewing sarcoma diagnoses since 2013, including 17-year-old Brody Matteson, who died in March of this year…

SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion, 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) Starship launch complex on Pecan Island in US' southern Louisiana, an area that serves as protected habitat for dozens of migratory bird species and whose receding wetlands help shield inland communities from flooding.