August 19, 2026
NATIONWIDE — New sales data shows that Toyota’s plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) sales are increasing due to the automaker expanding availability of the PHEV models to dealers across the country.
Press Releases
August 18, 2026
Salt Lake City – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its latest step to eliminate protections under the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, claiming the move is necessary to reduce wildfire risk and expand forest management. Since the Forest Service created the Roadless Rule in 2001, it has protected undeveloped roadless areas across the country.
August 18, 2026
Today, the Trump administration announced it is repealing the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. This measure conserves more than 58 million acres of National Forest lands by preventing road building, hardrock mining, oil and gas and industrial logging, and was one of the most popular rules in U.S. history after an extensive public process to generate more than 1.6 million comments.
August 18, 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. — Today, the USDA Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, with a 30-day public comment period opening Aug. 20.
August 18, 2026
CONCORD, NH – Today, the USDA Forest Service announced the release of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, initiating a 30 day public comment period. During this time, the public will be able to urge the Forest Service to maintain the rule that protects undeveloped roadless areas across the country, including well-known locations in New Hampshire, such as Mount Chocorua in the Sandwich Range Mountains, Lincoln Woods Trail off the Kancamag
August 18, 2026
SEATTLE — Today, the USDA Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, with a 30-day public comment period opening Aug. 20.
August 18, 2026
Helena, MT - Today, the Trump administration announced it is repealing the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. This measure conserved more than 58 million acres of National Forest lands by preventing road building, hardrock mining, oil and gas and industrial logging, and was one of the most popular rules in U.S. history after an extensive public process to generate more than 1.6 million comments.
August 18, 2026
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Duke Energy released its latest long-range energy plan, which proposes two additional gas plants and extends costly coal plant operations based on speculative data center developments, according to its own documents released last Friday.
August 17, 2026
EL PASO, TX — Following widespread bipartisan outrage, Donald Trump’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced Monday that the agency is temporarily pausing all construction activity in Big Bend National Park as he visits the site this week. Scott did not say how long the pause would last or commit to canceling the project.