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"Bees Facing a Poisoned Spring" [1]

"A new generation of pesticides is making honeybees far more susceptible to disease, even at tiny doses, and may be a clue to the mysterious colony collapse disorder that has devastated bees across the world, the US government's leading bee researcher has found. Yet the discovery has remained unpublished for nearly two years since it was made by the US Department of Agriculture's Bee Research Laboratory."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Public [4]
Source: UK Independent [5], 01/20/2011
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"Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock" [6]

"The Obama administration announced Monday that it would seek to ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals in hopes of reducing the spread of dangerous bacteria in humans."
Agriculture [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 07/14/2009
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"No One Knows All the Toxic Chemicals You’re Eating" [9]

"More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [12]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [13], 09/03/2026
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Study Suggests That Climate Change Is Intensifying El Niños [14]

"A new study suggests that El Niños — the natural climatic chaos agent that pops up periodically and spikes global temperatures — are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [15]
Conflict/Corruption [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [4]
Source: AP [25], 09/03/2026
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Trump’s Tactics to Lower Beef Prices and Appease Ranchers Fall Short [26]

"The Trump administration has rolled out several programs intended to pacify consumers frustrated with high beef prices and ranchers angered by beef imports."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Technology [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
South America [28]
Source: New York Times [29], 09/03/2026
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Almost Half World’s Farmers Poisoned By Pesticides Every Year: Experts [30]

"Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [32]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
Public [4]
International [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/03/2026
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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 [35]

"A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim."

Activism [36]
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [38]
People & Population [21]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [39]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: New York Times [40], 09/01/2026
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Secretive Deals May Cut Billions From US Global Health Spending: Analysis [41]

"The Trump administration is working to cut global health funding to developing nations by tens of billions of dollars by 2030, according to a new analysis of the secretive agreements U.S. officials have pursued with more than a dozen governments to date."

Agriculture [2]
Conflict/Corruption [16]
Consumer [10]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [12]
Health [43]
Infrastructure [44]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Technology [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [33]
Source: Washington Post [45], 09/01/2026
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More Dangerous, Drug-Resistant Salmonella Rising In US Poultry [46]

"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."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
Wildlife [47]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The New Lede [48], 08/31/2026
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Trump DOT Moves To Relax Fuel Efficiency Standards For Commercial Trucks [49]

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

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Conflict/Corruption [16]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [50]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [32]
Technology [23]
Transportation [51]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [52], 08/31/2026
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