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Trump Tariffs Blow Up Long U.S.-Canada Environmental Partnership [1]

As trade wars loom with U.S. allies, including our neighbors to the north and south, another kind of long-standing relationship is under threat — the environmental partnership between the United States and Canada. A Backgrounder Analysis examines deep-rooted ties over energy, water and timber. Does the brewing conflict over trade mean the long bonds over the environment have been broken?

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Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
International [18]
Canada [19]
Mexico [20]
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Public [21]
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Endangered Sea Turtle Populations Show Signs Of Recovery In Much Of World [22]

"Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday."

Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [24]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [25]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [18]
Source: AP [26], 04/18/2025
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"EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer" [27]

"“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [29]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 04/18/2025
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"Court Blocks Enforcement of New Silica Dust Protections for Coal Miners" [34]

"A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new rule to limit silica dust exposure for coal and other miners. The rule, from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), was imposed last year in response to an epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners."

Air [35]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [36]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [37]
Pollution [31]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Public Health Watch/WVPB [38], 04/18/2025
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"Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing" [39]

"President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales."

Biodiversity [23]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [25]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [40], 04/18/2025
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Group Names Mississippi River ‘Most Endangered,’ Cites Proposed FEMA Cuts [41]

"A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management."

Activism [42]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [43], 04/17/2025
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"White House Moves To Cut BLM Lands Rule, Alaska Protections" [44]

"The Trump administration is moving to rescind two key Biden-era rules finalized by the Bureau of Land Management last year that advanced protections for millions of acres across the West and Alaska’s North Slope."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 04/17/2025
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"US Proposes Looser Interpretation Of Law That Protects Threatened Species" [47]

"The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a major change to how threatened species are considered in agency actions by removing regulatory language that seeks to prevent their habitats from being degraded."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [23]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Science [48]
Wildlife [25]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [49], 04/17/2025
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"Inside The Fight To Save California’s Dying Sea Lions From Toxic Algae" [50]

"An animal’s chance of survival after domoic acid poisoning is 50-50, and this year an outbreak has sickened hundreds"

Biodiversity [23]
Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [51]
Disasters [30]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [25]
Public [21]
California [52]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Source: Guardian [53], 04/15/2025
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"U.S. Butterfly Population Declined 22 Percent In Two Decades" [54]

"Experts say the drop in abundance is largely due to chemical use, habitat loss, and a warming climate"

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [23]
Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [51]
Environmental Studies [24]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [25]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Cedar Rapids Gazette [55], 04/15/2025
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