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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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"Burgum Halts Work On NY Offshore Wind Project" [34]

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted construction of a major offshore wind farm off New York on Wednesday, in a marked escalation of President Donald Trump’s fight against offshore wind."

Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Technology [37]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: E&E News [39], 04/18/2025
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"Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing" [40]

"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 [41], 04/18/2025
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Group Names Mississippi River ‘Most Endangered,’ Cites Proposed FEMA Cuts [42]

"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 [43]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [44], 04/17/2025
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Commercial Salmon Fishing In Calif. Will Be Closed For 3rd Year In A Row [45]

"The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to dwindling numbers of fish, fishing regulators voted Tuesday."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [35]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [21]
California [46]
Source: AP [47], 04/16/2025
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Trump Ends Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Black Alabama Communities [48]

"The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater treatment services for Alabamians in majority-Black communities harmed by raw sewage, calling the agreement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [50]
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 [51], 04/16/2025
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"Researchers Identify US Counties With Worst Drinking Water Violations" [52]

"The U.S. counties with the most egregious water quality violations are concentrated in four states: West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oklahoma, a new study has found."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [53], 04/16/2025
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"Inside The Fight To Save California’s Dying Sea Lions From Toxic Algae" [54]

"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 [35]
Disasters [30]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [25]
Public [21]
California [46]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Source: Guardian [55], 04/15/2025
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