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Secret Plan to Dump Slaughterhouse Waste Blindsided Iowa Residents [1]

"Monona County officials and residents fear a repeat of the communication gaps and loopholes that left them caught off guard by a plan to import treated slaughterhouse manure."

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Consumer [3]
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Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 08/25/2026
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Trump Shuns EVs And Wind Power, But He’s Pouring Billions Into Batteries [13]

"President Trump has been scornful of electric cars for years. But his administration is now pouring billions of dollars into the battery technology that powers them."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Technology [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: New York Times [19], 08/25/2026
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WH Aide Helped Oil Firm Boost Its Projects. Now She’ll Lead Its DC Office. [20]

"Brittany Kelm’s departure from the White House to lead the Washington office of a Houston oil company has raised questions about the close proximity between a government official and the interests of a private corporation."

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National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [22], 08/25/2026
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Leaked Memo Shows US Aims To Weaken Global Limits On Plastic Pollution [23]

"The United States has doubled down on its opposition to plastic production limits in global treaty talks, according to a diplomatic memo reviewed by The Washington Post, pushing to create a broad loophole to disregard the treaty on national security grounds."

Chemicals [24]
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Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
Source: Washington Post [28], 08/25/2026
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Talks Collapse. Ottawa Says Come Back With 'Right Attitude' And 'Real Offer' [29]

"Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will return to the negotiating table when the U.S. shows the “right attitude,” not treating Canada as a subsidiary of the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump made further threats on U.S.-Canada trade early Monday, saying in an online post that tariffs on Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel will increase to 50 per cent on Jan. 1."

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Energy & Fuel [15]
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Fish & Fisheries [30]
Forests [31]
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Canada [33]
Source: CBC News [34], 08/25/2026
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Tribes Push Back On Federal Plan For Colorado River Water Cuts [35]

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The Interior Department Friday announced steep reductions in Coloradfo River water allocations for lower basin states. "When the plan was released in draft form last month, the tribes argued they were not sufficiently party to the decision making process and that the proposed use plan does not reflect their rights." 

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Fish & Fisheries [30]
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Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [39]
Planning & Growth [40]
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Source: ICT [41], 08/24/2026
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Despite Trump’s Attacks, Unions Fight For Good US Clean Energy Jobs [42]

"Ryan McElroen had spent years repairing the New York City subway underground when he got the opportunity to work in the middle of the ocean." "Two years ago, McElroen began being trained by his union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3, for a job in the emerging offshore wind industry."

Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [39]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [43], 08/24/2026
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Federal Government Thins The Herds Of Wild Horses In Colorado [44]

"A helicopter swooped through the bright blue sky, as a pilot scanned the high desert below for wild horses running through the dusty sagebrush, about an hour's drive west of Meeker, Colorado. A small group of reporters and horse lovers watched from the cover of wizened trees, about a mile from a pen that would trap the horses."

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Environmental Politics [5]
Government [38]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Transportation [17]
Wildlife [46]
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Source: NPR [47], 08/24/2026
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Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic [48]

"Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread." "By the time colleagues called Dr. Matías Lahitte, an Argentine infectious disease specialist, it was too late."

Biodiversity [45]
Climate Change [14]
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Health [49]
People & Population [39]
Science [50]
Technology [16]
Wildlife [46]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [27]
South America [51]
Source: New York Times [52], 08/24/2026
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Report: Big Food Firms Often Sue To Stop Or Slow Public Health Policies [53]

"The newsroom Lighthouse Reports, along with several partners around the globe, found food compa�nies have sued more than 200 times in the past 15 years as governments have tried to rein in unhealthy ingredients in people’s diets."

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Source: Investgate Midwest [54], 08/24/2026
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