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Canada Retaliates With Up to 50% Tariffs on Hundreds of U.S. Products

"Canada announced retaliatory tariffs as high as 50 percent on hundreds of American products on Tuesday, just days after the collapse of trade talks triggered punishing tariffs from the Trump administration." "Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs."

Source: New York Times, 08/26/2026

Wisc. City Perfected Clean Water For Beer — Now It’s Fighting Nitrates

"CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc. — Ever since Jacob Leinenkugel discovered spring waters here that were pure enough to brew his famous beer, this small Wisconsin city’s devotion to clean water has been paramount. That’s why in 1997, when Chippewa Falls utility managers detected potentially dangerous concentrations of nitrates in a well supplying city water, officials acted."

Source: The New Lede, 08/25/2026

Secret Plan to Dump Slaughterhouse Waste Blindsided Iowa Residents

"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."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/25/2026

Personal Care Products Are Awash In Unlabeled Toxic Chemicals: Study

"Common personal care products widely contain unlabeled toxic chemicals, results from a new peer-reviewed study suggest. The testing of more than 110 items ranging from shampoo to baby lotions found evidence of unlabeled toxic chemicals in about 85%."

Source: Guardian, 08/25/2026

Bigger, Hotter Fires Are Slowly Erasing America’s Great Forests

"On a gentle slope on the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where a towering green canopy of ponderosa pines had stood for centuries, wildfires have transformed roughly 1,700 acres into brown, bare shrubland. That forest is gone for good, scientists say."

Source: New York Times, 08/25/2026

WH Aide Helped Oil Firm Boost Its Projects. Now She’ll Lead Its DC Office.

"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."

Source: E&E News, 08/25/2026

Leaked Memo Shows US Aims To Weaken Global Limits On Plastic Pollution

"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."

Source: Washington Post, 08/25/2026

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