Food

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

La. Oil Disaster Leaves Black Parents Asking How to Keep Their Kids Safe

"As the Louisiana town recovers, residents wrestle with the increasingly difficult task of shielding children from a polluted future."

Source: Capital B, 08/24/2026

World’s Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats

"Heat and drought have diminished harvests in some of the biggest wheat-producing countries, including the United States, which is expected to have its worst wheat harvest in a half-century, spiking prices. Poor countries that agreed to buy American wheat under the threat of Trump tariffs could be stuck paying abnormally high prices."

Source: New York Times, 08/24/2026

Great Waste In The Great Lakes: Plastic Pollution Is Clogging Our Waters

"More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Each glass of treated lake water is laden with tiny bits of plastic — microplastics — made of toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases. Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/21/2026

US To Send Hospital Ship To Peru As El Nino Threat Looms

"The United States will send a military hospital ship to Peru’s Pacific coast next year to help Peru cope with the effects of the El Nino climate phenomenon as part of a broader collaboration with the South American country, U.S. Ambassador to Peru Bernie Navarro announced Wednesday."

Source: AP, 08/20/2026

4 In 10 Americans Say Extreme Weather Damaged Their Towns In Past Year

"Nearly 4 in 10 Americans say their communities were damaged by extreme weather events over the past year, according to a new survey released Tuesday."

Source: The Hill, 08/20/2026

As Seas Rise, Scientists Race to Save Coastal Marshes From Drowning

"A majority of coastal wetlands are on track to shift inland or disappear in the coming decades without intervention. That will have major consequences."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/20/2026

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