People & Population

EPA Moves to Curb Public Input on State Data Center Air Permits

"The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for communities to weigh in on proposed data centers, even as a backlash against the behemoth projects grows across the country." "Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects."

Source: New York Times, 08/26/2026

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

Tribes Push Back On Federal Plan For Colorado River Water Cuts

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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." 

Source: ICT, 08/24/2026

Despite Trump’s Attacks, Unions Fight For Good US Clean Energy Jobs

"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."

Source: Guardian, 08/24/2026

Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic

"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."

Source: New York Times, 08/24/2026

Report: Big Food Firms Often Sue To Stop Or Slow Public Health Policies

"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."

Source: Investgate Midwest, 08/24/2026

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

A Pizza-Sized Ocean Predator And A Tribe Are Trying To Protect Each Other

"On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands."

Source: NPR, 08/21/2026

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