Why We Should Stop Eating Lettuce, Cyclospora Or Not
"Explosive diarrhea is in the news." "Lettuce makes us sick, wastes resources and has minimal nutritional value. Why are we still consuming it?"
Source: Washington Post, 08/26/2026
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In A Global First, Mexico Approves Use Of RNA-Based Fungicide
"Grape growers in Mexico have a new tool to fight powdery mildew, a common fungal disease, after the country became the first in the world to approve the commercial sale of an RNA-based biofungicide." "Oifirax, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to kill the fungus responsible for powdery mildew on grapes"
Source: Science, 08/26/2026Trump Border Wall Construction Threatens Rock Art As Old As The Pyramids
"On an overcast summer morning, Carolyn Boyd, an archeologist at Texas State University, stood at the foot of a cave in west Texas, looking up toward a series of towering murals painted on a rock wall. Three massive human-like figures soared toward an overhang that had sheltered the painting from the elements since they were drawn here perhaps 4,000 years ago."
Source: Public Domain, 08/26/2026Living With Drought Has Taught Pastoralists Lessons The World Needs
"Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world."
Source: Grist, 08/26/2026"The Revolution Will Be Planted With Wildflowers"
"When you buy the “Decolonize This Yard” native wildflower mix seed packet from Matiz Press in Chicago, you get much more than a lush garden" "A new generation of green thumbs are creating beautifully designed seed packets to encourage the growth of lush gardens — and social consciousness."
Source: New York Times, 08/26/2026Talks Collapse. Ottawa Says Come Back With 'Right Attitude' And 'Real Offer'
"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."
Source: CBC News, 08/25/2026Leaked 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, 08/25/2026WH 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, 08/25/2026Trump Shuns EVs And Wind Power, But He’s Pouring Billions Into Batteries
"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."
Source: New York Times, 08/25/2026Bigger, 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, 08/25/2026Personal 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, 08/25/2026Secret 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, 08/25/2026BLM May Stop Noting Drilling Under Private Land. Wyoming Ranchers Alarmed.
"Western cattlemen are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property."
Source: WyoFile, 08/25/2026Wisc. 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"Mapping America’s Largest ‘Dead Zone’"
"In a decades-long crisis, marine life has suffered as oxygen periodically dwindles in waters along the Gulf Coast."
Source: New York Times, 08/25/2026
