Tag: Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice
Trump threatens Great Lakes agreements between U.S. and Canada
In 2024 when Donald Trump as a presidential candidate proposed piping water from British Columbia, Canada to California, his statement was largely dismissed as campaign rhetoric.
Once he was elected, Canadians started paying attention but the potential water grab was seen as logistically and politically problematic and unlikely to gain traction.
National parks see a record number of visitors, including in Wisconsin
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Wisconsin saw more visitors at sites managed by the National Park Service last year, and America’s national parks had a record number of visitors.
News of the growing demand at the parks comes as the Trump administration has cut staff to manage them.
What a recent Supreme Court ruling could mean for the future of the Clean Water Act
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of San Francisco in a case about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) sewage permits issued under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The court ruled that the EPA’s “end-result” water pollution permits are too speculative and that the EPA overstepped its authority in the case of San Francisco v.
How Trump’s trade war could impact US electricity prices — and state climate plans
By Zoya Teirstein
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump initiated a trade war with Canada and Mexico, America’s two largest trading partners. Following through on weeks of threats, he imposed 25 percent tariffs on imported goods from Mexico and Canada and a lower 10 percent tariff on imports of Canadian energy resources.
Nibi Chronicles: Invisible Borders
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.