EJToday: Top Headlines

"Climate Crisis Driving Exponential Rise In Most Extreme Wildfires" [9]

"Scientists warn of ‘scary’ feedback loop in which fires create more heating, which causes more fires worldwide".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 06/25/2024
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Oil Lobby Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State [18]

"In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: ProPublica [25], 06/25/2024
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"Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs" [26]

"U.S. companies have created more than 300,000 clean energy jobs since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022, according to a detailed new analysis from an environmental advocacy group."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: HuffPost [29], 06/25/2024
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"The Dirty Secret Of California’s Legal Weed" [30]

"An L.A. Times/WeedWeek investigation finds alarming levels of pesticides in cannabis products at dispensaries across the state".

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
California [33]
Source: LA Times/WeedWeek [34], 06/25/2024
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"A Ride in a Chemical-Sniffing Van Shows How Heat Amps Up Pollution" [35]

"In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City this week."

Air [36]
Chemicals [32]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [20]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [37], 06/25/2024
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"Climate-Proofing India's Daily Bread: The Race For Resilient Wheat" [38]

"Too hot, too dry, too wet; as extreme weather threatens food security, the race is on to get new seed varieties in the ground"

Agriculture [31]
Climate Change [10]
Food [39]
People & Population [28]
Technology [40]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [15]
Asia [42]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [43], 06/25/2024
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Underfunded NYC Parks Dept. Losing Fight Against Invasives, Disrepair, Climate [44]

"Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts may place an outsized burden on park conservancies and small volunteer groups. With less than 1 percent of the city budget spent on parks, they’re finding it harder and harder to keep up."

Activism [45]
Biodiversity [46]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [47]
Infrastructure [48]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [49]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 06/25/2024
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"How Biden’s Promise To Coal Country Became A Warning For Democrats" [52]

"A fading coal town in Pennsylvania is struggling to replace the jobs and money that the fossil fuel industry once offered."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [28]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: Washington Post [54], 06/25/2024
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"Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why." [55]

"A bug is going to make your summers hotter".

Biodiversity [46]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Sierra [56], 06/25/2024
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"Environmental Protests: Interview With UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst" [57]

"The repression that environmental activists using peaceful civil disobedience are facing in Europe is a major threat to democracy and human rights, according to U.N. special rapporteur Michel Forst."

Activism [45]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [58]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [16]
Source: Mongabay [59], 06/25/2024
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Billions Of People Just Felt The Deadly Intensity Of Climate-Fueled Heat Waves [60]

"Scorching heat across five continents set 1,400 records this week and showed how human-caused global warming has made catastrophic temperatures commonplace."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [20]
People & Population [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [16]
Source: Washington Post [61], 06/24/2024
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"Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of 'Advanced' Plastic Recycling" [62]

"The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic. Don't be fooled."

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [63]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [58]
Pollution [14]
Technology [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: ProPublica [64], 06/24/2024
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"Bayer Lobbies Congress To Help Fight Lawsuits Tying Roundup To Cancer" [65]

"The biotech giant Bayer has lobbied Congress over the past year to advance legislation that could shield the company from billions of dollars in lawsuits, part of a national campaign to defeat claims that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer in people who use it frequently."

Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [66], 06/24/2024
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"Fees to Film on Public Lands Tossed for Nonprofit as Suit Proceeds" [67]

"A federal judge temporarily blocked commercial filming fees on public lands for an outdoor recreation nonprofit but allowed the fees to remain in place for others while a lawsuit plays out."

Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [58]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [68], 06/24/2024
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Hawaii Settles Lawsuit From Youths Over Climate Change. Here’s What To Know. [69]

"About two years after 13 children and teens sued Hawaii over the threat posed by climate change, both sides reached a settlement that includes an ambitious requirement to decarbonize the state’s transportation system over the next 21 years."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Alaska and Hawaii [70]
Source: AP [71], 06/24/2024
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