EJToday: Top Headlines

Far-Right Allies Pressure Supreme Court To Shield Fossil Fuel Firms [9]

"Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the supreme court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation that could cost them billions of dollars."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 06/10/2024
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Napa Valley Wine Country Wrestles With Chemical Contamination Controversy [19]

"Famous for its lush vineyards and cherished local wineries, Napa Valley is where people go to escape their problems."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
California [24]
Source: The New Lede [25], 06/10/2024
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"U.N. Chief Calls For Global Fossil Fuel Ad Ban" [26]

"In a major speech that didn’t mince words, the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday called fossil fuel companies the “godfathers of climate chaos,” and urged all countries to ban fossil fuel advertising."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [28]
Source: HEATED [29], 06/10/2024
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"Brazil Police Raid Amazon Carbon Credit Projects Exposed By Mongabay" [30]

"The Brazilian Federal Police arrested people and seized assets linked to some of the country’s largest carbon credit projects."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [32]
Forests [33]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
South America [34]
Source: Mongabay [35], 06/10/2024
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"In Mega-Hot Arizona, Climate Is Not on the Ballot. But It Might as Well Be" [36]

"When it comes to climate and the 2024 elections, Arizona just might represent the perfect storm of dramatic consequences: It’s one of the states most severely impacted by climate change, a strong majority of voters share climate concerns, climate issues dominate political debate in the state, it’s a battleground state that could help decide the presidential race, and its Legislature is so narrowly divided that it could easily flip from Republican to Democratic control."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: Capital & Main [39], 06/10/2024
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"Man In Mexico Dies In First Known Human Case Of H5N2 Bird Flu Variant" [40]

"A 59-year-old male resident of Mexico died after being infected with a bird flu subtype never before confirmed to have spread to humans, the World Health Organization said Wednesday."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [22]
People & Population [41]
Wildlife [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [28]
Mexico [43]
Source: Washington Post [44], 06/07/2024
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"IEA Expects Global Clean Energy Investment To Hit $2 Trillion In 2024" [45]

"Global investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure is set to hit $2 trillion this year, twice the amount going into fossil fuels, an International Energy Agency report showed."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [46]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
Public [16]
International [28]
Source: Reuters [48], 06/07/2024
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Calif. Oil Town Chose Oil-Tied Firm to Review Impacts of a Drilling Permit [49]

"Signal Hill Petroleum spent millions to overturn California’s landmark law protecting neighborhoods from oil drilling. Now it wants to drill dozens of new wells in a city established a century ago to avoid taxes on oil development."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [50]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
California [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 06/07/2024
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Mich. Bottled Water Company Is Still Extracting Millions of Gallons Free [52]

"Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had pledged to crack down on bottled water companies taking water at the same time Flint, Michigan, faced a water crisis. Six years later and in her second term, little has changed."

Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [53]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: ProPublica [55], 06/07/2024
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"EPA Balked At TVA’s Fossil Fuel Plant, Then Stepped Aside" [56]

"Top EPA officials supported a rebuke of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s environmental review of a gas-fueled power plant this spring, but they backed off when the electric utility ignored their criticism."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Source: E&E News [58], 06/07/2024
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Grassy Narrows First Nation Sues Ontario, Canada Over Mercury [59]

"A First Nation in northwestern Ontario that has faced decades of mercury poisoning is suing the provincial and federal governments, arguing they've failed to protect its treaty rights."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [60]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [32]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
Canada [62]
Source: CBC News [63], 06/07/2024
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Lawsuits from Citizens and States Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up [64]

"New litigation from state AG offices raises the stakes in court battles focused on fighting greenwashing and misleading claims about recycling."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [60]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 06/07/2024
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Secretive Court Has Awarded Over $100bn Public Money To Fossil Firms: Study [66]

"Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
International [28]
Source: Guardian [67], 06/07/2024
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Paris Is Aiming For The Most Sustainable Olympics Yet. Plan Not Perfect [68]

"Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organizers made about where to hold each sport, sending surfing competitions to the other side of the world — in the Pacific waters of Tahiti — provoked the strongest reactions. Tahitians and others railed against the building of a new viewing tower on Teahupo’o reef because of fears it would hurt marine life."

Activism [69]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [46]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [53]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
International [28]
Europe [70]
Source: AP [71], 06/07/2024
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"Nepal’s Honey Gatherers Say Fewer Hives Threaten Tradition" [72]

"Aita Prasad Gurung dangled off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of honeycomb after Himalayan bees fled the fumes from a fire set to drive them from their homes."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [10]
Food [73]
Natural Resources [53]
Wildlife [42]
Public [16]
Asia [74]
Source: Reuters [75], 06/07/2024
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