EJToday: Top Headlines

"Bird Flu Kills 700 Black Vultures At Animal Sanctuary" [9]

"Bird flu has killed hundreds of wild black vultures at a Georgia sanctuary that houses more than 1,500 other animals."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: AP [16], 08/25/2022
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"FERC Grants Four-Year Extension for MVP Project" [17]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted a four-year extension to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: WDBJ7 [22], 08/24/2022
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"Five 1,000-Year Rain Events Have Struck The U.S. In Five Weeks. Why?" [23]

"Precipitation extremes are now more feast or famine because of climate change".

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Science [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [28], 08/24/2022
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Climate Law Could Cut Emissions Costs Up To $1.9 Trillion: OMB [29]

"The Inflation Reduction Act, the tax and climate bill President Biden signed into law last week, could reduce the costs from climate-related damages by up to $1.9 trillion, according to an analysis by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)."

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/24/2022
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"Interior IG Finds Senior BLM Official Violated Ethics Rules" [32]

"The Interior Department’s inspector general has concluded that a senior Bureau of Land Management official violated agency ethics rules last year when she met with a previous employer on potential changes to the agency’s regulation of oil and gas development and climate change."

Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [33]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [34], 08/24/2022
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"Why It’s Taken Decades To Clean Up Waste From A Troubled Mine In B.C. [35]

"The closed Tulsequah Chief mine in northwest B.C. has been leaching untreated waste into a salmon-bearing river since the 1950s. The province may finally start cleaning it up".

Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Canada [39]
Source: The Narwhal [40], 08/24/2022
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Experts Debunk Viral Post Claiming 1,100 Scientists Deny Climate Emergency [41]

"To the average consumer of news, the petition’s message might seem reasonable—a healthy dose of skepticism in a debate that affects everyone. .... But despite its measured tone and its list of supporters with impressive-sounding titles like professor or doctor, the declaration isn’t what it appears to be, several career climatologists and disinformation experts told Inside Climate News. "

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [42]
Science [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 08/24/2022
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"Toyota Backs Down In Fight Against California Car Emission Rules" [45]

"Toyota Motor Corp. agreed to recognize California’s authority to set its own auto emission standards, ending a standoff stretching back to the Trump administration."

Air [46]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [38]
Transportation [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 08/24/2022
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Australia's Rabbit Invasion Traced To Importation Of 24 Animals in 1859 [49]

"Population then exploded in what researchers say was ‘the fastest colonisation rate for an introduced mammal ever recorded’".

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [37]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [50]
Source: Guardian [51], 08/24/2022
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"Robot Boat Maps Pacific Underwater Volcano" [52]

"A robot boat, controlled from the UK, has returned from an initial survey of the underwater Tongan volcano that erupted explosively back in January."

Environmental Studies [53]
Science [26]
Technology [54]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
International [43]
Source: BBC News [55], 08/24/2022
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"On Chile Rivers, Native Spirituality And Development Clash" [56]

"Mist suddenly arose from the Truful Truful River as it flowed below the snow-covered Llaima volcano, and Victor Curin smiled at the sun-dappled water spray. A leader in one of the Indigenous communities by the river’s shores in the Chilean Andes, Curin took it as a sign that the waterfall’s ngen — its owner and protector spirit — approved of his visit and prayer that mid-July morning."

Environmental Justice [57]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [58]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [59]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
South America [60]
Source: AP [61], 08/24/2022
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"Democrats Designed the Climate Law to Be a Game Changer. Here’s How." [62]

"When the Supreme Court restricted the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to fight climate change this year, the reason it gave was that Congress had never granted the agency the broad authority to shift America away from burning fossil fuels. Now it has."

Air [46]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [63], 08/23/2022
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"At Least One Dead After Dallas Area Hit By 1-In-1,000-Year Flood" [64]

"Streets and highways around Dallas remained waterlogged Monday afternoon after flash floods struck the Dallas-Fort Worth area overnight, leaving at least one person dead. Signs of flooding lingered even after the rain mostly cleared from the metroplex."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [65]
Source: Washington Post [66], 08/23/2022
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"The TVA Is Dumping A Mountain Of Coal Ash In Black South Memphis" [67]

"A convoy is trucking the contaminant through a community already burdened with pollution to dump it in a landfill".

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [57]
Waste [68]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Washington Post [69], 08/23/2022
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State Climate Action Could Be Supercharged By The Inflation Reduction Act [70]

"Unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard politicians and journalists talking about how the Inflation Reduction Act will advance the federal government's fight against climate change. But the landmark legislation, which President Biden signed into law on Tuesday, also contains a slew of smaller but significant investments in climate action at the state level."

Climate Change [24]
Government [33]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [71], 08/23/2022
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