EJToday: Top Headlines

Mountain Lions Are Eating California Wild Donkeys, Cheering Scientists [9]

"An apex predator has been quietly hunting interlopers in Death Valley, and for the first time, the deadly encounter has been captured on camera."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
California [14]
Source: LA Times [15], 10/07/2022
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"OPEC+ Makes Big Oil Cut To Boost Prices; Pump Costs May Rise" [16]

"The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries decided Wednesday to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices, a move that could deal the struggling global economy another blow and raise politically sensitive pump prices for U.S. drivers just ahead of key national elections."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: AP [22], 10/06/2022
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"Florida’s Waterways Contaminated Post-Ian, Posing Health Risks" [23]

"Sewage pipelines overflowed into waterways. Toppled portable toilets spilled into floodwaters. Gasoline and motor oil leaked from partly submerged vehicles. Downed trees have started decomposing on waterlogged roads."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Washington Post [28], 10/06/2022
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"‘Forever Chemicals’ In Deer, Fish Challenge Hunters, Tourism" [29]

"Wildlife agencies in the U.S. are finding elevated levels of a class of toxic chemicals in game animals such as deer — and that’s prompting health advisories in some places where hunting and fishing are ways of life and key pieces of the economy."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Food [33]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: AP [35], 10/06/2022
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"World Bank ‘Has Given Nearly $15Bn To Fossil Fuel Projects Since Paris Deal’" [36]

"The World Bank has provided nearly $15bn of finance directly to fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, and is likely to have spurred far greater investment indirectly, new research has found."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Guardian [37], 10/06/2022
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"The Climate Economy Is About to Explode" [38]

"A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Atlantic [40], 10/06/2022
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"The E.U. Is Preparing For Blackouts This Winter, Amid An Energy Crisis" [41]

"An energy supply crunch tied to the war in Ukraine could cause widespread blackouts in the European Union this winter, an official in charge of managing crises within the bloc has warned."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Washington Post [42], 10/06/2022
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"U.S. Acknowledges Child Labor in Electric Vehicle Supply Chain" [43]

"The federal government has, for the first time, included crucial raw materials needed for the clean energy transition under a list of goods that have child or forced labor in their supply chains."

Chemicals [30]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Justice [44]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Earther [45], 10/06/2022
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"Florida Leaders Rejected Major Climate Laws. Now They’re Seeking Storm Aid." [46]

"Hurricane Ian’s wrath made clear that Florida faces some of the most severe consequences of climate change anywhere in the country. But the state’s top elected leaders opposed the most significant climate legislation to pass Congress — laws to help fortify states against, and recover from, climate disasters, and confront their underlying cause: the burning of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: NYTimes [47], 10/06/2022
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"Low-Income Communities Learn To Tackle Climate-Fueled Heat" [48]

"Reggie Carrillo knows firsthand that where you live can determine how hot your neighborhood gets. The environmental activist and educator resides in a largely Mexican American area of south-central Phoenix, where segregation once forced Black and Hispanic people to live south of the railroad tracks."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Justice [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: AP [49], 10/06/2022
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Hibernating Fat Bears Are Complex. They May Hold Lessons For Human Health. [50]

"Hibernating bears stay healthy despite being very fat and sedentary. New research is focusing on what humans can learn from them."

"Fat bear week starts today, that glorious autumn tradition when anyone with an internet connection can vote for the plumpest brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Last year, more than 800,000 people weighed in during Fat Bear Week, crowning Otis, an enormous, dimpled ursine, Fat Bear champion for the fourth time.
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [31]
Science [51]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Washington Post [52], 10/06/2022
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"The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme" [53]

"South Asia’s monsoon is inextricably linked, culturally and economically, to much of Asia. Climate change is making it increasingly violent and erratic."

Agriculture [54]
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [24]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [55], 10/05/2022
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"Supreme Court Poised to Scrap US Waters Test, Attorneys Say" [56]

"The test that the federal government has used to determine what waters and wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act seems poised to be scrapped by the US Supreme Court, natural resources lawyers said."

Agriculture [54]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [57], 10/05/2022
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Judge Dismisses Cases Against Flint Water Ex-Officials Per Supreme Court [58]

"A circuit court judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against former state and Flint officials for their roles in the water crisis that gripped the city beginning in 2014. The result had been a likely outcome after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in June that state prosecutors incorrectly used a one-man grand jury to issue indictments last year."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [44]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Source: Detroit Free Press [60], 10/05/2022
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"COP27: Activists 'Baffled' That Coca-Cola Will Be Sponsor" [61]

"Climate activists are "baffled" over Egypt's decision to have Coca-Cola - a major plastic producer - sponsor this year's global climate talks."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [62]
Pollution [25]
Waste [63]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: BBC News [64], 10/05/2022
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