EJToday: Top Headlines

"Handful Of Countries Responsible For Climate Crisis, Top Court Told" [9]

"A handful of countries should be held legally responsible for the ongoing impacts of climate change, representatives of vulnerable states have told judges at the international court of justice (ICJ)."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 12/03/2024
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"Partisan Divides Complicate Push For Disaster Aid" [18]

"Lawmakers are navigating partisan divides as they seek to pass a bipartisan disaster aid bill by the end of the year."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [22], 12/03/2024
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EPA Takes Partial Step To Ban Chlorpyrifos In Move Called “Unconscionable” [23]

"The long and winding regulatory road for a pesticide known to be harmful to developing babies took another turn on Monday as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was planning to only partially ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos in farming."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The New Lede [29], 12/03/2024
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"A Warning From a California Marine Heat Wave" [30]

"An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [34]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [35], 12/03/2024
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"UN Calls For $2.6 Trillion Investment To Reverse Land Degradation" [36]

"Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue told Reuters, quantifying the cost for the first time."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Africa [37]
Source: Reuters [38], 12/03/2024
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Environmental Groups Demand EPA Start Monitoring Microplastics In Water [39]

"A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for microplastics in drinking water, an essential first step to reining in pollution viewed as one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats."

Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [25]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [26]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [28]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Guardian [42], 12/03/2024
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Arizona’s Grijalva Will Step Down As Top Dem On House Resources Panel [43]

"Raúl Grijalva, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, will not seek to remain in that position in the next Congress, he said in a written statement Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Politics [45]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [47]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: States Newsroom [48], 12/03/2024
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Comment: News Corp ‘Special Report’ On Gas Paid For By Industry [49]

"The big news on Monday morning was that the story splashed across the front of News Corp’s biggest-selling tabloid newspapers wasn’t news at all. It was an advertorial paid for by a fossil fuel industry. Not that readers glancing at page one of the Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier-Mail or Adelaide Advertiser were let in on this secret."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Politics [45]
Journalism & Media [50]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [51], 12/03/2024
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Oregon Tribe Has Hunting And Fishing Rights Restored Under Court Ruling [52]

"For the last 47 years, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have held an annual powwow to celebrate regaining federal recognition. This month’s event, however, was especially significant: It came just two weeks after a federal court lifted restrictions on the tribe’s rights to hunt, fish and gather — restrictions tribal leaders had opposed for decades."

Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
Source: AP [54], 12/03/2024
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Climate Advocates Tap Their Spiritual Reservoirs to Continue Their Cause [55]

"Donald Trump promises a new assault on climate policy and environmental regulations when he returns to the White House. Faith leaders say their beliefs compel a response."

Activism [56]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [45]
People & Population [20]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [57]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 12/03/2024
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"UN Plastics Treaty Talks Fail After Oil Producers Block Production Limits" [59]

"Negotiations over the first legally binding UN treaty on plastic pollution collapsed in the final stage of discussions, after oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia blocked efforts by 100 countries to place limits on new production."

Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [25]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Health [26]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [28]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Financial Times [60], 12/02/2024
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"Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds" [61]

"A trove of documents leaked from an influential industry group shows how some of the world’s largest petrochemical and plastics companies have been waging a campaign to push back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment” — especially among young people concerned about the environment."

Chemicals [25]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Journalism & Media [50]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [62], 12/02/2024
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"Microplastics Are Sickening And Killing Wildlife, Disrupting Earth Systems" [63]

"Animals across the spectrum of life are eating, breathing and ingesting plastics that leach toxic chemicals and have been shown to alter the function of organs and even cells in humans. Petroleum products — mostly oil and natural gas — are plastic’s base ingredient."

Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [25]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [28]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Mongabay [64], 12/02/2024
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Will Trump Use Kash Patel To Attack His Critics And The First Amendment? [65]

"The nomination of Kash Patel to serve as America’s next FBI director is a warning shot across the bow for journalists — as Donald Trump’s threats to attack the First Amendement intensifies."

Environmental Politics [45]
Government [66]
Journalism & Media [50]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Independent [67], 12/02/2024
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"Exxon Lobbyist Investigated Over Hack-And-Leak Of Environmentalist Emails" [68]

"The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter."

Activism [56]
Chemicals [25]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Politics [45]
Journalism & Media [50]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [69], 12/02/2024
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