EJToday: Top Headlines

"Concern As Climate Talks Stalls On Fossil Fuels Pledge" [9]

"The failure of UN climate negotiations to double down on a global pledge to move away from planet-heating fossil fuels on Sunday was decried by experts as a "worrying" setback to global progress on curbing warming."

Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AFP [15], 11/26/2024
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"What Trump’s Treasury Pick Means For Clean Energy Tax Credits" [16]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department puts the fate of Biden-era clean energy tax credits up in the air."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [22], 11/26/2024
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California To Offer EV Rebates If Trump Kills $7,500 Tax Credit: Newsom [23]

"California is prepared to offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration scuttles the federal EV tax credit, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Transportation [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [26], 11/26/2024
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Drugs, Hormones And Excrement: Polluting Mexican Pig Farms Supply The World [27]

"Mexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environment"

Agriculture [28]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [13]
International [14]
Mexico [30]
Source: Guardian [31], 11/26/2024
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"The Plastics Crisis Is Now A Global Human Health Crisis, Experts Say" [32]

"Plastics can contain thousands of different chemicals, many of them linked to cancer and reproductive harm, and many never tested for safety. Multiple studies are now finding these chemicals, along with microplastics, throughout the human body, raising alarm among scientists about widespread health effects, including reduced fertility and increased obesity."

Chemicals [33]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Pollution [12]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Mongabay [37], 11/26/2024
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"Trump Has Vowed To Kill Offshore Wind Energy — But It Might Not Be Easy" [38]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to kill offshore wind energy development “on day one” of his second term is already triggering project slowdowns on the East Coast, but the biggest wind farm proposed in the Gulf of Mexico will likely stay on track."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Grist [39], 11/26/2024
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Texas Reaches $12.6 Million Settlement On 2019 Port Neches Chemical Blast [40]

"Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday."

Chemicals [33]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Texas Tribune [44], 11/26/2024
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House Passes Bill To Let Treasury Target Nonprofits It Deems "Terrorist" [45]

"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."

Activism [46]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [47]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [48], 11/26/2024
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Chesapeake: "The Bay ‘Dead Zone’ Was Near Average In 2024, Sort Of" [49]

"The Chesapeake Bay’s oxygen-starved “dead zone,” a closely watched indicator of the estuary’s health, started early this summer with worse than normal conditions before dramatically improving by early August, scientists recently reported."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [50]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Natural Resources [52]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: Bay Journal [54], 11/26/2024
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"Climate Talks End With a Bitter Fight and a Deal on Money" [55]

"The financing plan, which calls for $300 billion per year in support for developing nations, was immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates."

"Negotiators at this year’s United Nations climate summit struck an agreement early on Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, to triple the flow of money to help developing countries adopt cleaner energy and cope with the effects of climate change. Under the deal, wealthy nations pledged to reach $300 billion per year in support by 2035, up from a current target of $100 billion.
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Forests [56]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: NYTimes [57], 11/25/2024
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"The World Seeks an End to Plastic Pollution at Talks in South Korea" [58]

"Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [24]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: NYTimes [59], 11/25/2024
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Who Has Trump Picked For Cabinet? Bessent, Chavez-DeRemer Join Nominees [60]

"Donald Trump is closing out the week with another batch of Cabinet nominations Friday."

Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [61]
Health [62]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: USA TODAY [63], 11/25/2024
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"Trump Is Already Helping Revive the College Climate Movement" [64]

"While President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, his promise to roll back climate legislation is helping inspire a new generation of green-minded progressives."

Activism [46]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [65]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Green [66], 11/25/2024
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"Bird Flu Virus Detected In California Raw Milk" [67]

"State health officials said Sunday that bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from the Fresno-based Raw Farm dairy."

Agriculture [28]
Environmental Health [34]
Food [68]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [69], 11/25/2024
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NOx: "E.P.A. Proposes Limits on Harmful Pollutant From Power Plants" [70]

"A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday could better protect communities against pollution from natural gas plants. For the first time in almost two decades, the rule would update emission limits of nitrogen oxides, a group of gases that are harmful air pollutants produced from burning fossil fuels."

Air [71]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [72], 11/25/2024
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