EJToday: Top Headlines

"Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable" [9]

"More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 06/04/2024
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"Trump Suggests To Oil Donors He Will Fast-Track Their Merger Deals" [21]

"Former president Donald Trump suggested to oil executive donors this month that he could ease the Federal Trade Commission’s scrutiny of their industry’s mergers and acquisitions if he returns to the White House, according to five people familiar with the matter."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [24], 06/03/2024
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AP Analysis Finds 2023 Set Record For US Heat Deaths [25]

"David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona’s record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at the hospital, his core body temperature at 107 degrees."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [28]
Source: AP [29], 06/03/2024
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"Mexico Elects Climate Scientist As First Female President" [30]

^{"Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first ever female president in a historic result. Dr Sheinbaum, 61, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, is a member of the leftist Morena party and the handpicked successor to populist Andres Manuel López Obrador."}

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Science [31]
Public [18]
Mexico [32]
Source: Telegraph [33], 06/03/2024
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New Law to Give Florida Homebuyers More Transparency on Flood History [34]

"For the first time, Florida home sellers will have to disclose certain aspects of a property’s flood history, under legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law this week."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [12]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 06/03/2024
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Scientists Testing mRNA Vaccines To Protect Cows And People Against Bird Flu [38]

"The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people."

Environmental Health [27]
Health [39]
Technology [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [28]
Source: AP [40], 06/03/2024
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Water Temps Soar In Florida Keys. Can Coral Reefs Stand More Extreme Heat? [41]

"Florida’s coral reefs experienced the deadliest bleaching event in history last summer, a toll largely caused by record hot coastal waters. Now, water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year."

Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Natural Resources [44]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Miami Herald [45], 06/03/2024
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Paraquat Ban Stays Alive, Advances In California Legislature [46]

"A proposal to ban the weed killing chemical paraquat cleared the California State Assembly last week and now faces a fight in the State Senate over what would be the first such ban in the country."

Agriculture [47]
Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [18]
California [49]
Source: The New Lede [50], 06/03/2024
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"Ads Claiming LNG Exports Reduce Emissions Are Misleading, Says Regulator" [51]

"Canada’s advertising regulator has determined that ads claiming liquified natural gas (LNG) will lower emissions are inaccurate, misleading, and distort scientific data."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [52]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [18]
Canada [53]
Source: DeSmog [54], 06/03/2024
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California Comedown: How Illicit Cannabis Farms Have Left A Wilderness [55]

"The golden state legalised marijuana production in 2016, but strict curbs have led to a thriving black market. Its hub is in Siskiyou county, where the environmental damage is clear to see".

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [42]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [44]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [18]
California [49]
Source: Guardian [56], 06/03/2024
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Deadly Threat To General Sherman And California's Beloved Giant Sequoias [57]

"Last week, General Sherman, California's most famous giant sequoia, got a checkup."

Environmental Health [27]
Forests [58]
Natural Resources [44]
Public [18]
California [49]
Source: LAist [59], 06/03/2024
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"The Climate Refugee Crisis Is Here" [60]

"Catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Many say they won’t go back."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
People & Population [61]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [18]
International [28]
Source: Washington Post [62], 05/31/2024
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Dems Urge Justice Department To Prosecute Alleged Oil Industry Price-Fixing [63]

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to “use every tool” at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry."

Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [64], 05/31/2024
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Calif. Backs Big Utilities, Trims Incentives For Community Solar Projects [65]

"California’s utilities regulator today adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will actually undercut efforts to expand solar power options for low-income customers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [66]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [18]
California [49]
Source: CalMatters [67], 05/31/2024
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"The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats. Reuters Investigates Where." [68]

"Humanity is ramping up the risk of global health disasters by intruding deep into the world’s bat habitats, breeding grounds for deadly viruses. In this five-part series, Reuters pinpoints the places where the next outbreaks are likeliest."

Biodiversity [42]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Wildlife [69]
Public [18]
International [28]
Source: Reuters [70], 05/31/2024
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