EJToday: Top Headlines

Explorers Track Down Ancient Fruit Trees Before They Are Gone Forever [9]

"Fruit and nut explorers traverse the US on an ecological mission to preserve the last cultivars of old and important plants".
Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 07/24/2023
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"Sandhill Cranes Are Moving to Cities and Adopting Urban Lifestyles" [18]

"Once elusive inhabitants of remote wetlands, sandhill cranes can now be found thriving in yards, athletic fields, and college campuses".

Biodiversity [11]
Wildlife [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Sierra [20], 07/24/2023
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New Biden Rule Would Make Companies Pay More To Drill On Public Lands [21]

The Interior Department proposed a rule that would significantly increase how much energy companies must pay to lease and drill on federal lands. It would also give the Bureau of Land Management greater authority to keep fossil fuel development away from sensitive ecosystems and cultural sites.

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [26], 07/21/2023
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Researchers Find Evidence Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Blood Of Pregnant Women [27]

"California researchers have found new evidence that several chemicals used in plastic production and a wide array of other industrial applications are commonly present in the blood of pregnant women, creating increased health risks for mothers and their babies."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 07/21/2023
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Utilities’ Fossil Fuel Investments Driving Up Rates For The Most Vulnerable [33]

"A proposed rate hike on gas in Chicago highlights a troubling nationwide trend."

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [29]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: Daily Climate [36], 07/21/2023
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"World Will Miss 1.5C Warming Limit - Top UK Expert" [37]

"A leading British climate scientist has told the BBC he believes the target to limit global warming to 1.5C will be missed."

Climate Change [22]
Science [14]
Public [15]
International [38]
Source: BBC News [39], 07/21/2023
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Revealed: Media Blitz Against UK Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group [40]

"An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Public [15]
Europe [43]
Source: DeSmog [44], 07/21/2023
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"GOP Pushes Disastrous Environmental Plan As The Planet Bakes" [45]

"House Republicans on Wednesday advanced an appropriations bill for federal environmental agencies that would boost development of the same fossil fuels driving the myriad disasters that have ravaged the Northern Hemisphere this year."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [41]
Infrastructure [46]
Military [47]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [48], 07/21/2023
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"The Biden Administration Bets Big on ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture" [49]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated more than $3 billion to help farmers transition to practices that sequester carbon and reduce emissions. But some researchers claim the program can’t measure emissions accurately and is unlikely to achieve its climate goals."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [22]
Forests [12]
Government [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: YaleE360 [51], 07/21/2023
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Race-Blind Biden Effort On Air Pollution Disparities Will Fail: Report [52]

"The Biden administration has pledged to address deadly air pollution disparities in communities of color that resulted from historically racist policy decisions. But its efforts are destined to fail if officials follow through on a decision to dismiss race as a factor to determine where federal aid should be focused, a new report says."

Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [53], 07/21/2023
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"11 Wild Horses Dead After Helicopter Chase During Federal Roundup" [54]

"Nearly a dozen wild horses have died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada, deaths that a Las Vegas congresswoman is calling tragic proof of the urgent need to outlaw helicopters to capture the animals on federal land."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [41]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Source: AP [56], 07/21/2023
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"Domestic Rabbits Invade Florida Suburb Thanks To Illegal Breeder" [57]

"When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban Fort Lauderdale home, Florida’s latest invasive species comes a-hoppin’ down the street: lionhead rabbits."

Biodiversity [11]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: AP [59], 07/21/2023
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"John Kerry Hails China’s ‘Incredible Job’ On Renewables, Warns On Coal" [60]

"U.S. special climate envoy John F. Kerry praised China’s “incredible job” expanding renewable energy sources Monday, while urging the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter to stop building coal-fired power plants."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [41]
Public [15]
International [38]
Source: Washington Post [61], 07/18/2023
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Scientists Concerned Over Impact of Rising Fla. Water Temps on Coral Health [62]

"Rising temperatures in Florida's waters due to climate change have sparked an extreme stressor for coral reefs causing bleaching, which has scientists concerned."

Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [22]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [63]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: Reuters [64], 07/18/2023
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Fuel Workers Are Dying Inhaling Gases – Despite US Warnings To Big Oil [65]

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"Jeff Springman climbed the metal stairs on an oil storage tank at a production site in west Texas and opened the small hatch at the top. He was going to test the fluid in the tank before pumping it into his truck, a practice known as manual gauging. Instead he was engulfed by invisible chemicals that had built up inside."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Drilled [66], 07/18/2023
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