EJToday: Top Headlines

"Azerbaijan To Upgrade Climate Target Before COP29 Summit" [9]

"Azerbaijan, host of this year's United Nations COP29 climate summit, will upgrade its national emissions-cutting target ahead of the November event, a senior official said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 07/03/2024
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"Deadly Hurricane Beryl Churns Toward Jamaica, Causes 'Immense Destruction'" [17]

"Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday after battering smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and scientists cited human-caused climate change as the likely culprit for the storm's rapid strengthening."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Mexico [22]
Central America & the Caribbean [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 07/03/2024
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Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks [25]

"The world’s biggest banks and investors are continuing to funnel billions of dollars to carbon-intensive industrial livestock companies, undermining their own pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fueling an ongoing boom in meat and milk production that threatens global climate goals."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [27]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 07/03/2024
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"In Michigan, Homeowners Associations Can’t Stop Rooftop Solar Anymore" [30]

"Tens of millions of Americans live under HOAs, which sometimes block rooftop solar for aesthetic reasons. Michigan is the latest state to protect access to solar."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
People & Population [33]
Technology [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Canary Media [35], 07/03/2024
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"Google Emissions Rose 13 Percent From AI Energy Consumption" [36]

"Google’s emissions rose 13 percent last year despite the tech giant’s goals to become net-zero by the end of the decade as artificial intelligence (AI) drives an increase in energy consumption."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [13]
Technology [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [15]
Source: The Hill [38], 07/03/2024
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Hurricane Beryl Grows To Cat 5 Strength As It Razes SE Caribbean Islands [39]

"Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic’s record warmth."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Mexico [22]
Central America & the Caribbean [23]
Source: AP [40], 07/02/2024
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Drinking Water Of Almost A Million Californians Flunked State Requirements [41]

"Almost 400 water systems serving nearly a million Californians don’t meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water supplies — and fixing them would cost billions of dollars."

Consumer [42]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [43]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
California [44]
Source: CalMatters [45], 07/02/2024
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For India’s Garbage Pickers, A Dangerous Job Made Worse By Extreme Heat [46]

"The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat to sort through the rubbish, seeking anything they can sell to earn at best the equivalent of $4 a day."

Chemicals [47]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [43]
Infrastructure [31]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [13]
Waste [48]
Public [14]
Asia [49]
Source: AP [50], 07/02/2024
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US Home Insurance Still Priced Too Low for Climate Risk, Says Swiss Re Chair [51]

"This has been a year of insurance sticker shock in the US. But the man who provides insurance to insurers thinks maybe the shock still isn’t enough to steer people away from risk in a changing climate."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [37]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Bloomberg Green [52], 07/02/2024
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UK Environment Agency Refuses To Reveal Possible Conflicts Of Interest [53]

"The Environment Agency is refusing to provide campaigners with details of potential conflicts of interests with water companies held by its directors across England."

Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [54]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
Europe [55]
Source: Guardian [56], 07/02/2024
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Plastics Firms Blocked Bans And May Have Broken US Laws – Study [57]

"Companies have spent decades obstructing efforts to take on the plastics crisis and may have breached a host of US laws, a new report argues."

Chemicals [47]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [54]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [13]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Guardian [58], 07/02/2024
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"Court Halts Biden Pause On New Gas Exports" [59]

"A federal court has halted the Biden administration’s pause on new approvals for natural gas exports. Judge James Cain, a Trump appointee in Louisiana, approved a request from Republican-led states to lift the pause while the litigation against it plays out."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [60], 07/02/2024
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Calif. Communities Win ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Referendum [61]

"The oil industry withdrew its $40 million campaign to kill a historic law to protect neighborhoods from oil drilling’s toxic effects, but is threatening to challenge the measure in court."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
California [44]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 07/02/2024
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Biden OSHA Inching Closer To A Heat Standard For Workers As Election Looms [63]

"The long-awaited rule could be finalized before November, but it faces political hurdles either way."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [32]
People & Population [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Grist [64], 07/02/2024
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"To Foil a Deadly Pest, Scientists Aim for a Beetle-Resistant Ash Tree" [65]

"Emerald ash borer beetles have killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in the U.S. Now, researchers are nurturing ash that can withstand the insects, in the hope of producing resistant seeds that would ensure a future for trees that are a crucial part of Eastern forests."

Biodiversity [66]
Disasters [18]
Forests [67]
Natural Resources [68]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: YaleE360 [69], 07/02/2024
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