EJToday: Top Headlines

"The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections" [9]

"On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.”"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Daily Yonder/Climate Central [19], 09/03/2024
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Indigenous Cultural Fire Practitioner Sees Beyond Park Fire Destruction [20]

"California’s latest historic wildfire serves as a stark reminder of the regenerative promise of Indigenous cultural burning, practitioners say."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 09/03/2024
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Navajo Nation Strengthens Law On Transportation Of Uranium Across Its Land [25]

"The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: AP [32], 09/03/2024
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Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say [33]

"Extreme heat and flooding are accelerating the deterioration of bridges, engineers say, posting a quiet but growing threat."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [34]
Transportation [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [36], 09/03/2024
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"Too Hot For Trout: Why Some Fly Fishers Are Rethinking Their Approach [37]

"In the early season, when the rivers are still running high and cool from snowmelt, KynsLee Scott loves trout fishing. As a fishing guide and conservationist, her life revolves around it, she says, standing in the shade of tall pines on the banks of the Blackfoot River."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Source: NPR [40], 09/03/2024
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"Former Nevada Official Gets Life Sentence For Murder Of Reporter" [41]

"A Las Vegas, Nevada, jury on Wednesday found a former elected county official guilty of killing an investigative reporter who wrote critical articles about him, sentencing him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 20 years."

Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [43], 08/30/2024
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"Haaland Revokes Trump Orders, Protects 28M Alaska Acres" [44]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a Trump-era decision that would have opened millions of acres of federal land in Alaska to energy development and mining."

Energy & Fuel [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
Source: E&E News [47], 08/30/2024
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EPA Rejects Plastics Industry’s Misleading Math About Recycled Content [48]

"The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.”"

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [49]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [50], 08/30/2024
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"Seabed Mining Leader Vows To Investigate Predecessor" [51]

"One of Leticia Reis de Carvalho’s top priorities when she steps up in four months to lead an international agency overseeing deep-sea mining for electric vehicle battery metals: investigating her predecessor."

Energy & Fuel [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [52]
Source: E&E News [53], 08/30/2024
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Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees. [54]

"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [55], 08/30/2024
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"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords." [56]

"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [49]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [58], 08/30/2024
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As US Appetite for Electricity Grew in Early 2024, So Did Solar Power [59]

"The United States increased its electricity generation from utility-scale solar power by nearly one-third in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 08/30/2024
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"Biden Administration Releases Plan To Expand US West Solar Development" [61]

"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering making 31 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for potential solar energy development, according to a proposal published on Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Infrastructure [34]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [62], 08/30/2024
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Video: Houthi Planted Bombs On Tanker Now Threatening Red Sea Oil Spill [63]

"Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it."

Energy & Fuel [45]
Military [64]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [35]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Middle East [65]
Source: AP [66], 08/30/2024
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"What You Need To Know About E-Bikes In National Parks" [67]

"After years of legal battles and debate, the National Park Service has decided to treat electric bicycles more like regular bikes than motorized vehicles."

Energy & Fuel [45]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [22]
Transportation [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [68], 08/30/2024
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