EJToday: Top Headlines

"Asphalt Schoolyards Get a Shady Makeover" [9]

"The bare hot asphalt schoolyard of the American past is getting a redo." "Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 09/20/2024
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California Insurers Begin Giving 'Discounts' For Fire-Proofed Homes [17]

"Under a new state program, property insurers must provide discounts for home wildfire mitigation. But some discounts are miniscule."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 09/20/2024
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"Lawsuits Buffet US Offshore Wind Projects, Seeking To End Or Delay Them" [24]

"Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting projects with lawsuits seeking to cancel them or tie them up for years in costly litigation."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [27], 09/20/2024
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"Too Hot For Humpbacks: The Race To Protect Pacific Whales" [28]

"Move over Moby Dick. Big Mama, the first humpback whale to have returned to the North Pacific's Salish Sea after decades of absence, is telling a new story about the global threat to whale populations."

Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
Canada [31]
Source: BBC News [32], 09/20/2024
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EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals: IG [33]

"Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [35]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Food [37]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [38]
Science [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ProPublica [40], 09/19/2024
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Biden Admin Spending Climate Cash Fast, As Trump Threatens To Cancel It [41]

"Former President Donald Trump has said he would cancel all unspent funds from President Joe Biden's signature climate law if he wins the presidential election on Nov. 5. But the vast majority of grants will be spent by the time a new president takes office in January, and targeting what remains would be a massive legal challenge, according to Biden administration officials."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [42]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [43], 09/19/2024
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NY State Lets Dangerous Chemical Foul Niagara Falls’ Air [44]

"For at least 15 years, a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, has been sending a pollutant that causes bladder cancer into the air at levels 1,000 percent higher than what state regulators now consider safe for the public to breathe, documents show."

Air [45]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Source: Public Health Watch [47], 09/19/2024
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"Environmental Groups Face Off With EPA to Control Manure Pollution" [48]

"For the third time in two decades the Environmental Protection Agency appeared in federal Appellate Court this week to defend its admittedly flawed approach to regulating the billions of pounds of manure running off into the nation’s waters from large industrial animal feeding operations."

Agriculture [34]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [38]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Circle of Blue [50], 09/19/2024
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"States Own Lands On Reservations. To Use Them, Tribes Have To Pay" [51]

"How schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [53]
Government [42]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HCN/Grist [54], 09/19/2024
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Calif. Mountain Towns Are Too Risky for Insurers, but Residents Want to Stay [55]

"In the San Bernardino Mountains, another wildfire has forced residents to flee, the latest reminder that they must accept the risks of climate change if they want to remain."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Forests [53]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
California [22]
Source: NYTimes [56], 09/19/2024
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"Floods Wreak Havoc Across Four Continents" [57]

"Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare?"

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [37]
Forests [53]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
International [58]
Source: NYTimes [59], 09/19/2024
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"Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef" [60]

"A consumer-protection lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Tyson Foods is misleading consumers with claims about its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions."

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [61]
Pollution [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [62], 09/19/2024
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"The Haida Fought Logging In Canada. Now They Control Its Future" [63]

"Guardians of ancient Canadian cedars are divided over the future of logging on their windswept island outpost"

Biodiversity [64]
Environmental Justice [52]
Forests [53]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
Canada [31]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [65], 09/19/2024
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Beloved Native Pawpaw Could Seed a More Sustainable Future for Small Farms [66]

"As festivals celebrate the pawpaw for its tropical flavor and custardy texture, researchers explore its potential as a low-input, high-value crop that’s easy to grow organically."

Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [64]
Food [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Civil Eats [67], 09/19/2024
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"White House Raises Tariffs On Chinese EVs, Solar Panels, Batteries" [68]

"The White House enacted steep increases in tariffs Friday that could quadruple the price of electric vehicles from China and double fees on imported solar cells, upping the trade war between the U.S. and the Asian manufacturing giant."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [58]
Source: E&E News [69], 09/18/2024
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