EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Plants Communicate With Each Other When In Danger" [9]

"It sounds like fiction from “The Lord of the Rings.” An enemy begins attacking a tree. The tree fends it off and sends out a warning message. Nearby trees set up their own defenses. The forest is saved."

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 10/23/2023
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‘I Got To Know The Wolf’: Spain’s Shepherds Learn To Live With Old Enemy [16]

"In the pre-dawn darkness of Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora, Spain, a sudden howl pierces the cold. More join in, until the baying chorus echoes all around. As the sky begins to lighten, their shapes emerge: first the alpha male, and then the rest of the wolf pack, appearing in the twilight where light and darkness merge.
Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [18]
Public [13]
Europe [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 10/23/2023
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Feds OK Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion In Pacific Northwest Over Protests [21]

"Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk."

Activism [22]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
Source: AP [29], 10/20/2023
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"Norma And Tammy Gain Strength En Route To Mexico, Leeward Islands" [30]

"Two potentially impactful tropical cyclones, both of which could reach land areas as hurricanes over the next several days, were roiling the waters on Thursday west of Mexico and east of the Leeward Islands: Hurricane Norma in the eastern Pacific and Tropical Storm Tammy in the Atlantic."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [33]
Mexico [34]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [35], 10/20/2023
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Ships Speeding Through US 'Go Slow' Zones Meant To Protect Endangered Whale [36]

"More than 80% of ships are speeding through "go slow" zones set by environmental regulators along the U.S. East Coast to protect endangered North Atlantic Right Whales, according to a report released on Thursday by environmental group Oceana."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Transportation [37]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: Reuters [38], 10/20/2023
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"In Florida, Gen Z Activists Step Into the Fight Against Sugarcane Burning" [39]

"Every year, farmers in South Florida set fire to more than 400,000 acres of sugarcane fields pre-harvest, creating a “black snow” of ash and soot that falls on the low-income communities nearby."

Agriculture [17]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [41]
Pollution [42]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Source: Youthcast Media Group [44], 10/20/2023
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‘It’s Never Too Late’: Canada Sued Over Near-Extinction Of Spotted Owls [45]

"As the species hangs on to survival in the country, the federal government will defend its role in delaying emergency measures that could have helped the raptor from disappearing in B.C.’s heavily logged forests".

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [11]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [18]
Public [13]
Canada [46]
Source: The Narwhal [47], 10/20/2023
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"USDA Working With Ranchers Toward Indigenous Food Sovereignty" [48]

"Since the near extinction of the buffalo mostly by White settlers, the animal has become a symbol of both Indigenous resilience and food sovereignty. Now, buffalo are central to a new pilot program to improve food distribution on Native land."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [41]
People & Population [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: ICT [49], 10/20/2023
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New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says [50]

"Construction and gas trade groups have filed a lawsuit to block a law passed by New York officials that would ban furnaces and gas stoves in newly constructed buildings."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [51]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [42]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Source: Earther [53], 10/20/2023
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UN Countries Agreed To Support Climate Reparations, Now Deadlocked On Details [54]

"The celebrated “loss and damage” fund is stalled over disagreements about who should pay in, who should receive funds, and the role of the World Bank."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [55]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Grist [56], 10/20/2023
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GOP AGs, Industry Ask For Emergency Supreme Court Stay Of Biden Smog Rule [57]

"A coalition of Republican attorneys general on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stay the federal “Good Neighbor” interstate smog rule while they appeal a lower court ruling."

Air [58]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [55]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: The Hill [59], 10/20/2023
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"‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Opens Across US (Finally!)" [60]

"Spellbinding, heartbreaking and exhaustingly researched, director Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating epic look into the mass murders of the Osage over oil rights in the 1920s opens Oct. 20 in wide release across the United States."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [41]
Journalism & Media [61]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: ICT [62], 10/20/2023
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EPA Says Lead Emissions From Small Piston-Engine Aircraft Pose Health Danger [63]

"The U.S Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued a final determination declaring that emissions from aircraft that use leaded fuel pose a danger to public health, following years of study."

Chemicals [64]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [40]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Transportation [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [33]
Source: Reuters [65], 10/19/2023
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"Drought Turns Amazonian Capital Into Climate Dystopia" [66]

"A withering drought has turned the Amazonian capital of Manaus into a climate dystopia with the second worst air quality in the world and rivers at the lowest levels in 121 years."

Air [58]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
International [14]
South America [67]
Source: Guardian [68], 10/19/2023
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Analysis: Why Is Britain Retreating From Global Leadership On Climate Action? [69]

"While Britain has long been a leader in cutting emissions, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now implementing a stunning reversal of climate-friendly policies, with new plans to “max out” oil production. Business leaders have joined environmentalists in condemning the moves."

Climate Change [23]
Policy [70]
Public [13]
Europe [19]
Source: YaleE360 [71], 10/19/2023
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