EJToday: Top Headlines

"Greenland Ice Sheet May Be More Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds" [9]

"Climate change may be having more impact on the melting Greenland ice sheet than previously thought, new Scottish-led research suggests."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: The Scotsman [14], 10/13/2022
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"Greens Hope Biden Doesn’t Undermine Climate Lawsuits" [15]

"Climate advocates are optimistic that the Biden administration will take their side after the Supreme Court on Oct. 3 invited the Justice Department to share its views in a long-simmering procedural fight that could sink nearly two dozen lawsuits asking oil and gas companies to pay up for the effects of a warming planet."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 10/13/2022
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"Fishermen Hire Bush-Era Official In Challenge To Whale Laws" [20]

"Maine lobster fishermen have hired a former high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official to represent them in their case against new laws intended to protect whales."

Biodiversity [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: AP [24], 10/13/2022
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"Hydro-Quebec Subsidiary Buys 13 Dams In New England" [25]

"A Hydro-Quebec subsidiary is buying a company that operates 13 hydropower generating stations in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, strengthening its relationship with New England."

Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Canada [28]
Source: AP [29], 10/13/2022
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"Amid Rising Seas, Atlantic City Has No Plans For Retreat" [30]

"Some cities around the world are pulling back from shorelines, as rising seas from climate change increase flooding. But so far, retreat appears out of the question for Atlantic City, New Jersey."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [26]
Planning & Growth [32]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: AP [33], 10/13/2022
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"New Zealand Angers Its Farmers By Proposing Taxing Cow Burps" [34]

"New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change."

Agriculture [35]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [16]
Public [12]
Australia & Oceania [36]
Source: AP [37], 10/13/2022
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"Supreme Court Wrestles With Case on Pigs, Cruelty and Commerce" [38]

"A California law requiring that pork sold in the state come from humanely raised pigs posed questions about how far states can go in affecting conduct outside their borders."

Agriculture [35]
Food [39]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [40], 10/12/2022
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Alaska Cancels Bering Sea King, Snow Crab Seasons Over Population Collapse [41]

"Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and in a first-ever move, also scuttled the winter harvest of smaller snow crab."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Food [39]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Seattle Times [42], 10/12/2022
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"Biden, On Western Swing, To Declare National Monument In Colorado" [43]

"President Joe Biden departs on a swing through the West on Wednesday with a first stop in Colorado where he will announce the establishment of a national monument in a rugged area used by American soldiers to train for battle in World War Two."

Biodiversity [21]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [44]
Wildlife [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [46], 10/12/2022
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"Study Finds Climate Change Is Bringing More Intense Rains To U.S." [47]

"A paper published Tuesday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that it’s raining harder in most of the United States. The study, written by researchers at Northwestern University, tied the results to climate change and to warmer air’s ability to hold more water."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [31]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [48], 10/12/2022
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"As Rio Grande Shrinks, El Paso Plans for Uncertain Water Future" [49]

"With a megadrought persisting in the Southwest, El Paso and other cities on the Rio Grande are scrambling to find alternative sources of water and are turning to innovative approaches — desalination, transporting water via pipelines, and “toilet-to-tap” wastewater recycling."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [31]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Source: YaleE360 [51], 10/12/2022
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CSB Explosion Probe Says EPA Should Scrutinize Deadly Hydroflouric Acid [52]

"The Chemical Safety Board says refineries need to strengthen safeguards surrounding the use of hydroflouric acid, and the EPA should take steps to improve oversight. The recommendations are part of a final report on the investigation into the June 2019 explosion and fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions in southwest Philadelphia."

Chemicals [53]
Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [54]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [55]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: State Impact Pennsylvania [56], 10/12/2022
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"Delayed Formaldehyde Critique by Science Advisers Set to Begin" [57]

"An EPA analysis of formaldehyde, which is used to make hundreds of industrial and consumer products, will begin to get a long-delayed critique by independent scientists on Wednesday."

Chemicals [53]
Environmental Health [54]
Science [58]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [59], 10/12/2022
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"Oil Industry Moves to Overturn Historic California Drilling Protection Law" [60]

"The industry’s ballot push to roll back newly enacted safety zones would delay implementation for nearly two years, until voters decide the law’s fate in 2024."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [54]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [12]
California [61]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 10/12/2022
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"World Bank Defends Climate Record In Meeting With NGOs" [63]

"World Bank President David Malpass defended the institution's commitment to tackling climate change on Tuesday, telling civil society groups that have criticized his leadership on the issue that the bank is focused on global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [16]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Reuters [64], 10/12/2022
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