EJToday: Top Headlines

"The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats. Reuters Investigates Where." [9]

"Humanity is ramping up the risk of global health disasters by intruding deep into the world’s bat habitats, breeding grounds for deadly viruses. In this five-part series, Reuters pinpoints the places where the next outbreaks are likeliest."

Biodiversity [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 05/31/2024
- Read more about "The Next Pandemic May Come From Bats. Reuters Investigates Where." [9]
Groups Urge Johnson To Bring Broader Radiation Exposure Bill Next Week [17]

"A coalition of community activists called on House leadership to take up a broader reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) scheduled a vote on a more limited extension next week."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [22], 05/31/2024
- Read more about Groups Urge Johnson To Bring Broader Radiation Exposure Bill Next Week [17]
BLM Buys 3,700 Acres Next To Río Grande Del Norte National Monument In NM [23]

"The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced the acquisition Thursday of about 3,700 acres (1,497 hectares) of land adjacent to the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico near the Colorado border."

Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: AP [26], 05/31/2024
- Read more about BLM Buys 3,700 Acres Next To Río Grande Del Norte National Monument In NM [23]
"Bird Flu Detected In Michigan Dairy Worker" [27]

"Another Michigan dairy worker has been infected with a highly virulent bird flu, marking the third human case since the disease was detected in dairy cattle this spring but the first to report symptoms of respiratory illness."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [29], 05/31/2024
- Read more about "Bird Flu Detected In Michigan Dairy Worker" [27]
Extreme Weather. Few Vaccines. Africa’s Cholera Crisis Is Worse Than Ever [30]

"Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly threat behind them: some of the continent’s worst outbreaks of cholera."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [14]
Africa [32]
Source: AP [33], 05/31/2024
- Read more about Extreme Weather. Few Vaccines. Africa’s Cholera Crisis Is Worse Than Ever [30]
Texas’ First Flood Plan Estimates 5 Million Live In Flood-Prone Areas [34]

"More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible to flooding, according to a draft of the state’s first-ever flood plan."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: Texas Tribune [36], 05/31/2024
- Read more about Texas’ First Flood Plan Estimates 5 Million Live In Flood-Prone Areas [34]
"The Enduring Influence Of “The Day After Tomorrow,” 20 Years Later" [37]

"It has been 20 years since we first saw the paleo-climatologist Jack Hall, played by Dennis Quaid, standing at a railing overlooking a command center at NOAA and asking his colleagues the question that baffled them: “What about the North Atlantic Current?”"

Climate Change [31]
Journalism & Media [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [39], 05/31/2024
- Read more about "The Enduring Influence Of “The Day After Tomorrow,” 20 Years Later" [37]
"EPA Union Deal to Shield Science From Politics as Election Looms" [40]

"The EPA’s biggest union said on Wednesday it had ratified a new contract with the agency, winning scientific integrity protections for the first time."

Environmental Politics [41]
Environmental Studies [42]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [44], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "EPA Union Deal to Shield Science From Politics as Election Looms" [40]
"The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty" [45]

"With another hot summer looming, Mexico is behind on its water deliveries to the United States, leading to water cutbacks in South Texas. A little-known federal agency has hit a roadblock in its efforts to get Mexico to comply."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [31]
Consumer [46]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [41]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Mexico [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty" [45]
"Indian Capital Swelters As Temperature Hits All-Time High Of 52.9 Celsius" [50]

"Delhi recorded an all-time high temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday as extreme heat conditions gripped the north and western parts of India, causing students to faint in schools and drinking water taps to dry up."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [51]
Public [14]
Asia [52]
Source: Reuters [53], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "Indian Capital Swelters As Temperature Hits All-Time High Of 52.9 Celsius" [50]
"How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists" [54]

"Subpoenaed emails reveal the ways fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they often succeed."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Environmental Politics [41]
Journalism & Media [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Drilled [56], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists" [54]
"Water and Cooperation Breathe New Life Into Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges" [57]

"Agriculture drained this ecosystem. Now, under the specter of future drought, the same systems have started to bring back both water and wildlife."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
California [58]
Northwest (OR WA) [59]
Source: The Revelator [60], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "Water and Cooperation Breathe New Life Into Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges" [57]
"Trump Reboot Would Threaten Pipeline Methane Rule" [61]

"The Biden administration has pushed back its timeline for finishing a rule cracking down on pipeline leaks until next year, leaving it more vulnerable if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [62]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [63], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "Trump Reboot Would Threaten Pipeline Methane Rule" [61]
"From Protest To Power: Greta's Eco-Warriors Run For EU Office" [64]

"Inspired by school-strike leader Greta Thunberg, 20-something eco-warriors - with campaigns launched from Paris to Prague - are swapping banners for ballots in their war on climate change."

Activism [65]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [41]
Government [66]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [14]
International [15]
Europe [67]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [68], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "From Protest To Power: Greta's Eco-Warriors Run For EU Office" [64]
"More Than Dirt" [69]

"Mayor Eric Adams scrapped New York City’s compost project. Here’s what will be lost."

Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [24]
Waste [70]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [71]
Source: Civil Eats [72], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "More Than Dirt" [69]

Pages