EJToday: Top Headlines

"Ancient Virus Revived From Russian Permafrost After 48,500 Years - Study" [9]

"Scientists have managed to unearth the oldest known virus on Earth, having recovered the 48,500-year-old virus from the Russian permafrost, according to a recent study.' "The virus, a Pandoravirus, had been lying dormant in Russia's permafrost. The study sheds light on the dangers of climate change awakening prehistoric diseases from permafrost."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Science [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Jerusalem Post [15], 11/30/2022
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"U.S. Proposes Rules To Limit Methane Leaks From Public Lands Drilling" [16]

"President Joe Biden's administration on Monday proposed rules aimed at limiting methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands, Washington's latest move to crack down on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 11/29/2022
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"U.N. Mission Joins Growing Calls to Label Great Barrier Reef ‘In Danger’" [21]

"The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and one of its most biodiverse, is under significant threat from climate change and should be placed on a list of world heritage sites in danger, a United Nations-backed mission has recommended."

Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [28]
Source: NYTimes [29], 11/29/2022
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"US to Auction Almost 1 Million Acres Off Alaska for Oil Drilling" [30]

"The Biden administration plans to offer hundreds of thousands of acres off the coast of Alaska for new oil and gas drilling next month, a sale mandated in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act to win the support of holdout West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Source: Bloomberg Green [32], 11/29/2022
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For Many, the Global Warming Confab in the Egyptian Desert Was a Mirage [33]

"The madness of COP27 started at the airport, where 50 diesel buses idled under the hot sun with doors wide open and air conditioners blasting until they headed out, often with just a handful of attendees aboard, delivering them to a far-flung network of hotels sprawled along the reef-fringed coast of the southern Sinai Peninsula."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [34]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 11/29/2022
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"Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Is Erupting For The First Time Since 1984" [36]

"The world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa on Hawaii, is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years. Though lava is flowing down one side of the volcano, the eruption in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not threatening communities, the US Geological Survey said midday Monday."

Disasters [37]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Source: CNN [38], 11/29/2022
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Pennsylvania’s 1st Proposed Hazardous Waste Landfill Near Homes And Schools [39]

"A landfill company based in Pittsburgh has applied for a permit to open the first hazardous waste landfill in the state of Pennsylvania, which some fear could threaten waterways and increase air pollution."

Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [41]
Waste [42]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: EHN [44], 11/29/2022
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"On The Edge Of Retreat" [45]

"An island community moved to the mainland. Now the fast-rising sea is following — a warning for the rest of the East Coast."

Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [46]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: Washington Post [47], 11/29/2022
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"Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange" [48]

"The New York Times and four European news organizations called on the United States government on Monday to drop its charges against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, for obtaining and publishing classified diplomatic and military secrets."

Journalism & Media [34]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [49], 11/29/2022
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"Drilled Down: Old School Climate Denial Is Back" [50]

"Two things the media and much of the climate movement tends to dismiss as long past—old-school climate denial and the coal lobby—are still around and having a bit of a renaissance."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [34]
Science [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Drilled [51], 11/29/2022
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"Giving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple" [52]

"Standing under the old sugar maple, I want to sing a hymn. Kneel down and pray. Its tall branches tower above me like flying buttresses, its wide canopy is a sanctuary. It is my favorite tree on the farm."

Agriculture [53]
Forests [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [55], 11/29/2022
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"Wildlife Conference Boosts Protection For Sharks, Turtles" [56]

"An international wildlife conference moved to enact some of the most significant protection for shark species targeted in the fin trade and scores of turtles, lizards and frogs whose numbers are being decimated by the pet trade."

Biodiversity [22]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [57]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AP [58], 11/28/2022
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"Plastics Tsunami: Can A Landmark Treaty Stop Waste From Choking The Oceans?" [59]

"As nations meet this week to negotiate an agreement on plastics pollution, researchers warn that a lack of information will make it hard to enforce any agreement."

Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [60]
Economy & Business [61]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Nature [62], 11/28/2022
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Biodiversity: "Can Montreal Summit Deliver For Nature?" [63]

"In 2010, politicians pledged to halt devastation of Earth’s wildlife. Since then, no progress has been made. And despite glimmers of hope, prospects look grim for next month’s top-level meeting in Canada".

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Wildlife [57]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [64], 11/28/2022
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"Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes Out 50.54 Million U.S. Birds, A Record" [65]

"Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country's deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday."

Agriculture [53]
Consumer [60]
Environmental Health [11]
Wildlife [57]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [66], 11/28/2022
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