EJToday: Top Headlines

"What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in the World’s Largest Muslim Country?" [9]

"The faithful gathered in an imposing modernist building, thousands of men in skullcaps and women in veils sitting shoulder to shoulder. Their leader took to his perch and delivered a stark warning. “Our fatal shortcomings as human beings have been that we treat the earth as just an object,” Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar said. “The greedier we are toward nature, the sooner doomsday will arrive.”"

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [15]
Public [16]
Australia & Oceania [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 04/19/2024
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"Texas Hack May Be First Disruption Of U.S. Water System By Russia" [19]

"In January, an alert citizen in Muleshoe, Tex., was driving by a park and noticed that a water tower was overflowing. Authorities soon determined the system that controlled the city’s water supply had been hacked. In two hours, tens of thousands of gallons of water had flowed into the street and drain pipes."

Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Government [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Military [23]
Technology [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [26]
Source: Washington Post [27], 04/18/2024
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"Climate Change Played A Role In Killing Tens Of Thousands Of People In 2023" [28]

"At nine years old, Carter Vigh loved soccer, his friends, and dancing to music. ... Carter also had asthma. The hot temperatures and dense wildfire smoke that enveloped the Vighs’ British Columbia home, 100 Mile House, in the summer of 2023 exacerbated his asthma and killed him."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [26]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [30], 04/18/2024
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Climate Change Damage Could Cost $38 Trillion Per Year By 2050: Study [31]

"Damage to farming, infrastructure, productivity, and health from climate change will cost an estimated $38 trillion per year by 2050, German government-backed research finds, a figure almost certain to rise as human activity emits more greenhouse gases."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
Economy & Business [33]
Infrastructure [22]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [16]
International [26]
Source: Reuters [35], 04/18/2024
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"Trump Rails Against Wind Energy In Fundraising Pitch To Oil Executives" [36]

"“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [38]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Technology [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [40], 04/18/2024
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"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention" [41]

"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [38]
Journalism & Media [42]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: HEATED [44], 04/18/2024
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America's 'Most Endangered Rivers' List: Sewage, Toxic Algae, Construction [45]

"Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [46]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [38]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [14]
Planning & Growth [48]
Pollution [43]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: USA TODAY [49], 04/18/2024
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"Will Trump Quit The World Bank? It Would Send Climate Shock Waves." [50]

"A conservative plan to withdraw from global development banks threatens poor nations and U.S. credibility, analysts say."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [26]
Source: E&E News [51], 04/18/2024
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23 GOP States Demand Rollback of EPA Civil Rights Regulations [52]

"A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [39]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [53], 04/18/2024
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Explosive Levels Of Methane Detected Near Berkeley Landfill-Turned-Park [54]

"Brimming with wildlife and offering panoramic views of San Francisco Bay, César Chávez Park welcomes visitors who might never suspect this stretch of shoreline was built atop a municipal landfill. But beneath the sprawling grasslands and charming hiking trails, decomposing waste continues to generate methane gas."

Chemicals [55]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [43]
Waste [56]
Public [16]
California [57]
Source: LA Times [58], 04/18/2024
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Can Scientists Clone An Endangered Species Back From Brink Of Extinction? [59]

"Federal officials announced that they have cloned two more black-footed ferrets, one of North America’s rarest mammals". "They’re cute, they’re fuzzy — and they may just help bring their entire species back from the brink of extinction."

Biodiversity [46]
Technology [24]
Wildlife [60]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [61], 04/18/2024
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Federal Mine Safety Regulators Finally Focus On Toxic, Lethal Silica Dust [62]

"Federal regulators say they’ve finally crafted a rule that will protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying."

Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Mountain State Spotlight [63], 04/17/2024
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"Interior Said to Reject Industrial Road Through Alaskan Wilderness" [64]

"The Biden administration is expected to deny permission for a 211-mile industrial road through fragile Alaskan wilderness to a large copper deposit, handing a victory to environmentalists in an election year when the president wants to underscore his credentials as a climate leader and conservationist."

Biodiversity [46]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [14]
Transportation [65]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Alaska and Hawaii [66]
Source: NYTimes [67], 04/17/2024
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"SuperFund Tax Shortfall: Trouble For Cleanups, EPA Budget" [68]

"The Biden administration has juiced EPA’s Superfund program with billions of dollars, but an unexpected shortfall for “polluter pays” taxes and election-year politics may bring the high times for the toxic waste site cleanup program to a close."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [43]
Waste [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [69], 04/17/2024
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What To Know For The Fourth Round Of Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks [70]

"The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international, legally binding plastic pollution treaty will take place from April 23 to April 29 in Ottawa, Canada."

Chemicals [55]
Consumer [71]
Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [43]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [16]
International [26]
Source: EHN [72], 04/17/2024
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