EJToday: Top Headlines

"PragerU Says It's Approved In Texas Schools. It's Not." [9]

"The conservative group's big announcement that its climate denial videos were approved in Texas public schools appears to be a lie, the Texas State Board of Education tells HEATED."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: HEATED [18], 08/23/2023
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"The Next Pandemic Could Strike Crops, Not People" [19]

"Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts."

Technology [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [21], 08/23/2023
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"After Hilary, A Big Clean-Up And Lots Of Water But Lives Spared" [22]

"Tropical Storm Hilary drenched the American Southwest before fading Monday to a mere rainstorm, leaving communities from the Pacific Coast to inland Nevada with a substantial cleanup effort but no reported deaths in the United States."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 08/22/2023
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"The Latest on Hilary, Emily, Franklin, Gert, and a Texas-Mexico Threat" [27]

"[I]t’s not often that a tropical storm from the Eastern Pacific moves through Southern California on the same weekend that three tropical storms erupt in the Atlantic. That’s where things stood on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Forests [28]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [29]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [30], 08/22/2023
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"Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil Drilling In Part Of Amazon, Mining Outside Quito" [31]

"Ecuadorean referendums to ban oil drilling in a part of the Amazon and mining in a forest outside Quito easily passed, drawing cheers on Monday from Indigenous leaders and environmentalists despite warnings from oil and mining groups about billions of dollars in lost income."

Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [34]
Public [15]
South America [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 08/22/2023
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"850 People Missing After Maui Wildfires, Mayor Says Ahead Of Biden’s Visit" [37]

"A total of 850 people remain missing following the devastating wildfires in Maui, the Hawaiian county’s mayor said Monday, with this latest count coming ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to the island."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Forests [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: HuffPost [39], 08/22/2023
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"EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review" [40]

"EPA is restarting review of a high-stakes decision on ground-level ozone standards in a step that short-circuits the prospects for any imminent action to tighten limits on the lung-damaging pollutant."

Air [41]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [45], 08/22/2023
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"Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court" [46]

"Oil companies including Sunoco LP, Chevron Corp., and Exxon Mobil Corp. urged justices to dismiss a climate lawsuit they say falls outside of the scope of local law during oral arguments Thursday at the Hawaii Supreme Court."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 08/22/2023
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Enviros Sue To Keep Virginia In Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [50]

"A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Monday in Virginia that challenges Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s move to pull the state out of a regional carbon cap-and-trade initiative."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: AP [52], 08/22/2023
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Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike on Extreme Heat Days [53]

"The number of suicide watch incidents in Louisiana prisons increased by 30 percent on extreme heat days, a recently published study in the JAMA Journal found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Justice [43]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: , 08/22/2023
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Record Heat, Smoke Trigger Air Quality Alerts For New Orleans, Baton Rouge [55]

"What do you get when you combine record-breaking heat, wildfire smoke and sunlight? Ground-level ozone in amounts high enough to cause health problems in both Baton Rouge and New Orleans on Friday and Saturday, according to the federal/state Air Quality Index."

Air [41]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [42]
Pollution [44]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [56], 08/22/2023
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"Gardening Changed How I See Myself As A Disabled Woman" [57]

"For Rosemary McDonnell-Horita, a 29-year-old with multiple disabilities, gardening gave her an opportunity to be a caregiver rather than a care receiver. Taking care of plants shifted the way she thought about her own body."

Agriculture [58]
Consumer [59]
Environmental Health [42]
People & Population [60]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [61], 08/22/2023
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"Fierce Hilary Rolls Into Southern California, Bringing Heavy Rain, Flooding" [62]

"After days of urgent warnings and preparations, Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in Baja California on Sunday, turning roads into rivers and imperiling homes before barreling north toward Southern California."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [25]
Source: LA Times [63], 08/21/2023
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"Locals Have Been Sounding The Alarm For Years About Lahaina Wildfire Risk" [64]

"David woke suddenly in the mid-afternoon. The 56-year-old chef could hear commotion outside and scrambled up from his nap, finding his roommates on the roof of their shared home, holding garden hoses and spraying water on a raging inferno licking closer by the minute."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: Grist [65], 08/21/2023
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Top Calif. Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. It Gets A Pass [66]

"Forty miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, the Brandt Company cattle ranch is the largest single point source of methane emissions in the state, releasing more of that greenhouse gas than any oil or gas well, refinery or landfill."

Agriculture [58]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 08/21/2023
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