EJToday: Top Headlines

"Like Carbon Dioxide, This Louisiana Task Force’s Work Is Deep Underground" [9]

"A special legislative task force assigned with exploring the impacts of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) in Louisiana still hasn’t submitted a report of its findings — five months after it was due. And its chairman and the lawmaker who created the group won’t say why."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Floodlight [15], 07/24/2024
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"House Approves Bipartisan Water Projects Bill" [16]

"The House passed a sweeping water infrastructure bill Monday that could help curb flooding, slow coastal erosion and restore struggling ecosystems, in a rare show of bipartisanship as election season heats up."

Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Transportation [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 07/24/2024
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Pollution Threatens Mediterranean Sea's Health [26]

"More than 87% of the Mediterranean Sea, which extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Africa, Europe and Asia, is polluted with microplastics and other pollutants including toxic metals and industrial chemicals, according to a July 2024 report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)."

Environmental Health [27]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
International [29]
Source: CNN [30], 07/24/2024
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"Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: Scientists Hail Resurgence Of Endangered Bird" [31]

"Sparrows were taken into captivity after numbers dwindled – and this week experts released 1,000th bird back into wild".

Biodiversity [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Guardian [34], 07/24/2024
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"Andean Condor In Rehab Highlights Conservation Challenges" [35]

"An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird."

Biodiversity [32]
Chemicals [36]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [33]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [37]
South America [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 07/24/2024
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"Here’s Where Kamala Harris Stands on Climate" [40]

"Vice President Kamala Harris has for years made the environment a top concern, from prosecuting polluters as California’s attorney general to sponsoring the Green New Deal as a senator to casting the tiebreaking vote as vice president for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in United States history."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [41], 07/23/2024
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"Would Trump Privatize Weather Forecasting? What To Know." [42]

"Project 2025 proposes breaking up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the parent agency for the National Weather Service, describing it as “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.”"

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [43]
Disasters [44]
Government [45]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [46]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [47], 07/23/2024
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"Highly Infectious Poliovirus Found In Gaza Sewage Samples" [48]

"The poliovirus has been found in sewage samples from Gaza putting thousands of people living in crowded displaced persons’ camps at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause deformities and paralysis."

Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [19]
Military [49]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [28]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
Middle East [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 07/23/2024
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"123 House And Senate Republicans Deny Climate Science: Analysis" [54]

"A total of 123 members of the House and Senate deny the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring as a result of human activity, according to an analysis from the liberal Center for American Progress."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [17]
Science [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [55], 07/23/2024
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"Lawmakers Take Up $5B Colorado River Settlement" [56]

"A House Natural Resources subcommittee will review a $5 billion deal to ensure tribal water rights in northeastern Arizona, including funds for a new pipeline connecting Lake Powell to tribal reservation in the Colorado River Basin."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [58]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [59], 07/23/2024
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"White House Seeks End To Government Purchase Of Single-Use Plastic By 2035" [60]

"The White House said Friday that is setting a goal of ending the federal government’s purchasing of single-use plastics by 2035."

Chemicals [36]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [45]
Pollution [28]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [61], 07/23/2024
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Big Meat, Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions: Report [62]

"Global meat and dairy giants are investing just a fraction of their revenues into cutting emissions despite being among the world’s largest polluters, according to new estimates."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [28]
Public [13]
International [29]
Source: DeSmog [63], 07/23/2024
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Anti-Whaling Campaigner Paul Watson Arrested In Greenland, Faces Extradition [64]

"Greenland police said they apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan."

Activism [65]
Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [33]
Public [13]
International [29]
Source: AP [66], 07/23/2024
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Appeals Court Unanimously Sides With Biden EPA On Updated Power Plant Rules [67]

"A federal appeals court on Friday unanimously denied a lawsuit from a coalition of Republican attorneys general and the fossil fuel industry seeking to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pollution standards for power plants."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [68], 07/23/2024
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Perspective: "What It’s Like To Be A Tornado Chaser And How It’s Done" [69]

"Chasing tornadoes is far from glamorous, and the thrill of spotting them is far from guaranteed. Success usually requires expertise and long hours in pursuit."

Air [70]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [27]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [71], 07/23/2024
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