EJToday: Top Headlines

"Bayer Wins First Roundup Trial as Jury Rejects Cancer Claim" [9]

"A jury in Los Angeles found Tuesday that Bayer’s Monsanto unit wasn’t liable for the boy’s cancer. Bayer lost three earlier trials in the state and said in July it will set aside an additional $4.5 billion to deal with all lawsuits tied to the weedkiller, which will be pulled from the U.S. consumer market in its current form in 2023."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 10/06/2021
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"Fossil Fuel Firms Feel The Heat Over Push For Advertising Ban" [17]

"A push for a Europe-wide ban on advertising and sponsorship by fossil fuel companies is the boldest salvo yet in a campaign by environmentalists who accuse oil firms of "greenwashing" and a history of undermining climate change science."

Activism [18]
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [24], 10/06/2021
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"The Ship That Became a Bomb" [25]

"Stranded in Yemen’s war zone, a decaying supertanker has more than a million barrels of oil aboard. If—or when—it explodes or sinks, thousands may die."

Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Public [14]
Middle East [27]
Source: New Yorker [28], 10/06/2021
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"The Greenland Connection" [29]

The Greenland ice sheet is so massive that it makes the Earth wobble. Its melting, and the result may be flooding in South Carolina.

Climate Change [19]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Charleston Post and Courier [31], 10/06/2021
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"UN Weather Agency Says World Ill-Prepared For 'Looming Water Crisis'" [32]

"Most countries are ill-equipped to handle what the United Nations said Tuesday is a 'looming' global water crisis caused by climate change and population growth. Floods, droughts and other water-related disasters are on the rise due to global warming, the World Meteorological Organization said in a new report published Tuesday."

Climate Change [19]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Washington Post [34], 10/06/2021
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"Fire Brain": "What It's Like to Photograph the West's Biggest Wildfires" [35]

"Josh Edelson has shot some of the most iconic images of increasing destructive wildfires. Earther spoke with him about his work."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [26]
Forests [36]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Earther [37], 10/06/2021
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"Three Scientists Win Nobel for Work on Climate Breakthroughs" [38]

"Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their breakthroughs in how we understand the planet’s climate and the challenges presented by global warming."

Climate Change [19]
Science [39]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 10/05/2021
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"14% Of World’s Coral Lost In Less Than A Decade, Study Shows" [41]

"In the largest analysis of coral reef health ever undertaken, scientists found that between 2009 and 2018 the world lost about 11,700 sq km of coral – the equivalent of more than all the living coral in Australia."

Fish & Fisheries [42]
Science [39]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [43], 10/05/2021
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"Did Ship’s Anchor Cause California Oil Spill? Maybe" [44]

"Officials investigating one of California’s largest recent oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck an oil pipeline on the ocean floor, causing heavy crude to leak into coastal waters and foul beaches, authorities said Monday."

Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [46]
Source: AP [47], 10/05/2021
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"Urban Heat Is Getting More Dangerous" [48]

"Exposure to extreme heat in cities has tripled since the 1980s, putting more people in harm's way."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Planning & Growth [49]
Public [14]
International [23]
Source: Earther [50], 10/05/2021
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"Oil Spills Plague Venezuelan Coast, But Cleanup Efforts Are Lacking" [51]

"There have been 53 oil spills in Venezuela this year through September, most of them concentrated on the Caribbean coast where massive government oil refineries operate with little environmental oversight."

Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
South America [52]
Source: Mongabay [53], 10/05/2021
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Rare Flower Found At Site Of Planned Lithium Mine May Be Endangered [54]

"Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine."

Biodiversity [55]
Chemicals [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [57], 10/05/2021
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"Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Plans To Raze Old-Growth Forest" [58]

"The plan to clear forest for quail habitat is raising the ire of hunters and hikers, as well as a bipartisan group of state lawmakers".

Biodiversity [55]
Forests [36]
Wildlife [59]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Tennessee Lookout [61], 10/05/2021
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5 Midwest Governors Agree To Create Network To Charge Electric Vehicles [62]

"The governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are joining forces to build a new network for charging electric vehicles. The bipartisan plan aims to improve the region's economy while also reducing toxic emissions from cars and trucks."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [63]
Infrastructure [64]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [65]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [66], 10/05/2021
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Month After Ida's Landfall, Louisianians Decry 'Third World' Conditions [67]

"Reuters traveled the bayous of hard-hit Terrebonne, Lafourche, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes in recent days, speaking with more than 40 residents. All said they felt abandoned by state and federal officials. A few said they had not received any type of support from any level of government."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [26]
Government [68]
Infrastructure [64]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Source: Reuters [69], 10/05/2021
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