EJToday: Top Headlines

"Fury As US Argues Against Climate Obligations At Top UN Court" [9]

"Climate justice campaigners have condemned the US after the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas emitter argued against countries being legally obliged to combat the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Asia [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 12/05/2024
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"Trump Energy Pick Misinterprets Studies To Support Claims, Scientists Say" [18]

"Chris Wright cites data to back his claim there is no climate crisis. Authors of the papers he cites say he is misinterpreting their work."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Science [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [22], 12/05/2024
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"Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head NASA" [23]

"President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder’s business."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Science [21]
Technology [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [26], 12/05/2024
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"Duke Energy To Knock Down Coal Plant And Build Its Biggest Battery Yet" [27]

"Mega-utility Duke Energy is about to knock down a coal plant that has run west of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1957. Soon the company will build its largest grid battery on that spot, part of an unprecedented energy-storage construction spree."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Canary Media [31], 12/05/2024
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To Save Dying Swamp, Louisiana Aims To Restore Mississippi River Flow [32]

"Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with man made barriers has been slowly killing one of the nation’s largest forested wetlands."

Biodiversity [33]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Forests [35]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [38]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [39], 12/05/2024
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"Small North Carolina Town Sues Energy ‘Goliath’ In Historic Climate Action" [40]

"Carrboro officials say Duke Energy broke state laws waging decades-long ‘deception campaign’ about fossil fuels"

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Science [21]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Guardian [41], 12/05/2024
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Not Everyone Is Convinced Newly Funded Midwest Hydrogen Hub Is ‘Clean.’ [42]

"Policymakers and industry say the Midwest Hydrogen Hub will create green jobs and slash emissions, but environmentalists see a ploy to keep fossil fuels in use."

Activism [43]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Source: Grist/WBEZ [45], 12/05/2024
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"Lawmakers Reach Final Deal On WRDA Bill" [46]

"The Senate and House reached a final agreement Tuesday on a major bipartisan water infrastructure bill, which authorizes a range of federal projects to reduce flooding, improve ports and restore ecosystems."

Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [47], 12/05/2024
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Experts Study Whale Species So Rare It’s Never Been Seen Alive [48]

"It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery."

Biodiversity [33]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [38]
Public [13]
International [15]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Source: AP [50], 12/05/2024
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"Mammoth: It’s What Was for Dinner" [51]

"For millions of years, North America was home to a zoo of giants: mammoths and mastodons, camels and dire wolves, sloths the size of elephants and beavers as big as bears. And then, at the end of the Pleistocene Epoch about 12,000 years ago, most of them vanished."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Studies [52]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [53], 12/05/2024
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"What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Say About Climate Change" [54]

"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet choices run the gamut from people who acknowledge the threat of climate change to those who deny the scientific consensus that emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are dangerously heating the planet."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [19]
Science [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [55], 12/04/2024
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"What Trump’s Second Administration Could Mean For Environmental Justice" [56]

"Biden poured billions into helping communities most threatened by pollution. Donald Trump could stop it."

Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [57]
Environmental Justice [58]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [59], 12/04/2024
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"Check The Formaldehyde Cancer Risk in Your Neighborhood" [60]

"In most of the country, formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from."

Air [61]
Chemicals [62]
Consumer [63]
Environmental Health [57]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [64], 12/04/2024
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Study Links Higher PFAS Levels To ‘Superfund’ Sites, Low Fresh-Food Access [65]

"New research aimed at identifying which US neighborhoods face increased exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found those living near “superfund” sites and other major industrial polluters, or in areas with limited access to fresh food, generally have higher levels of the dangerous compounds in their blood."

Chemicals [62]
Environmental Health [57]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [66], 12/04/2024
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Seaweed Could Cut Grazing Cows' Methane Emissions By Nearly 40% - Study [67]

"Supplementing the diets of grazing beef cows with seaweed in pellet form could cut their methane emissions by almost 40 percent, a new study has found."

Agriculture [68]
Climate Change [10]
Food [69]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: The Hill [70], 12/04/2024
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