EJToday: Top Headlines

"Hottest Summer On Record Could Lead To The Warmest Year Ever Measured" [9]

"Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AP [15], 09/09/2024
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"Trump Vows To Pull Back Climate Law’s Unspent Dollars" [16]

"Donald Trump pledged Thursday to rescind any “unspent” funds under the Inflation Reduction Act should he be elected in November — potentially upending key parts of the Democrats’ climate law and its benefits to Republican-led communities."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Politico [21], 09/09/2024
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"How Oil Companies Could Tap The Climate Law To Pump More Crude" [22]

"President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law could help the fossil fuel industry pump more oil out of existing wells."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [24], 09/09/2024
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"Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel" [25]

"Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming the climate would benefit."

Air [26]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [27]
Waste [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 09/09/2024
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At Least 19 People Contract Fungal Infection After California Music Festival [30]

"At least 19 people contracted valley fever, a fungal infection that in rare cases can be fatal, after attending an outdoor music festival in southern California in May, public health officials have reported."

Air [26]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [27]
Public [13]
California [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/09/2024
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"Pipeline Won’t Capture All Carbon Emitted By Ethanol Plants" [35]

"A company proposing an $8 billion carbon dioxide pipeline through eastern South Dakota says the project would be good for the environment. ... While that’s true, participating ethanol plants could still emit about 7 million metric tons of additional carbon dioxide annually. That’s because the pipeline would only capture some — not all — of the CO2 emitted by the plants."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Pollution [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Source: States Newsroom [38], 09/09/2024
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"Why Have Salmon Deserted Norway’s Rivers – And Will They Ever Return?" [39]

"North Atlantic populations are at a historic low, and this year 33 of the country’s rivers were closed during the fishing season as salmon farming and the climate crisis threaten the fish’s future"

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [13]
Europe [43]
Source: Guardian [44], 09/09/2024
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"The MAGA Plan To Stop Forest Fires: Remove The Forest" [45]

"Project 2025 plans to increase commercial logging to fight wildfires. Ecologists and fire experts say this will make fires worse."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: HEATED [47], 09/09/2024
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"Massive CP2 LNG Export Facility Faces New Legal Hurdle Over FERC Approval" [48]

"Environmental advocates, landowners, and fishers filed two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent authorization for the construction of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. FERC approved the Calcasieu Pass (CP2) LNG terminal proposed by Venture Global in a 2-1 vote in late June."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Transportation [50]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: DeSmog [52], 09/09/2024
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"What Would It Take to Bring Renewable, Reliable Power to Puerto Rico?" [53]

"The island is struggling to build a more stable electrical grid. What’s taking so long?"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [18]
Infrastructure [49]
People & Population [32]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Sierra [55], 09/09/2024
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"Why Protecting Bats Could Save Children’s Lives" [56]

"An analysis published Thursday in the journal Science suggests farmers have increased their use of pesticides on crops in response to the population collapse of bats, potentially leading to the deaths of more than 1,000 human infants through intoxication from the chemicals."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [57]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [27]
Wildlife [58]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [59], 09/06/2024
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"Biden Administration Adds Historic California Mine To Federal Cleanup List" [60]

"The Biden administration announced Wednesday the addition of a historic Northern California mine to the Superfund National Priorities List — a federal index that ranks hazardous waste site risk and helps in prioritizing cleanup operations."

Chemicals [57]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [27]
Waste [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [33]
Source: The Hill [61], 09/06/2024
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"Project Bison Fails. What’s Next For The Carbon Removal Megaproject?" [62]

"The Wyoming venture’s collapse raises questions about the fledgling direct air capture industry — and the Biden administration’s support of it."

Air [26]
Chemicals [57]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Technology [63]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [64]
Source: E&E News [65], 09/06/2024
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Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer? A WHO Review Of 63 Studies Finds No Link. [66]

"A review commissioned by the World Health Organization found wireless technology use has skyrocketed, but brain cancer rates have not gone up accordingly."

Consumer [67]
Environmental Health [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [68]
Technology [63]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [14]
Source: Washington Post [69], 09/06/2024
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"Pakistan Hasn’t Learned Lessons From 2022 Deadly Floods, Experts Say" [70]

"Millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters, showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people, experts said Thursday, as an aid group said half of the victims among 300 people killed by rains since July are children."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [49]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [13]
Asia [71]
Source: AP [72], 09/06/2024
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