EJToday: Top Headlines

"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [9]

"Industrial companies in the Netherlands get 39 billion to 46 billion euros ($42-49 billion) in tax breaks and subsidies annually for using fossil fuels, the Dutch government said in a report aimed at spurring international debate on such subsidies."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [13]
Europe [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 09/20/2023
- Read more about "Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [9]
"Baby Sea Otters Are Adorable. But They Aren’t Wanted Everywhere." [16]

"The two-and-a-half-week-old sea otter cried for help. Stranded in a tide pool after heavy winds and strong surf near the edge of the bay, it was ashore and alone."

Biodiversity [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [13]
California [20]
Northwest (OR WA) [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 09/20/2023
- Read more about "Baby Sea Otters Are Adorable. But They Aren’t Wanted Everywhere." [16]
"The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock" [23]

"How a national macrogrid could accelerate the movement to electrify everything".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Sierra [26], 09/19/2023
- Read more about "The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock" [23]
EPA Slow On Investigating Chemical Risk From Ohio Derailment: Emails [27]

"Internal agency communications confirm certain EPA experts, including a "key dioxin scientist," were not consulted until a month after the derailment."

Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Infrastructure [24]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: HuffPost [33], 09/19/2023
- Read more about EPA Slow On Investigating Chemical Risk From Ohio Derailment: Emails [27]
"EPA Rule for State Water Pollution Authority Destined for Court" [34]

"An EPA rule finalized last week that restores states’ veto power over pipelines and other major river-polluting projects is expected to face legal challenges before the dust settles, natural resources attorneys say."

Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 09/19/2023
- Read more about "EPA Rule for State Water Pollution Authority Destined for Court" [34]
"Preparing Homes For Wildfires Is Big Business That's Only Getting Started" [37]

"As the Blue Ridge Fire blazed across California's Orange County in 2020, O.P. Almaraz stared at the menacing glow on the horizon and evacuated his family to a hotel. The next morning, he walked out of his room into a jam-packed, buzzing, chaotic lobby."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Infrastructure [24]
People & Population [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NPR [40], 09/19/2023
- Read more about "Preparing Homes For Wildfires Is Big Business That's Only Getting Started" [37]
From "Massive Squishings" To The Insect Apocalypse, Roads Cut Up Nature [41]

"Take a mental picture of the Earth. Now shatter that image into 600,000 fragments. These fragments are carved out by road networks, which stretch across about 40 million miles of the Earth's surface."

Biodiversity [17]
Infrastructure [24]
Natural Resources [42]
Transportation [31]
Public [13]
International [43]
Source: NPR [44], 09/19/2023
- Read more about From "Massive Squishings" To The Insect Apocalypse, Roads Cut Up Nature [41]
Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official [45]

"A coal plant seeking hundreds of millions in public funding submitted an analysis riddled with mistakes, according to a former Energy Department official. But the government published it anyway."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 09/19/2023
- Read more about Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official [45]
"Working From Home Now Has Another Powerful Benefit" [48]

"Fully remote workers could produce less than half the climate-warming emissions of people who spend their days in offices, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [49]
Economy & Business [46]
People & Population [39]
Transportation [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [50], 09/19/2023
- Read more about "Working From Home Now Has Another Powerful Benefit" [48]
Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [51]

"Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), two of Congress’s most vocal proponents for aggressive climate action, on Monday called for President Biden to establish a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC)."

Activism [52]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [42]
People & Population [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [53], 09/19/2023
- Read more about Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [51]
"Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water" [54]

"Four fracking waste injection wells in Athens County have temporarily suspended operations by order of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, which says the wells present an “imminent danger” to health and the environment."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: Athens County Independent [55], 09/19/2023
- Read more about "Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water" [54]
"Now Available: 2,000 Rhinos, Free to Good Homes With Plenty of Space" [56]

"A herd of 2,000 rhinoceroses urgently in need of a new owner has finally found one: The rhinos and the farm where they live in South Africa have been purchased by a conservation group that plans to release the animals into the wild over the next decade."

Biodiversity [17]
Wildlife [19]
Public [13]
Africa [57]
Source: NYTimes [58], 09/19/2023
- Read more about "Now Available: 2,000 Rhinos, Free to Good Homes With Plenty of Space" [56]
Calif. Lawsuit Says Oil Giants Deceived Public On Climate, Seeks Damages [59]

"The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels now faulted for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage, officials said Saturday."

Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Science [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [43]
Source: AP [62], 09/18/2023
- Read more about Calif. Lawsuit Says Oil Giants Deceived Public On Climate, Seeks Damages [59]
Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York [63]

"Tens of thousands of people, including students, retirees, scientists, politicians and celebrities, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating up the planet."

Activism [52]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [60]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [43]
Source: NYTimes [64], 09/18/2023
- Read more about Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York [63]
Gov. Newsom Says He’ll Sign Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Bill [65]

"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced that he will sign the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, Sen. Scott Wiener’s greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirement bill."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
California [20]
Source: Sacramento Bee [66], 09/18/2023
- Read more about Gov. Newsom Says He’ll Sign Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Bill [65]

Pages