EJToday: Top Headlines

"European Union Approves Ambitious Nature Restoration Law" [9]

"The European Union strengthened its environmental policies this week with adoption of a nature restoration law that member countries hope will help them meet climate and biodiversity targets set under the 2015 Paris Agreement and a global biodiversity agreement reached late last year."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
Europe [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 07/14/2023
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"Cement Warms The Planet. This Green Version Just Got A Key Nod Of Approval." [17]

"Companies are finding more environmentally friendly ways to make cement, which accounts for about a twelfth of global carbon dioxide emissions, making it worse for the climate than flying. Now they have to convince builders that their climate-friendly cement will hold just as well as the conventional stuff."

Climate Change [11]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [19]
Technology [20]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 07/14/2023
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"Excessive Heat Is Baking US Southwest And Expected To Get Worse" [23]

"A prolonged heat wave blanketed a swath of the U.S. stretching from California to South Florida on Wednesday, with forecasters expecting temperatures that could shatter records in parts of the Southwest in the coming days."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 07/13/2023
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EPA Proposes Tighter Limits on Lead Dust in Homes and Child Care Facilities [27]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed to strengthen requirements for the removal of lead-based paint dust in homes and child care facilities built before 1978, an effort to eliminate exposure to lead that could require millions of property owners to pay for abatement."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [32], 07/13/2023
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"Farmers Insurance Pulls Out of Florida, Affecting 100,000 Policyholders" [33]

"Farmers Insurance will stop offering its policies in Florida, including home, auto and umbrella policies, in a change that will force thousands of people to change their insurance provider."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: CNN [35], 07/13/2023
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"Agriculture Dept. To Invest $300 Million To Measure Greenhouse Emissions" [36]

"The Agriculture Department said on Wednesday that it would establish a monitoring and data collection network to measure greenhouse gas emissions and determine how much carbon can be captured using certain farming practices."

Agriculture [37]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [38]
Science [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [40], 07/13/2023
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"Mountain Valley Pipeline Halted as Legal Wrangling Heats Up" [41]

"A federal court in Richmond has held up construction, despite a law passed by Congress last month that says it no longer has jurisdiction over the pipeline."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [43]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 07/13/2023
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"UAE's COP28 President Lays Out Plan For 'Brutally Honest' Climate Summit" [46]

"Countries at this year's U.N. climate summit must face up to how far behind they are lagging on climate change targets and agree a plan to get on track, the United Arab Emirates' incoming president of the event said on Thursday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [43]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [47], 07/13/2023
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As Budget Talks Heat Up, Republicans Ramp Up Attacks on Climate Spending [48]

"Republicans are doubling down on their attacks on clean energy and climate spending, kicking off their return to Congress this week with a slew of bills and amendments that would block key funding pools established under the Inflation Reduction Act and prohibit the federal government from advancing policies aimed at reducing the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to new reports."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [43]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 07/13/2023
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"House Republicans Propose Deep Cuts For Interior, EPA" [50]

"House Republicans would take a budgetary buzzsaw to energy and environmental agencies the Biden administration and Democrats had buttressed after years of stagnant funding."

Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [43]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [52], 07/13/2023
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"FEMA Stretched Beyond Climate Response as Disasters Balloon" [53]

"Atmospheric rivers drenched California and deadly storms crept toward Mississippi as Deanne Criswell sat in her corner office in Washington, D.C., and tackled a loaded question: Is it all too much for FEMA?"

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Government [54]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [55], 07/13/2023
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"Birds Get Revenge By Using Anti-Bird Spikes In Nests" [56]

"In cities around the world, anti-bird spikes are used to protect statues and balconies from unwanted birds - but now, it appears the birds are getting their own back. Dutch researchers have found that some birds use the spikes as weapons around their nests - using them to keep pests away in the same way that humans do."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [31]
Infrastructure [18]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: BBC News [57], 07/13/2023
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Vermont Floods Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Adapt to Climate Change [58]

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"This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction even miles from any river, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat: Catastrophic flooding can increasingly happen anywhere, with almost no warning. And the United States, experts warn, is nowhere close to ready for that threat."

Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: NYTimes [60], 07/12/2023
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"Florida In Hot Water As Ocean Temperatures Rise Along With The Humidity" [61]

"Water temperatures in the mid-90s (mid-30s Celsius) are threatening delicate coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding a bit more ick to the Sunshine State’s already oppressive summer weather. "

Climate Change [11]
Water & Oceans [62]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: AP [63], 07/12/2023
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"Extreme Heat Is Pushing The U.S. Toward A Grim New Fossil Fuel Milestone" [64]

"The United States is set to use more natural gas to generate electricity than ever before this summer as extreme heat sends demand for air conditioning skyrocketing."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: HuffPost [65], 07/12/2023
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