EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Will Trump’s Covid Contrarians Handle the Next Pandemic?" [9]

"President-elect Donald J. Trump had already succeeded in rattling the nation’s public health and biomedical establishment by the time he announced on Tuesday that he had picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health. But amid growing fears of a deadly bird flu pandemic, perhaps no one was more rattled than experts in infectious disease."

Environmental Health [10]
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Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 12/02/2024
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New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change [17]

"Exactly where Brooke Rollins stands on agricultural policy is unclear, but her positions on fossil fuels and climate change are explicit."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 12/02/2024
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"What Trump’s Tariffs Could Mean For American Energy" [24]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slap new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China could inflate the cost of producing and buying energy in almost all forms, possibly sending gasoline prices surging and the U.S. energy industry into a tailspin."

Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [27], 12/02/2024
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"Trump Pick For US Health Agency Proposed ‘Herd Immunity’ During Covid" [28]

"Choosing Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH signals return to controversial and scientifically questionable health policies"

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [29]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [30], 12/02/2024
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FCC's Carr Says ’60 Minutes’ Complaint “Likely To Arise” in Merger Review [31]

"Brendan Carr, Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as chairman of the FCC, said that the agency would examine a complaint over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as it reviews the merger of Skydance with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS."

Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [32]
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Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Deadline [33], 11/26/2024
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"Concern As Climate Talks Stalls On Fossil Fuels Pledge" [34]

"The failure of UN climate negotiations to double down on a global pledge to move away from planet-heating fossil fuels on Sunday was decried by experts as a "worrying" setback to global progress on curbing warming."

Climate Change [19]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
International [35]
Source: AFP [36], 11/26/2024
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"What Trump’s Treasury Pick Means For Clean Energy Tax Credits" [37]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department puts the fate of Biden-era clean energy tax credits up in the air."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [39], 11/26/2024
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California To Offer EV Rebates If Trump Kills $7,500 Tax Credit: Newsom [40]

"California is prepared to offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration scuttles the federal EV tax credit, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Transportation [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [42]
Source: LA Times [43], 11/26/2024
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Drugs, Hormones And Excrement: Polluting Mexican Pig Farms Supply The World [44]

"Mexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environment"

Agriculture [18]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
International [35]
Mexico [45]
Source: Guardian [46], 11/26/2024
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"The Plastics Crisis Is Now A Global Human Health Crisis, Experts Say" [47]

"Plastics can contain thousands of different chemicals, many of them linked to cancer and reproductive harm, and many never tested for safety. Multiple studies are now finding these chemicals, along with microplastics, throughout the human body, raising alarm among scientists about widespread health effects, including reduced fertility and increased obesity."

Chemicals [48]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [49]
Pollution [21]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
International [35]
Source: Mongabay [51], 11/26/2024
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"Trump Has Vowed To Kill Offshore Wind Energy — But It Might Not Be Easy" [52]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to kill offshore wind energy development “on day one” of his second term is already triggering project slowdowns on the East Coast, but the biggest wind farm proposed in the Gulf of Mexico will likely stay on track."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [53], 11/26/2024
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Texas Reaches $12.6 Million Settlement On 2019 Port Neches Chemical Blast [54]

"Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the company’s Port Neches chemical plant, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday."

Chemicals [48]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [49]
Infrastructure [56]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: Texas Tribune [58], 11/26/2024
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House Passes Bill To Let Treasury Target Nonprofits It Deems "Terrorist" [59]

"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."

Activism [60]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [61], 11/26/2024
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Chesapeake: "The Bay ‘Dead Zone’ Was Near Average In 2024, Sort Of" [62]

"The Chesapeake Bay’s oxygen-starved “dead zone,” a closely watched indicator of the estuary’s health, started early this summer with worse than normal conditions before dramatically improving by early August, scientists recently reported."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [63]
Fish & Fisheries [64]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Source: Bay Journal [66], 11/26/2024
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"Climate Talks End With a Bitter Fight and a Deal on Money" [67]

"The financing plan, which calls for $300 billion per year in support for developing nations, was immediately assailed as inadequate by a string of delegates."

"Negotiators at this year’s United Nations climate summit struck an agreement early on Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, to triple the flow of money to help developing countries adopt cleaner energy and cope with the effects of climate change. Under the deal, wealthy nations pledged to reach $300 billion per year in support by 2035, up from a current target of $100 billion.
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [49]
Forests [68]
Public [14]
International [35]
Source: NYTimes [69], 11/25/2024
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