EJToday: Top Headlines

"Where Heat Waves Might Cause Blackouts: Look Up Your Area" [9]

"Large swaths of California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas are projected to have to endure more than four months every year in which the temperature will be high enough to compromise power transformers, new research shows. As a result, blackouts caused by overheated electrical equipment could become more frequent by mid-century."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 05/23/2024
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"Fast-Rising Seas Could Swamp Septic Systems In Parts Of The South" [16]

"On the worst days, when the backyard would flood and the toilet would gurgle and the smell of sewage hung thick in the air, Monica Arenas would flee to her mother-in-law’s home to use the bathroom or wash laundry."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [17]
Infrastructure [12]
Pollution [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 05/23/2024
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Radioactive Sites Vulnerable As Climate Change Raises Wildfire, Flood Risks [23]

"As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Pollution [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [26], 05/23/2024
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Colo. Gov. Vetoes Bill To End State Incentives For ‘Advanced Recycling’ [27]

"Gov. Jared Polis vetoed legislation on Friday that would have banned state incentives for projects to process waste through pyrolysis and gasification — techniques to break down plastics using heat applied in low-oxygen environments."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [18]
Waste [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Source: CPR [32], 05/23/2024
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Mangroves Protect Communities From Storms. Half Are At Risk, Report Finds [33]

"Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems, with trees whose roots stretch down into brackish water, are at risk of collapse. That's according to the first assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a leading scientific authority on the status of species and ecosystems. The new report finds that sea level rise fueled by climate change is the biggest risk."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Forests [36]
Infrastructure [12]
Natural Resources [37]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
International [38]
Source: NPR [39], 05/23/2024
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Graduating Seniors Seek Degrees In Climate Change; US Universities Deliver [40]

"Increasingly, U.S. colleges are creating climate change programs to meet demand from students who want to apply their firsthand experience to what they do after high school, and help find solutions."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [41]
People & Population [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [43], 05/23/2024
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"Left And Right Unite In Panning House Republicans’ Farm Bill Proposal" [44]

"The proposed version of the $1.5 trillion omnibus unveiled last week by House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) includes several priorities of big agribusiness — proposals that frustrated both right-aligned groups such as the Heritage Foundation and left-leaning ones including the Environmental Working Group amid progressives’ and populists’ broader dislike of what they see as crony capitalism at the U.S. farmstand."

Agriculture [45]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [29]
Food [47]
Forests [36]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [48], 05/22/2024
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Trump Pitch To Oil Companies Turns Off Two-Thirds Of Likely Voters: Poll [49]

"Broad majorities of voters aren’t happy with Trump’s apparent offer of a quid pro quo to oil companies, a poll from an advocacy group has found."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [51], 05/22/2024
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"Biden and Big Oil Had a Truce. Now, It’s Collapsing." [52]

"Companies were enjoying record profits. But the president’s decision to pause permits for gas export terminals has whipped up industry support, and donations, for Donald Trump."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [53]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [54], 05/22/2024
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La Niña Is Coming, Raising Chances Of A Dangerous Atlantic Hurricane Season [55]

"One of the big contributors to the record-breaking global temperatures over the past year—El Niño—is nearly gone, and its opposite, La Niña, is on the way."

Agriculture [45]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
International [38]
Source: The Conversation [56], 05/22/2024
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"In A Boiling World, Chief Heat Officers Battle 'Silent Killer'" [57]

"As the era of "global boiling" spawns ever deadlier heatwaves, a handful of heat tsars are working with officials in cities from Miami to Melbourne in a race against time to cool urban heat traps and prevent tens of thousands of deaths."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [17]
People & Population [42]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
International [38]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [58], 05/22/2024
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"Mexico's Howler Monkeys Dropping Dead As Heat Toll Mounts" [59]

"Threatened howler monkeys have been dropping dead from trees in Mexico's southeastern tropical forests in recent weeks amid a nationwide drought and heat waves that have sent temperatures soaring across much of the country."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [17]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [60]
Public [13]
Mexico [61]
Source: Reuters [62], 05/22/2024
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Sea Tribunal Says Countries Must Prevent Greenhouse Gases From Harming Oceans [63]

"An international tribunal said on Tuesday that countries have binding legal obligations to prevent greenhouse gasses from harming the world’s oceans in a landmark opinion that experts say could strengthen climate-vulnerable countries’ efforts to hold major polluters accountable and drive action to fight climate change."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
International [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 05/22/2024
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"For Each Public Charger, Here’s How Many EVs Are Looking To Plug In" [65]

"Once, America had 7 EVs for every public charger. Now, there are over 20 seeking to plug in at each charging station."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Transportation [66]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [67], 05/22/2024
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"States Target Biden’s Environmental Permitting Rule in Court" [68]

"A coalition of mostly red states launched the first legal challenge against the Biden administration’s recent environmental permitting rule on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [69]
Environmental Politics [29]
Environmental Studies [41]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Policy [70]
Pollution [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [71], 05/22/2024
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