EJToday: Top Headlines

"Podcast: ‘Water Always Wins,’ So Why Are We Fighting It?" [9]

"Journalist and author Erica Gies joins us to discuss the concept of ‘slow’ solutions to water shortages presented in her new book “Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge,” and how communities can work with water rather than against it."

Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Mongabay [15], 07/19/2022
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"France, Spain Fight Spreading Wildfires As Europe Swelters" [16]

"France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. In Spain, two people have been killed in blazes there."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Forests [19]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: AP [21], 07/18/2022
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"Berlin Hosts Envoys For Heart-To-Heart Talks On Climate" [22]

"With the world reeling from the economic fallout of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, senior officials from 40 countries met Monday in Berlin for heart-to-heart talks on how to stay focused on fighting climate change and addressing its impact."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: AP [24], 07/18/2022
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"Pacific Islands Demand Climate Action As China, US Woo Region" [25]

"Pacific island nations, courted by China and the United States, put the superpowers on notice, telling the world’s two biggest carbon emitters to take more action on climate change while pledging unity in the face of a growing geopolitical contest."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Aljazeera [26], 07/18/2022
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"Kigali Summit To Outline Strategy For Nature Conservation In Africa" [27]

"African leaders will gather in the Rwandan capital this week for the first continent-wide meeting to set out plans for the conservation of nature across Africa."

Biodiversity [28]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [30]
Wildlife [31]
Public [13]
Africa [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 07/18/2022
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"4 Issues To Watch As Energy, EPA Bills Reach House Floor" [34]

"The House this week will feature sharp fights over energy and environmental priorities as lawmakers consider a package of bills that contain annual funding for EPA, the Energy and Interior departments, and federal water projects."

Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [35], 07/18/2022
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"Four Ways the United States Can Still Fight Climate Change" [36]

"With the largest and most powerful tools that President Biden had hoped to use to fight climate change now stripped away, the White House is assembling smaller, less potent policies that could still help the nation reduce its planet-warming pollution, though not at the levels that Mr. Biden once promised."

Climate Change [17]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [37], 07/18/2022
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"Penny Mordaunt Pledges To Create ‘Millions Of Green Jobs’ If Elected" [38]

"Penny Mordaunt has told Conservative critics of net zero that “environmentalism and conservatism go hand in hand” as she vowed to create “millions of green jobs” if elected leader."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [13]
Europe [39]
Source: Guardian [40], 07/18/2022
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"Without Land, Bangladesh's Manta People Live - And Die - On Boats" [41]

"Eroding Bangladeshi rivers stole their land - and now climate change and overfishing threaten the life they have built on water".

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
People & Population [42]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Asia [43]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [44], 07/18/2022
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Beach Trips Can Be Costly To The Environment. How To Reduce Your Impact [45]

"For many people, summer is synonymous with the beach. But with hundreds of millions of Americans flocking to coastal areas each year, especially during months when the weather fluctuates between balmy and sweltering, experts say these trips can contribute to the staggering effects of human activities on beaches and oceans."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [17]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [46], 07/18/2022
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"Giving Voice To An Ailing Oregon River" [47]

"Fishing guide Amy Hazel gripped the oars, leaned back and pulled her drift boat across the tumbling waters of the lower Deschutes River as cheesecloth clouds filtered sunlight on a Friday in June."

Fish & Fisheries [48]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Source: OPB [50], 07/18/2022
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"How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan" [51]

"Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, who took more campaign cash from the oil and gas industry than any other senator, and who became a millionaire from his family coal business, independently blew up the Democratic Party’s legislative plans to fight climate change. The swing Democratic vote in an evenly divided Senate, Mr. Manchin led his party through months of tortured negotiations that collapsed on Thursday night, a yearlong wild goose chase that produced nothing as the Earth warms to dangerous levels."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [52]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [53], 07/15/2022
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Biden Is Losing His Base on Climate Change, a New Pew Poll Finds [54]

"Democrats who favor strong action on climate change are deeply dissatisfied with what they see as the slow pace of progress under President Joe Biden, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 07/15/2022
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"Biden Set to Leave Saudi Arabia With No Announcement on Oil" [56]

"President Joe Biden will leave the Middle East this week with no public announcements on increasing oil supply, people familiar with the matter said."

Chemicals [57]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [52]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [13]
Middle East [58]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [59], 07/15/2022
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"A Big Bipartisan Wildlife Bill Could Be Headed to Biden's Desk" [60]

"A major piece of environmental legislation could pass the Senate and reach President Biden's desk before Labor Day, and it starts with the letter “R.”"

Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Wildlife [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [61], 07/15/2022
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