EJToday: Top Headlines

"Will a Nile Canal Project Dry Up Africa’s Largest Wetland?" [9]

"South Sudan is moving ahead with plans for a 240-mile canal to divert water from the White Nile and send it to Egypt. But critics warn the megaproject would desiccate the world’s second largest wetland, impacting its rich wildlife and the rains on which the region depends."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Africa [14]
Source: YaleE360 [15], 07/07/2022
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"Oil Industry Sees Ongoing Leasing Pause in New Biden Gulf Plan" [16]

"A “de facto moratorium” on offshore oil and gas leasing is taking hold over the next several months while the Biden administration considers its options for a proposed five-year leasing plan for the Gulf of Mexico, an oil and gas industry attorney said."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 07/07/2022
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"Dutch Airline KLM Sued Over 'Greenwashing' Ads" [23]

Environmental groups are suing the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM over an advertising campaign they allege breaches European consumer law by misleading the public over how sustainable its flights are.

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [26], 07/07/2022
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‘Every Year It Gets Worse’: On Frontline Of Climate Crisis In Bangladesh [27]

"Over the past few weeks, catastrophic flash floods – the worst in Bangladesh in a century – have inundated much of Sylhet, where rising waters have washed away whole towns, killing at least 68 people and leaving thousands displaced."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [28]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Asia [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 07/07/2022
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Photographer Joined Researchers Examining Climate Change In Antarctica [31]

"Earlier this year, photojournalist James Whitlow Delano joined several groups of scientists, from various universities in Chile as part of the Chilean Antarctic Institute’s (INACH) 58th Antarctic Scientific Expedition."

Climate Change [17]
Natural Resources [11]
Science [32]
Public [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 07/07/2022
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North Wales’ Ancient Felled Pontfadog Oak Returns In 5 Cloned Saplings [35]

"A 2013 storm toppled the tree that had stood in the Ceiriog valley for 1,200 years – but now it lives on".

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [36]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
Europe [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 07/07/2022
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Heat Wave from the Midwest to the Southern US Prompts Heat Warnings [39]

"Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are currently in place as a massive heat wave is "consuming" most parts of the Midwest into the Southern US, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Nature World News [41], 07/06/2022
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"Scientists Find Ozone Hole in Tropics Much Bigger Than in Antarctica" [42]

"A hole in the ozone layer seven times bigger than the one over the Antarctic continent has been discovered sitting over the tropics - and has been there for over 30 years."

Air [43]
Climate Change [17]
Public [13]
International [44]
Source: Zenger News [45], 07/06/2022
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"Judge Throws Out Trump-Era Rollbacks On Endangered Species" [46]

"A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen such species protections."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [47], 07/06/2022
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"Set It Back: Moving Levees to Benefit Rivers, Wildlife and Communities" [48]

"Removing dams is one thing, but thousands of levees also restrict rivers in the United States — and they’re not working as intended."

Disasters [28]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Revelator [49], 07/06/2022
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Is A Uranium Mill In Utah Making Tribal Members Sick? Results In 2025 [50]

"A Native American community neighboring the only operating uranium mill in the U.S. is hoping a new study will answer longstanding questions about whether it is affecting their health."

Chemicals [51]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [52]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NPR [54], 07/06/2022
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Methane Much More Sensitive To Global Heating Than Thought: Study [55]

"Methane is four times more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, a new study shows. The result helps to explain the rapid growth in methane in recent years and suggests that, if left unchecked, methane related warming will escalate in the decades to come."

Climate Change [17]
Science [32]
Public [13]
International [44]
Source: Guardian [56], 07/06/2022
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"Australia Flood, Boosted By Climate Change, Making History In Sydney" [57]

"A potent weather system near Australia’s east coast has unloaded tremendous rainfall in the state of New South Wales for days, putting Sydney on track for its wettest year on record."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [28]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [58]
Source: Washington Post [59], 07/06/2022
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"Experts: US Court Fractures Decades Of Native American Law" [60]

"A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory, legal experts say."

Environmental Justice [52]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [61], 07/06/2022
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"Rising Heat Drives Crippling Sandstorms Across The Middle East" [62]

"Drought and changing weather patterns feed stronger, longer dust storms, causing damage that costs the region $13 billion a year".

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [28]
Public [13]
Middle East [63]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [64], 07/06/2022
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