EJToday: Top Headlines

"Exclusive: Shark Finning Rampant Across Chinese Tuna Firm’s Fleet" [9]

"Dalian Ocean Fishing used banned gear to deliberately catch and illegally cut the fins off of huge numbers of sharks in international waters, Mongabay has found."

Fish & Fisheries [10]
Public [11]
Asia [12]
Source: Mongabay [13], 11/02/2022
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Biden Warns of Windfall Tax To Stop Oil Company ‘War Profiteering’ [14]

"President Joe Biden escalated weeks of sharp warnings to energy producers on Monday by floating a so-called “windfall” tax on their corporate profits, calling out major gas companies for racking up gains from a spike in prices he attributes to Russia’s war in Ukraine."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: CNN [21], 11/01/2022
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"2/3 of US Money For Fossil Fuel Pours Into Africa Despite Climate Goals" [22]

"Joe Biden will head to Egypt next week to tout America’s re-emergence as a leader on the climate crisis at the Cop27 talks. But he will be landing in a continent that the US continues to pour billions of dollars into for fossil fuel projects, with seemingly no end in sight despite the president’s promises."

Activism [23]
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 11/01/2022
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"Why Is New York Still Building on the Waterfront?" [26]

"There are two simple reasons. One, it makes money. And two, people just love water."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [18]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 11/01/2022
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"Lula Cheered For New Climate Policies After Brazil Election" [33]

"Environmentalists, world leaders and sustainable investors on Monday cheered the victory of Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has promised to protect the Amazon rainforest and restore Brazil's leadership on climate change."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [34]
Public [11]
South America [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 11/01/2022
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A Dolphin, a Porpoise and Two Men Got Bird Flu. That’s a Warning. [37]

"In early September, scientists at the University of Florida confirmed that a bottlenose dolphin, found dead in a canal on the Gulf Coast in March, carried a highly pathogenic kind of avian influenza. Its brain was inflamed."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [41], 11/01/2022
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He’s an Outspoken Defender of Meat. Industry Funds His Research, Files Show [42]

"A UC Davis professor runs an academic center that was conceived by a trade group, according to records, and gets most of its funding from farming interests."

Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [18]
Science [43]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [44], 11/01/2022
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"3 Governor’s Races Set To Remake Clean Energy" [45]

"Three East Coast states with some of the nation’s most aggressive clean energy targets could see a political shakeup following next week’s elections, with broad ramifications for their reliance on fossil fuels and planned offshore wind projects."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [46], 11/01/2022
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"A New Tool To Prevent Malaria Shows Promise: Antibody Drugs" [47]

"A single dose of an antibody drug provided strong protection against malaria infections during the six-month rainy season in Mali, an international team of researchers announced Monday. "

Environmental Health [40]
Technology [48]
Public [11]
International [24]
Source: Washington Post [49], 11/01/2022
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"‘Hubris’: LNG Plant Officials Saw Trouble Days Before Blast" [50]

"For at least two days before a pipe exploded at its Texas gas export terminal, Freeport LNG had been trying to figure out what was wrong, records show. The June 8 blast forced the plant to close and took almost a fifth of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports offline."

Chemicals [51]
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: E&E News [53], 11/01/2022
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"Scientists Go To Bat For Halloween’s Iconic, At-Risk Species" [54]

"Federal agencies and their allies are reinforcing the fight against the scary and, yes, tricky disease that’s been wiping out bat populations."

Biodiversity [39]
Wildlife [55]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [56], 11/01/2022
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Lula Stages Comeback To Beat Far-Right Bolsonaro In Brazil Election [57]

"Brazil’s former leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has sealed an astonishing political comeback, beating the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in one of the most significant and bruising elections in the country’s history."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [58]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [34]
Public [11]
South America [35]
Source: Guardian [59], 10/31/2022
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"Biden To Attend COP27 Global Climate Summit" [60]

"President Biden will attend a global climate change summit taking place in Egypt, the White House confirmed on Friday evening.

“On November 11th, President Biden will attend the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt,” said a statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [11]
International [24]
Source: The Hill [61], 10/31/2022
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"Climate Migration: Alaska Village Resists Despite Threats" [62]

"Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and you’ll see homes perilously close to falling into the ocean, and headlines that warn that this Native community on a border island in western Alaska -- without access to main roads to the mainland or running water -- is on the verge of disappearing."

Climate Change [15]
People & Population [63]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [64]
Source: AP [65], 10/31/2022
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"EU Approves Ban On New Combustion-Engine Cars From 2035" [66]

"European Union lawmakers and member countries reached a deal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans by 2035."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Transportation [67]
Public [11]
Europe [68]
Source: AP [69], 10/31/2022
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