EJToday: Top Headlines

"Texas, California Cities Threatened By Worsening Fires Amid Oil Wells" [9]

"More frequent and destructive fires are combining with booming oil production to put towns across the American West at risk, a new study has found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Forests [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [18], 06/26/2024
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"CREW Files Bribery Complaint Against Trump Over Oil Industry Donations" [19]

"The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a criminal bribery complaint urging the Justice Department to investigate former President Trump’s solicitation of campaign donations from fossil fuel executives."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [24], 06/26/2024
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"Summer Reads: Lost Birds, Pummeled Pumas and Climate Anxiety" [25]

"We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Revelator [27], 06/26/2024
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"Climate Crisis Driving Exponential Rise In Most Extreme Wildfires" [28]

"Scientists warn of ‘scary’ feedback loop in which fires create more heating, which causes more fires worldwide".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 06/25/2024
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Oil Lobby Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State [31]

"In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [33], 06/25/2024
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"Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs" [34]

"U.S. companies have created more than 300,000 clean energy jobs since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022, according to a detailed new analysis from an environmental advocacy group."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: HuffPost [36], 06/25/2024
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"The Dirty Secret Of California’s Legal Weed" [37]

"An L.A. Times/WeedWeek investigation finds alarming levels of pesticides in cannabis products at dispensaries across the state".

Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
California [40]
Source: LA Times/WeedWeek [41], 06/25/2024
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"A Ride in a Chemical-Sniffing Van Shows How Heat Amps Up Pollution" [42]

"In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City this week."

Air [43]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [44], 06/25/2024
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"Climate-Proofing India's Daily Bread: The Race For Resilient Wheat" [45]

"Too hot, too dry, too wet; as extreme weather threatens food security, the race is on to get new seed varieties in the ground"

Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [10]
Food [46]
People & Population [35]
Technology [47]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [16]
Asia [49]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [50], 06/25/2024
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Underfunded NYC Parks Dept. Losing Fight Against Invasives, Disrepair, Climate [51]

"Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts may place an outsized burden on park conservancies and small volunteer groups. With less than 1 percent of the city budget spent on parks, they’re finding it harder and harder to keep up."

Activism [52]
Biodiversity [53]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [54]
Infrastructure [55]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [56]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 06/25/2024
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"How Biden’s Promise To Coal Country Became A Warning For Democrats" [59]

"A fading coal town in Pennsylvania is struggling to replace the jobs and money that the fossil fuel industry once offered."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [35]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [60]
Source: Washington Post [61], 06/25/2024
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"Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why." [62]

"A bug is going to make your summers hotter".

Biodiversity [53]
Disasters [11]
Forests [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Sierra [63], 06/25/2024
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"Environmental Protests: Interview With UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst" [64]

"The repression that environmental activists using peaceful civil disobedience are facing in Europe is a major threat to democracy and human rights, according to U.N. special rapporteur Michel Forst."

Activism [52]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [29]
Source: Mongabay [65], 06/25/2024
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Billions Of People Just Felt The Deadly Intensity Of Climate-Fueled Heat Waves [66]

"Scorching heat across five continents set 1,400 records this week and showed how human-caused global warming has made catastrophic temperatures commonplace."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [13]
People & Population [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [29]
Source: Washington Post [67], 06/24/2024
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"Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of 'Advanced' Plastic Recycling" [68]

"The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic. Don't be fooled."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [69]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [26]
Pollution [23]
Technology [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [70], 06/24/2024
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