EJToday: Top Headlines

"Salton Sea Could Meet Nation’s Lithium Demand For Decades, Study Finds" [9]

"A federal analysis released Tuesday confirmed Southern California’s Salton Sea contains enough lithium to meet the nation’s needs for decades."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Source: Nevada Current [17], 12/06/2023
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"A New Trump Administration Will ‘Come After’ the Media, Says Kash Patel" [18]

"A confidant of Donald J. Trump who is likely to serve in a senior national security role in any new Trump administration threatened on Tuesday to target journalists for prosecution if the former president regains the White House."

Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [21], 12/06/2023
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From Pennsylvania to Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S. [22]

"Appalachia’s fracking boom is fueling the expansion of American plastics manufacturing, including production of vinyl chloride, the carcinogen used to make PVC that burned in East Palestine, Ohio."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 12/05/2023
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"EPA Casts Wide Net To Slash Methane From Oil And Gas Operations" [25]

"More U.S. oil and gas operations will be regulated for methane than ever before under sweeping new federal standards, which for the first time cover petroleum infrastructure built prior to 2015."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [26], 12/05/2023
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"More Than 100 Countries at COP28 Call For Fossil Fuel Phaseout" [27]

"Under a blanket of petro-smog, more than half the 198 countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change called for a fossil fuel phaseout on the second day of COP28, marking a turning point after 27 years of climate negotiations."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 12/05/2023
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"Chevron, Exxon Opt Out Of Funding COP28 Methane-Reduction Fund" [30]

"Six major oil companies each contributed tens of millions of dollars to a grant fund meant to help state-owned rivals cull the release of super-warming methane emissions, but Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. didn’t join in."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: https://worldoil.com/news/2023/12/4/chevron-exxon-opt-out-of-funding-cop28-methane-reduction-fund/ [32], 12/05/2023
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Alaska Tribal Council Greenlit Gold Mine. Some Tribal Members Aren’t Happy [33]

"People in Alaska’s rugged Interior have long known the hills surrounding the Native Village of Tetlin hid gold. As tribal member Kevin Gunter grew up, his elders told him such riches should be left alone. Nothing good would come of digging them up, they warned. Now, Gunter fears what might happen as an open-pit mine comes to his tribe’s land."

Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [34]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Source: Grist [36], 12/05/2023
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EPA Is Aiming To Get Rid Of Lead Pipes In 10 Years. But Not In Chicago. [37]

"The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [38]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Source: Grist [42], 12/05/2023
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"Why Some Experts Say COPs Are ‘Distracting’ And Need Fixing" [43]

"The yearly get-togethers are a critical centerpiece for international climate action. But critics say they have outlived their usefulness and are due for an overhaul."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Grist [44], 12/05/2023
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"‘Forever Chemical’ In English Tap Water Samples Carcinogenic, WHO Rules" [45]

"A substance found in hundreds of drinking water samples across England has been categorised as carcinogenic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The move will increase pressure on the UK government to take action on “forever chemicals”."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
Europe [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 12/05/2023
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US Judge Tosses Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism In St. James Parish [48]

"A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging St. James Parish used discriminatory land use policies to steer polluting industries to majority-Black communities."

Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [34]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [50], 12/05/2023
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After Decades of Decline, a Feathered Icon Breeds in New Zealand Capital [51]

"The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort."

Biodiversity [52]
Wildlife [53]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 12/05/2023
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"West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry’s Messes" [56]

"West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around."

Economy & Business [57]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [34]
Waste [58]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: Mountain State Spotlight [60], 12/04/2023
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Cop28 President Says There Is ‘No Science’ Behind Demands For Fossil Phase-Out [61]

"The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [31]
Science [62]
Public [14]
International [28]
Middle East [63]
Source: Guardian [64], 12/04/2023
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At COP28 Oil Firms Pledge To Combat Methane. Enviros Call It A “Smokescreen” [65]

"Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s United Nations climate talks said Saturday, a move that environmental groups called a “smokescreen.”"

Activism [66]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [57]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [38]
Infrastructure [39]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: AP [67], 12/04/2023
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