EJToday: Top Headlines

"Hunger, Joblessness Drive Record Guatemala Migration To US" [9]

"With few job opportunities and food harvests hit by climate change, more young Guatemalans are leaving poor farming communities in search of a better life in the United States".

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [15]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [16], 11/13/2023
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"Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block" [17]

"The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless gargoyle faces and their dark mottled body plumage so plush it looks like fur, had already mastered the avian version of monkey-see-monkey-do."

Biodiversity [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 11/13/2023
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Sen. Joe Manchin Is Retiring, Giving GOP A Key Pickup Opportunity In 2024 [22]

"Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [25], 11/10/2023
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"US Faces Almost Daily Hazardous Chemical Accidents, Research Suggests" [26]

"Hazardous chemical accidents are occurring almost daily, on average, in the United States, exposing people to dangerous toxins through fires, explosions, leaks, spills and other releases, according to a new analysis by non-profit researchers."

Chemicals [27]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian/New Lede [32], 11/10/2023
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"Nation At Risk Of Winter Blackouts As Power Grid Remains Under Strain" [33]

"The nation’s power grid faces a sharp risk of buckling in the event of major storms or prolonged cold snaps this coming winter, according to the regulator that monitors the electricity system, with much of the country threatened with outages triggered by severe weather."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [37], 11/10/2023
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"NuScale Cancels First-Of-A-Kind Nuclear Project As Costs Surge" [38]

"The country’s first expected commercial small modular reactor was scrapped by NuScale Power on Wednesday, delivering a major setback to the advanced nuclear industry."

Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Source: E&E News [42], 11/10/2023
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"America’s New Wildfire Risk Goes Beyond Forests" [43]

"Forest fires may get more attention, but a new study reveals that grassland fires are more widespread and destructive across the United States. Almost every year since 1990, the study found, grass and shrub fires burned more land than forest fires did, and they destroyed more homes, too."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Forests [44]
Natural Resources [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [46], 11/10/2023
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"Senate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli As NIH Director" [47]

"Longtime cancer doctor Monica Bertagnolli is finally heading to the National Institutes of Health director’s office after a nearly two-year effort to install a permanent leader atop the $48 billion science agency."

Environmental Health [29]
Government [48]
Science [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: STAT [50], 11/10/2023
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Industry May Have Killed Landmark EU Chemical Policy: What It Means For U.S. [51]

"Improvements to a pivotal European chemical policy may have permanently stalled after political pressure and industry interference in what many European environmental advocates say is a step backward for public health."

Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
Europe [52]
Source: EHN [53], 11/10/2023
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"Why Michigan’s Clean Energy Bill Is a Really Big Deal" [54]

"Michigan is set to become the third state in the Midwest and twelfth in the country to require a shift to clean electricity." "A comparison with laws in Illinois and Minnesota shows the scope of the state’s ambition."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 11/10/2023
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"EPA Says Minnesota Needs To Take More Action On Nitrates In Drinking Water" [57]

"Minnesota state agencies aren’t doing enough to prevent nitrates — a toxic byproduct of fertilizers and livestock manure — from entering drinking water in the southeast part of the state, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."

Water & Oceans [58]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Source: Minnesota Reformer [59], 11/10/2023
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Future-Curious Climate Scientists Are Researching How Trees Form Clouds [60]

"Ever looked up at the clouds and wondered where they came from? That's exactly what atmospheric researcher Lubna Dada studies at the Paul Scherrer Institute. She is part of an international project called CLOUD, wherein she and fellow atmospheric scientists study how clouds form and the role they play in the climate."

Air [61]
Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [62]
Forests [44]
Natural Resources [45]
Science [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [20]
Source: NPR [63], 11/10/2023
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"Election Roundup: Results In 4 States Set To Shape Energy Sector" [64]

"Voters in a handful of off-year elections across the country green-lighted incentives for new power plants in Texas, rejected a Maine attempt to create a public electric utility and kept incumbent governors in Kentucky and Mississippi."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [65], 11/09/2023
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WHO Warns Of 'Worrying Trends' In Disease Spread In Gaza" [66]

"The Gaza Strip faces an increased risk of disease spreading due to Israeli air bombardments that have disrupted the health system, access to clean water and caused people to crowd in shelters, the World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday (Nov 8)."

Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [29]
Infrastructure [35]
Military [67]
Public [14]
Middle East [68]
Source: Asia One [69], 11/09/2023
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Fossil Fuel Interests Have Large, Often Murky, Presence At Climate Talks [70]

"The badges said they were there to participate in negotiations to curb climate change. They stated affiliations like the government of Brazil, Indigenous organi"zations of the Amazon, the Climate Registry. But in reality, the livelihoods of these participants were more aligned with what’s keeping the problem going: fossil fuels."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: AP [71], 11/09/2023
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