EJToday: Top Headlines

"Climate Change Is Causing an Insurance Crisis in Louisiana" [9]

"A little over a year ago, Peter Gardner, a Louisiana developer, completed rehabbing an apartment building with 144 units and got a surprise so ugly it made him decide to move his business out of town."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Green [16], 09/12/2023
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"Island Nations Hope for Court’s Help on Climate’s Effects" [17]

"A tribunal is expected to issue an advisory opinion on behalf of Pacific and Caribbean countries on whether greenhouse gases are pollutants that violate international law."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [12]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [14]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 09/12/2023
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"How the Land Back Movement is Unraveling Manifest Destiny" [21]

"Across Indian Country, tribal nations are buying back their land one parcel at a time".

Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Sierra [24], 09/12/2023
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Laurel Peltier Took On Utilities Scamming Baltimore’s Low-Income Households [25]

"Policymakers hoped deregulated energy markets would lower utility bills through open competition. Energy advocates found the opposite: retail energy companies are fleecing low-income communities of color in cities like Baltimore."

Activism [26]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 09/12/2023
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Red Fire Ant Colonies Found In Italy Could Spread Across Europe: Study [30]

"An invasive non-native ant species has become established in Italy and could rapidly spread through Europe to the UK with global heating, a study warns."

Biodiversity [31]
Public [14]
Europe [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 09/12/2023
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"Companies Are Claiming To Be ‘Plastic Neutral.’ Is It Greenwashing?" [34]

"Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic."

Chemicals [35]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Pollution [38]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [41], 09/12/2023
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"In Its Push To Build Houses, Ontario Says Energy Efficiency Has To Wait" [42]

"Rules to ensure new homes use less energy could reduce homeowners’ bills. But at a meeting between the province and federal government, Ontario said it’s focused on building fast and cheap".

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [36]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [14]
Canada [44]
Source: The Narwhal [45], 09/12/2023
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"NASA Satellites Reveal Restoration Power Of Beavers" [46]

"A new partnership between NASA and researchers is measuring the impact of beavers reintroduced to landscapes in Idaho."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Infrastructure [43]
Natural Resources [23]
Science [48]
Technology [49]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
Source: Mongabay [51], 09/12/2023
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"U.N. Says More Needed 'On All Fronts' To Meet Climate Goals" [52]

"The world is not on target to curb global warming and more action is needed on all fronts, the United Nations warned on Friday, in the run-up to crucial international talks aimed at stemming the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [14]
International [19]
Source: Reuters [53], 09/11/2023
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G20 Agree To Increase Clean Energy But No Deal On Phasing Out Fossil Fuels [54]

"Group of 20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [36]
Public [14]
International [19]
Source: AP [55], 09/11/2023
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Feds Delay Decision In Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Review [56]

"The Dakota Access oil pipeline’s future remains uncertain after the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released a long-awaited draft environmental study that will help determine whether it receives an easement needed to keep operating."

Activism [26]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [36]
Environmental Studies [57]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [58]
Source: E&E News [59], 09/11/2023
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As Climate-Fed Weather Disasters Hit More Farms, Crop Insurance Costs Soar [60]

"Critics of the federal program say it encourages more carbon-intensive farming and are calling for Congress to lower subsidies for big, wealthy producers."

Agriculture [61]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 09/11/2023
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"Can Golf Cure Its Water Addiction?" [63]

"Drought is making it harder for golf lovers to justify the game’s copious use of water".

Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [64], 09/11/2023
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Experts Warn of ‘Denialism Comeback’ Ahead of November’s Climate Talks" [65]

"Even amid a disaster-filled summer marked by record heat, climate misinformation continues to spread online at alarming rates. Some experts fear it could slow progress at COP28."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Science [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 09/11/2023
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Water Hookups Come To Alaska Yup’ik Village; Residents Ditch Honey Buckets [67]

"Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday riding a four-wheeler along the muddy roads of this small Yup’ik village on southwestern Alaska’s vast Kuskokwim River, looking for human waste."

Environmental Health [68]
Infrastructure [43]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: AP [70], 09/11/2023
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