EJToday: Top Headlines

"Exxon Mobil Plans to Produce Lithium in Arkansas" [9]

"Exxon Mobil said on Monday that it planned to set up a facility in Arkansas to produce lithium, a critical raw material for electric vehicles, which pose one of the biggest challenges to the company’s oil business."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 11/14/2023
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Researchers, Farmers, Brewers Want To Safeguard Beer Against Climate Change [20]

"On a bright day this fall, tractors crisscrossed Gayle Goschie’s farm about an hour outside Portland, Oregon. Goschie is in the beer business — a fourth-generation hops farmer. Fall is the off-season, when the trellises are bare, but recently, her farming team has been adding winter barley, a relatively newer crop in the world of beer, to their rotation, preparing barley seeds by the bucketful."

Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [22]
Food [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [24]
Source: AP [25], 11/14/2023
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Oil Firms Attending Climate Talks Have Minimal Green Energy Transition Plans [26]

"Faced with criticism about their presence at negotiations, leaders of such [oil] companies argue they are part of the transition to renewable energies, an argument that negotiators like U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry have cautiously endorsed. But an Associated Press review of how much these companies invest in green energies, along with the priorities laid out in their annual reports, cast doubts on genuine commitments to transition."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
International [24]
Source: AP [29], 11/13/2023
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20 Farming Families Use More Water From Colorado R. Than Some Western States [30]

"Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states."

Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
California [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: ProPublica/Desert Sun [34], 11/13/2023
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"Trump Turns To Oil Barons To Boost His White House Bid" [35]

"At fundraisers, Trump has been wooing oil billionaires with a variety of pitches, including false claims about electric cars".

"Earlier this summer, oil billionaire Harold Hamm called for Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race. He made contributions to the presidential campaigns of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and questioned publicly whether Trump could beat President Biden in the 2024 election.
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [27]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [37], 11/13/2023
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"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Falls To Lowest Since 2018" [38]

"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made good on a pledge to rein in the destruction that happened under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [27]
Forests [40]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [41]
Public [17]
South America [42]
Source: CNN [43], 11/13/2023
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"Climate Change Put Tuvalu In The Spotlight" [44]

"Australia and Pacific Island state Tuvalu on Friday signed a security and climate change treaty designed to counter China's growing influence in the Pacific and address the low-lying island nation's concerns about rising seas induced by climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Politics [27]
Military [46]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [47]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
International [24]
Asia [48]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Source: Reuters [50], 11/13/2023
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UN Global Plastic Treaty Talks: Delegates Face Off Over Production Limits [51]

"As the world's nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution, officials are bracing for tough negotiations over whether to limit the amount of plastic being produced or just to focus on the management of waste."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [52]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [36]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
International [24]
Source: Reuters [54], 11/13/2023
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"Oil or Water? Midland Says Disposal Wells Could Threaten Water Supply" [55]

"As oil and gas companies struggle to dispose of their wastewater in the Permian Basin, the city of Midland is challenging applications for disposal wells near one of its drinking water sources."

Consumer [22]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [52]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 11/13/2023
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"Forever Chemicals’ Toxic Legacy At Chicago’s Airports" [57]

"Firefighting foam contaminated groundwater beneath O’Hare and Midway airports with PFAS chemicals, military investigators have found. It’s unclear how far it has spread."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [52]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [58]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [59], 11/13/2023
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"Hunger, Joblessness Drive Record Guatemala Migration To US" [60]

"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 [21]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [45]
People & Population [47]
Public [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [61]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [62], 11/13/2023
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"Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block" [63]

"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 [39]
Wildlife [41]
Public [17]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [64], 11/13/2023
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Sen. Joe Manchin Is Retiring, Giving GOP A Key Pickup Opportunity In 2024 [65]

"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 [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [66], 11/10/2023
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"US Faces Almost Daily Hazardous Chemical Accidents, Research Suggests" [67]

"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 [10]
Disasters [45]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [52]
Environmental Justice [68]
Pollution [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian/New Lede [69], 11/10/2023
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"Nation At Risk Of Winter Blackouts As Power Grid Remains Under Strain" [70]

"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 [22]
Disasters [45]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [71], 11/10/2023
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