EJToday: Top Headlines

"EV ‘Charging Deserts’ Are Growing In Rural Areas — Study" [9]

"Researchers say public chargers are disappearing from some parts of the U.S., while the nationwide charging network falls short of reliability requirements."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [15]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 07/03/2024
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Farm to Trouble: Curbing The Runoff Fueling The Gulf’s ‘Dead Zone’ [20]

"Flowing down the Mississippi River, the excess fertilizer that washes off vast swaths of farmland fuels a persistent “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and threatens drinking water supplies upstream. Yet despite more than a quarter-century of federal effort and billions spent on potential solutions, experts say the watershed is “not even close” to its targets for fixing the problem."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Mississippi R. Ag & Water Desk [28], 07/03/2024
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"India's Monsoon Rains Cover Entire Country Ahead Of Time" [29]

"India's annual monsoon rains covered the entire country on Tuesday, six days ahead of the usual time of arrival, the state-run weather department said, although rain totals are still 7% below average so far this season."

Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
Asia [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 07/03/2024
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"Azerbaijan To Upgrade Climate Target Before COP29 Summit" [32]

"Azerbaijan, host of this year's United Nations COP29 climate summit, will upgrade its national emissions-cutting target ahead of the November event, a senior official said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Pollution [26]
Public [17]
International [33]
Source: Reuters [34], 07/03/2024
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"Deadly Hurricane Beryl Churns Toward Jamaica, Causes 'Immense Destruction'" [35]

"Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday after battering smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and scientists cited human-caused climate change as the likely culprit for the storm's rapid strengthening."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [37]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Mexico [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 07/03/2024
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Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks [42]

"The world’s biggest banks and investors are continuing to funnel billions of dollars to carbon-intensive industrial livestock companies, undermining their own pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fueling an ongoing boom in meat and milk production that threatens global climate goals."

Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Food [43]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 07/03/2024
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"In Michigan, Homeowners Associations Can’t Stop Rooftop Solar Anymore" [45]

"Tens of millions of Americans live under HOAs, which sometimes block rooftop solar for aesthetic reasons. Michigan is the latest state to protect access to solar."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [46]
Technology [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Canary Media [47], 07/03/2024
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"Google Emissions Rose 13 Percent From AI Energy Consumption" [48]

"Google’s emissions rose 13 percent last year despite the tech giant’s goals to become net-zero by the end of the decade as artificial intelligence (AI) drives an increase in energy consumption."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [26]
Technology [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [33]
Source: The Hill [50], 07/03/2024
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Hurricane Beryl Grows To Cat 5 Strength As It Razes SE Caribbean Islands [51]

"Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic’s record warmth."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mexico [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Source: AP [52], 07/02/2024
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Drinking Water Of Almost A Million Californians Flunked State Requirements [53]

"Almost 400 water systems serving nearly a million Californians don’t meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water supplies — and fixing them would cost billions of dollars."

Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [54]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
California [55]
Source: CalMatters [56], 07/02/2024
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For India’s Garbage Pickers, A Dangerous Job Made Worse By Extreme Heat [57]

"The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat to sort through the rubbish, seeking anything they can sell to earn at best the equivalent of $4 a day."

Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [54]
Infrastructure [13]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [26]
Waste [58]
Public [17]
Asia [30]
Source: AP [59], 07/02/2024
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US Home Insurance Still Priced Too Low for Climate Risk, Says Swiss Re Chair [60]

"This has been a year of insurance sticker shock in the US. But the man who provides insurance to insurers thinks maybe the shock still isn’t enough to steer people away from risk in a changing climate."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [49]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Green [61], 07/02/2024
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UK Environment Agency Refuses To Reveal Possible Conflicts Of Interest [62]

"The Environment Agency is refusing to provide campaigners with details of potential conflicts of interests with water companies held by its directors across England."

Economy & Business [49]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [63]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [26]
Public [17]
Europe [64]
Source: Guardian [65], 07/02/2024
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Plastics Firms Blocked Bans And May Have Broken US Laws – Study [66]

"Companies have spent decades obstructing efforts to take on the plastics crisis and may have breached a host of US laws, a new report argues."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [63]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [26]
Waste [58]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [67], 07/02/2024
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"Court Halts Biden Pause On New Gas Exports" [68]

"A federal court has halted the Biden administration’s pause on new approvals for natural gas exports. Judge James Cain, a Trump appointee in Louisiana, approved a request from Republican-led states to lift the pause while the litigation against it plays out."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [69], 07/02/2024
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