EJToday: Top Headlines

"Climate at the Debate: Trump Ignored the Question and Harris Hedged" [9]

"At the tail end of the hottest summer in recorded history, as wildfires tear through California and a hurricane heads toward Louisiana, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump failed to say how they would fight climate change during their debate Tuesday night."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 09/12/2024
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Extremists Keep Trying To Sabotage Electrical Grid. What If They Succeed? [17]

"Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [18]
Military [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [20], 09/12/2024
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"Facebook Is Blocking Emergency Warnings As Wildfires Roar Through West" [21]

"The Post has collected more than 40 examples of Facebook removing emergency-related posts during at least 20 wildfires since June. The explanation: “you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way.”"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [25], 09/12/2024
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"The California Towns Where Clean Drinking Water Is Out Of Reach" [26]

"Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years."

Agriculture [27]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [14]
California [32]
Source: CalMatters [33], 09/12/2024
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What Happens To The Environment, Health Regs Biden Will Leave Unfinished?" [34]

"From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump administration likely would not."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [35], 09/12/2024
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"Girls May Be Starting Puberty Earlier Due To Chemical Exposure: Study" [36]

"Girls exposed to certain chemicals that are common ingredients in household products may be starting puberty comparatively early, a new study has found."

Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/12/2024
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Levels Of Potent Warming Gas Methane Soar And People Are Mostly To Blame [39]

"The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [13]
Waste [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [41], 09/12/2024
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Trillions Of Dollars Of Fossil Fuel Finance Routed Via Tax Havens: Study [42]

"Trillions of dollars of bank finance to fossil fuel companies is being routed via opaque financial centres in several countries, including the Netherlands, research published on Wednesday showed."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 09/12/2024
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Regenerative Agriculture Is Sold As A Climate Solution. Is It Really? [46]

"Will Tipton’s farm, not far from the Mississippi River, has been in his family since 1836. For the past eight generations, his family mostly planted one crop per field per year — and that was it. “Straight soybean, soybean, soybean,” Tipton says."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [47], 09/12/2024
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"How Agroforestry Could Help Revitalize America’s Corn Belt" [48]

"By practicing agroforestry — growing trees alongside crops and livestock, for example — farmers can improve soils, produce nutrient-rich foods, and build resilience to climate change. Now, a movement is emerging to bring this approach to the depleted lands of the Corn Belt."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [49]
Climate Change [10]
Food [50]
Forests [51]
Natural Resources [52]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [44]
Source: YaleE360 [53], 09/12/2024
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"US Gulf Coast Residents Flee, Oil Production Shut As Francine Intensifies" [54]

"Tropical Storm Francine was on track on Tuesday to become a hurricane overnight, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, prompting Louisiana residents to flee inland and oil and gas companies to shut in Gulf of Mexico production."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Mexico [57]
Source: Reuters [58], 09/11/2024
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"The Huge US Toxic Fire Shrouded In Secrecy: ‘I Taste Oil In My Mouth’" [59]

"Louisianans say a major accident at a sprawling Marathon refinery caused health issues. The company insists there were ‘no offsite impacts’"

Chemicals [37]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
Source: Guardian [60], 09/11/2024
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Colombia Deadliest Country For Environmentalists In 2023, Rights Group Says [61]

"Colombia, host nation for this year's United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a record 79 killed, according to UK advocacy group Global Witness."

Activism [62]
Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Military [19]
Public [14]
International [44]
South America [63]
Source: Reuters [64], 09/11/2024
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Pa. Fracking Company With 2,000 Environmental Violations Gets EJ Funds [65]

"A Pennsylvania-based fracking company is the subject of controversy after one of its projects was listed as an environmental justice initiative under a federal government program by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)."

Chemicals [37]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [66]
Source: EHN [67], 09/11/2024
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"Top Lawmaker Wants COP Host Country To Free Prisoners" [68]

"Senate Foreign Relations Chair Ben Cardin of Maryland is calling on Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and his government to release multiple political prisoners before COP29 gets underway this November in the city of Baku."

Activism [62]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [30]
People & Population [69]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [44]
Source: E&E News [70], 09/11/2024
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