EJToday: Top Headlines

"Wildfires Blaze Across New Mexico And California, Prompting Evacuations" [9]

"A number of wildfires in New Mexico and California have spawned evacuations, with intense blazes developing quickly and making damage assessments difficult for local officials."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: NPR [19], 06/20/2024
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"Air Pollution Linked To Nearly 2,000 Child Deaths A Day: Report" [20]

"Nearly 2,000 children die every day from health problems linked to air pollution, which is now the second biggest risk factor for early death worldwide, a report said Wednesday."

Air [21]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
International [23]
Source: AFP [24], 06/20/2024
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Enviros Want Florida Freshwater In The Everglades, Not Dumped At Coasts [25]

"Environmental groups want to use engineered wetlands to help replenish the river of grass and address toxic algae. The state’s politically powerful sugar growers say those wetlands are for their own polluted water."

Agriculture [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 06/20/2024
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Developing Countries Complain Of Access Difficulties At Bonn Climate Talks [33]

"Growing fossil-fueled authoritarianism in Azerbaijan and other COP host nations undermines climate action and human rights, researchers and policy experts report."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [27]
Public [15]
International [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 06/20/2024
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"Senate Sends Package Bolstering Nuclear Power Sector To Biden’s Desk" [36]

"The Senate on Tuesday passed a package aimed at bolstering the nation’s nuclear power sector, sending it to President Biden’s desk."

Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [38], 06/20/2024
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Hundreds Died Amid Heat During This Year’s Hajj In Saudi Arabia: Officials [39]

"Hundreds of people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Wednesday as people tried to claim their loved ones’ bodies."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [40]
Public [15]
International [23]
Middle East [41]
Source: AP [42], 06/20/2024
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"East Palestine Derailment Chemicals Reached 16 States: Research" [43]

"The chemical plume from the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spread air pollutants to at least 16 states, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters."

Air [21]
Chemicals [44]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [45], 06/20/2024
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Study Finds 1 In 4 US Residential Yards Exceeds New EPA Lead Soil Limits [46]

"Roughly one in four U.S. households have soil exceeding the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's lead screening levels of 200 parts per million (ppm), halved from the previous level of 400 ppm, a new study found. For households with exposure from multiple sources, the EPA lowered the guidance to 100 ppm; nearly 40% of households exceed that level, the study also found."

Chemicals [44]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AGU [48], 06/20/2024
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"A Key Court Ruling Could Weaken U.S. Environmental Protections" [49]

"The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether to overturn the Chevron doctrine, a landmark precedent that has stood for 40 years. Scrapping the doctrine could have major impacts on regulation in such areas as pollution, climate change, and endangered species."

Activism [50]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: YaleE360 [51], 06/20/2024
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"73 Million People In The US Are Under Heat Alerts. Go Indoors And Hydrate" [52]

"Nearly 73 million people in the United States were under extreme heat alerts Monday as a heat wave moved eastward, and the mid-Atlantic and New England were likely to see highs in the 90s as the week progresses. Excessive humidity will make it feel even more oppressive."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [34]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [23]
Source: AP [53], 06/18/2024
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"Federal Appellate Panel Sends Michigan Pipeline Challenge To State Court" [54]

"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down part of a petroleum pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac belongs in state court, a federal appellate panel ruled Monday."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [57]
Source: AP [58], 06/18/2024
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"Can the Greater Sage-Grouse Be Kept Off the Endangered Species List?" [59]

"Warming and habitat loss diminished sage grouse populations 80 percent since 1965, putting them on the brink of an endangered listing. Western states, the federal government and energy and ranching interests are struggling to prevent that."

Biodiversity [60]
Environmental Studies [61]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [62]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 06/18/2024
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Rep. Castor Urges OSHA To Speed Federal Heat Protections For Outdoor Workers [64]

"Two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation preventing local governments from requiring heat protections for outdoors workers, Tampa Bay-area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is calling on the Biden administration to finalize federal workplace protections against heat-related injury and illness."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: States Newsroom [65], 06/18/2024
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"EU Countries Approve Landmark Nature Law After Delays" [66]

"European Union countries approved a flagship policy to restore damaged nature on Monday, after months of delay, making it the first green law to pass since European Parliament elections this month."

Biodiversity [60]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [62]
Public [15]
Europe [67]
Source: Reuters [68], 06/18/2024
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"This Coal-Heavy Rural Co-Op Utility Is Buying Its First Solar Plants" [69]

"Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory. It’s acquiring its first large-scale solar power plants as it prepares to shift away from its current dependence on coal power."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [70]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [47]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [71]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [72]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Canary Media [73], 06/18/2024
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