EJToday: Top Headlines

"Alaska-Rooted Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau Is Stepping Down" [9]

"Tommy Beaudreau is stepping down from his post as the No. 2 official at the U.S. Interior Department. Beaudreau grew up in Alaska during the 1980s and has gone on to spend 10 years working at the Interior Department. He has worn several hats at Interior, including chief of staff and director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [16], 10/05/2023
- Read more about "Alaska-Rooted Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau Is Stepping Down" [9]
Oil Firms Helped Craft Texas’ New Waste Rules For 2 Years Before The Public [17]

"State regulators on Monday released their draft rules for what to do with all the hazardous oilfield waste that’s left over once a well is drilled. The announcement gives the public one month to comment on the new rules — while some industry representatives started giving input more than two years ago, documents and interviews show."

Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: Texas Tribune [26], 10/05/2023
- Read more about Oil Firms Helped Craft Texas’ New Waste Rules For 2 Years Before The Public [17]
"Forests Are Worth More Than Their Carbon, a New Paper Argues" [27]

"Experts say carbon sequestration projects that don’t prioritize biodiversity may be doing more harm than good, including to the climate."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [30]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [31]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 10/05/2023
- Read more about "Forests Are Worth More Than Their Carbon, a New Paper Argues" [27]
Pope Urges Leaders At UN Talks To Slow Global Warming Before It’s Too Late [34]

"Pope Francis shamed and challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it’s too late, warning that God’s increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a “point of no return.”"

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [35]
Transportation [36]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: AP [37], 10/05/2023
- Read more about Pope Urges Leaders At UN Talks To Slow Global Warming Before It’s Too Late [34]
"Greenland's Inuit Falling Through Thin Ice Of Climate Change" [38]

"The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse."

Environmental Health [39]
Food [40]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
International [32]
Antarctica & Arctic [42]
Source: AFP [43], 10/05/2023
- Read more about "Greenland's Inuit Falling Through Thin Ice Of Climate Change" [38]
"Amphibian Crisis: 41% Of Species Deemed Threatened With Extinction" [44]

"Earth's amphibians - from the thorny spike-thumb frog to the red knobby newt, West African giant squeaker, ornate tree toad and fire salamander - are being pushed closer to the brink due to habitat destruction, disease and climate change, with 41% of species now threatened with extinction."

Biodiversity [28]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [31]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: Reuters [45], 10/05/2023
- Read more about "Amphibian Crisis: 41% Of Species Deemed Threatened With Extinction" [44]
USFWS Creating a Frozen Library of Biodiversity to Help Endangered Species [46]

"In a new initiative announced on Tuesday, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is working with the nonprofit Revive & Restore and other partners to create a “genetic library” of the country’s endangered species—before it’s too late." "Biobanking enables researchers to preserve genetic diversity in wildlife by freezing and storing living cells."

Biodiversity [28]
Natural Resources [13]
Technology [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 10/05/2023
- Read more about USFWS Creating a Frozen Library of Biodiversity to Help Endangered Species [46]
"What McCarthy’s Fall Means For Energy, Environment Policy" [49]

"Hours after becoming the first House speaker in history to be ousted from the job, California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday night he would not try to retake the gavel."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [50], 10/04/2023
- Read more about "What McCarthy’s Fall Means For Energy, Environment Policy" [49]
"COP28: Climate Leaders Meet In Madrid Ahead Of Summit" [51]

"Madrid is hosting a conference with energy and climate ministers ahead of COP28, the UN climate summit, in Dubai. It comes as the European Union races to firm up a plan to cut harmful emissions."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [14]
Europe [52]
Source: DW [53], 10/04/2023
- Read more about "COP28: Climate Leaders Meet In Madrid Ahead Of Summit" [51]
Arizona To Cancel Leases Allowing Saudi-Owned Farm Access To Its Groundwater [54]

"Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land leases that for years have given a Saudi-owned farm nearly unfettered access to pump groundwater in the dry southwestern state."

Agriculture [55]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: AP [56], 10/04/2023
- Read more about Arizona To Cancel Leases Allowing Saudi-Owned Farm Access To Its Groundwater [54]
Type Of Storm That Drenched New York Is Up To 20% Wetter Due To Climate [57]

"The unmistakable influence of the climate crisis helped cause New York City to be inundated by a month’s worth of rain within just a few hours on Friday, scientists have warned, amid concerns over how well the city is prepared for severe climate shocks."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [58]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: Guardian [60], 10/04/2023
- Read more about Type Of Storm That Drenched New York Is Up To 20% Wetter Due To Climate [57]
"Abandoned Lands: A Hidden Resource for Restoring Biodiversity" [61]

"Abandoned farmland has been increasing, with a billion acres — an area half the size of Australia — lost globally. Ecologists are increasingly pointing to the potential of these lands and of degraded forests as neglected resources for rewilding and for capturing carbon."

Agriculture [55]
Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [29]
Forests [30]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: YaleE360 [62], 10/04/2023
- Read more about "Abandoned Lands: A Hidden Resource for Restoring Biodiversity" [61]
"Switzerland Grapples With the Return of Gray Wolves" [63]

"A new law will make it easier for provinces to cull wolf packs. Will they survive?"

Agriculture [55]
Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [31]
Public [14]
Europe [52]
Source: Sierra [64], 10/04/2023
- Read more about "Switzerland Grapples With the Return of Gray Wolves" [63]
1000s Of Salmon Escaped An Icelandic Fish Farm. The Impact Could Be Deadly [65]

"Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations".

Biodiversity [28]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Public [14]
Europe [52]
Source: Guardian [67], 10/04/2023
- Read more about 1000s Of Salmon Escaped An Icelandic Fish Farm. The Impact Could Be Deadly [65]
Ken Burns Talks Heartbreak & Hope Of ‘The American Buffalo,’ His New Doc [68]

"Mongabay’s Liz Kimbrough spoke with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his upcoming documentary, “The American Buffalo,” which premieres in mid-October.

The buffalo was nearly driven to extinction in the late 1800s, with the population declining from more than 30 million to less than 1,000, devastating Native American tribes who depended on the buffalo as their main source of food, shelter, clothing and more.

The film explores both the tragic near-extinction of the buffalo as well as the story of how conservation efforts brought the species back from the brink.
Biodiversity [28]
Disasters [58]
Wildlife [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Mongabay [69], 10/04/2023
- Read more about Ken Burns Talks Heartbreak & Hope Of ‘The American Buffalo,’ His New Doc [68]

Pages