EJToday: Top Headlines

"How An American Meat Broker Is Fueling Amazon Deforestation" [9]

"China has become the world’s biggest importer of beef, and Brazil is China’s biggest supplier, according to United Nations Comtrade data. More beef moves from Brazil to China than between any other two countries. But the Brazilian cattle industry is a major driver of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [17], 11/03/2023
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"Years Into A Climate Disaster, These People Are Eating The Unthinkable" [18]

"In South Sudan, war and semi-permanent flooding have left people to scavenge for food, with long-term consequences for their health".

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Food [20]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
Africa [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 11/03/2023
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Industry Faces Blowback As Orsted Scraps 2 Wind Projects Off New Jersey [25]

"Wind energy developer Orsted is writing off $4 billion, due largely to the cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey whose financial challenges mirror those facing the nascent industry."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: AP [29], 11/02/2023
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Pope Says He Will Attend Dubai COP28 Climate Summit, A First By A Pontiff [30]

"Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he will attend the COP28 climate conference starting next month in Dubai, the first time a pontiff will be at the U.N. environmental meeting since they began in 1995."

Climate Change [11]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [31], 11/02/2023
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Louisiana Was Open To Cancer Alley Concessions. Then EPA Dropped Probe [32]

"For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk. Federal officials said they had found evidence of discrimination and were pressuring the state to strengthen oversight of air pollution from industrial plants."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: AP [37], 11/02/2023
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"Oil and Gas Companies Spill Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in Texas" [38]

"An exclusive Inside Climate News analysis found companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade."

Chemicals [39]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [19]
Pollution [40]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 11/02/2023
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"Dumped, Not Recycled?" Tracking Raises Questions About Houston 'Recycling' [43]

"Revelations by a watchdog group reinforce doubts about chemical recycling, a technology promoted by the city in a collaboration with ExxonMobil and other companies."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [44]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Waste [45]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 11/02/2023
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"As Climate Shocks Grow, Lawmakers Investigate Insurers Fleeing Risky Areas" [47]

"Insurers are already pulling back from California, Florida and Louisiana. Senate Democrats are trying to find out which states could be next."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [48]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NYTimes [49], 11/02/2023
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"Schumer Leads 23 Senators In Demanding FTC Probe Of Oil Industry Mergers" [50]

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 22 other Democratic senators sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan on Wednesday demanding an investigation of two major proposed oil industry mergers and warning that the consolidations could hurt consumers."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [51], 11/02/2023
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"King Tide Floods Offer Glimpse Of Miami’s Soggy, Salty Future" [52]

"The roar of a generator overwhelmed the quiet burbling of water at the Little River Pocket Park on Monday. It hadn’t rained in days, but the park — and several nearby streets — were under nearly two feet of water from this year’s king tides, the annual highest tides of the year."

Climate Change [11]
Infrastructure [27]
Planning & Growth [53]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Miami Herald [54], 11/02/2023
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Ozone Hole Is About Average Size, Despite Undersea Volcano Eruption [55]

"With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big Antarctica ozone hole this fall. But it didn’t happen. Instead this year’s ozone hole was about average size for the last 20 years, even a bit smaller than 2022’s, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Air [56]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [11]
Pollution [40]
Public [15]
International [16]
Antarctica & Arctic [57]
Source: AP [58], 11/02/2023
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"DOJ’s Environment Chief Intensifies Focus on Tribal Communities" [59]

"The Department of Justice is redoubling its efforts to protect tribal communities from violations of environmental law, according to a top agency official."

Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 11/02/2023
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S. Calif. Wildfire Prompts Evacuation For Thousands Amid Santa Ana Winds [61]

"Hundreds of firefighters aided by aircraft on Tuesday battled a wind-driven wildfire that damaged or destroyed at least nine buildings in rural Southern California and prompted authorities to order 4,000 residents to evacuate."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [48]
Forests [13]
Public [15]
California [62]
Source: AP [63], 11/01/2023
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"Biden Approves Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm" [64]

"The Interior Department approved the largest offshore wind project in the country Tuesday, marking the fifth massive wind array cleared for construction in U.S. oceans under President Joe Biden."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Source: E&E News [66], 11/01/2023
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Glyphosate Cancer Findings Of “Extreme Concern” As Europe Weighs Safety [67]

"European researchers have found new evidence linking popular weed-killing products to cancer at levels currently considered safe."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [15]
Europe [68]
Source: The New Lede [69], 11/01/2023
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