EJToday: Top Headlines

"Desert Racers Demolish Art Carved by Ancient People in Chile" [9]

"Preservationists say governments at all levels have failed to prevent authorized and illegal off-road racers from driving through giant figures of animals, humans and objects."

Disasters [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
South America [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 09/25/2024
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Alabama Town Charges Black Moms and Disabled Over Unpaid Garbage Fees [16]

"An analysis of court records shows more than 180 citizens have faced criminal charges due to Chickasaw’s garbage policy. Experts fear the practice may not be isolated."

Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Waste [20]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 09/25/2024
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"Finding a Fix for Playgrounds That Are Too Hot to Touch" [23]

"In Arizona, researchers are studying playgrounds where the equipment gets so hot it can burn kids’ skin. As heat worsens nationwide, other communities will need to take note."

Climate Change [24]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [17]
Infrastructure [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 09/25/2024
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"A Threatened Species Complicates Power Line Plans" [29]

"The project, which could expand wind power, was supposed to be done by 2018. The holdup? The American burying beetle."

Biodiversity [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [33]
Source: E&E News [34], 09/25/2024
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"California Sues Exxon Over ‘Deceptive’ Plastic Recycling Claims" [35]

"The landmark lawsuit is the first time a state has targeted an oil company over claims that recycling could solve the plastic pollution crisis."

Chemicals [36]
Consumer [25]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [37]
Waste [20]
Public [13]
California [38]
Source: E&E News [39], 09/24/2024
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"The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food" [40]

"Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Studies [41]
Food [42]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [37]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [44], 09/24/2024
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Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects as Federal Aid Surges [45]

"Many dams in the Midwest do not meet grant eligibility requirements, leaving safety officials and residents worried about how they’ll prevent future collapses as flood risks increase."

"MINNEAPOLIS—A record amount of federal aid will soon flow to states to help fix, replace or demolish their aging dams, many of which are under increasing pressure as climate change fuels more frequent and severe extreme weather events.
Climate Change [24]
Disasters [10]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 09/24/2024
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Storm Likely To Slam Florida Gulf Coast As Hurricane Helene On Thursday [47]

"Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 could become a landfalling major hurricane for the Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [10]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [48], 09/24/2024
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Newsom Signs Law Banning All Plastic Shopping Bags At Grocery Stores [49]

“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags."

Chemicals [36]
Consumer [25]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [37]
Waste [20]
Public [13]
California [38]
Source: AP [50], 09/24/2024
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"Pope Denounces Slaying Of Honduran Environmental Defender" [51]

"Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the slaying of an environmental activist in Honduras, adding to a growing number of international voices that have raised concern over the killing."

Activism [52]
Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Justice [18]
Forests [53]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [37]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Source: AP [55], 09/24/2024
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Federal Judge Throws Out Suit To Protect Dolphins From Spillway Openings [56]

"A lawsuit filed by Mississippi Gulf Coast local governments, representatives of its tourism industry and Mississippi fishers against the Army Corps of Engineers to protect bottlenose dolphins from death or injury caused by openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway has been thrown out by a federal judge in Gulfport."

Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [24]
Fish & Fisheries [57]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [43]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [58], 09/24/2024
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New Green Aluminum Plant Could Bring Jobs And Clean Energy To Kentucky [59]

"The coal-rich state wants to land the first new U.S. smelter in 45 years. But the deal won’t happen unless Kentucky can furnish lots of clean energy. "

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [60]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Canary Media [61], 09/24/2024
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"At COP16, Colombia Seeks To Lead By Example On Biodiversity" [62]

"As one of the world's most biodiverse countries, Colombia is determined to lead by example when it hosts an upcoming UN summit to save nature, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad told AFP on Monday."

Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [63]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
International [64]
Source: AFP [65], 09/24/2024
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Midwest Could Offer Fall’s Most Electric Foliage But Elsewhere May Too [66]

"Leaves around the northern U.S. are starting to turn orange, yellow and red, inspiring legions of leaf lovers to hop in their cars and travel to the countryside for the best look at fall’s fireworks."

Forests [53]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [67]
Source: AP [68], 09/24/2024
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In NYC And Elsewhere, Climate Protesters Say Action Isn’t Fast Enough [69]

"Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, people around a warming globe marched in youth-led protest, saying their voices are being heard but not sufficiently acted upon."

Activism [52]
Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [63]
Journalism & Media [70]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [67]
International [64]
Source: AP [71], 09/23/2024
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