EJToday: Top Headlines

"Cuba's Electrical Grid Collapses As Hurricane Rafael Lashes Island" [9]

"Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed as Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island's southwest shore, packing sustained winds of 185kh and wreaking havoc on the already crisis-stricken country."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [14]
Source: RTÉ [15], 11/07/2024
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"Biden Moves To Limit Oil Drilling In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge" [16]

"The Biden administration moved Wednesday to narrow the scope of an oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that was mandated under President Donald Trump."

Biodiversity [17]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 11/07/2024
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"Von der Leyen’s Cop29 Absence Sends ‘Fatal Signal’, Say Watchers" [25]

"Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to miss the Cop29 climate summit is “a fatal signal” and raises questions about Europe’s commitment to the climate crisis, observers have said."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
International [26]
Europe [27]
Source: Guardian [28], 11/07/2024
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"Vampire Bats Are Moving North As The Climate Warms" [29]

"These blood-feeding bats may increase rabies risks to livestock and wildlife in Southern U.S. states."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [10]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [26]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [30], 11/07/2024
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"Trump Wins The White House In Political Comeback" [31]

"Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [32], 11/06/2024
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"Republicans Clinch Control of the Senate" [33]

"Republicans seized control of the Senate in Tuesday’s voting, picking up at least two Democratic seats and protecting their own embattled lawmakers to end four years of Democratic control."

Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [34], 11/06/2024
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Trump Camp Denies Journalists’ Election Credentials After Critical Coverage [35]

"Journalists from multiple news organizations have been denied credentials to former President Donald Trump’s election night watch event in West Palm Beach, Florida, in retaliation for their coverage of Trump’s campaign."

Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: CNN [37], 11/06/2024
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"Michigan Voting Precincts Targeted By Russian-Connected Bomb Hoaxes" [38]

"Multiple bomb threats have been reported at voting precincts in Michigan, with all of them deemed to be non-credible." "Similar bomb hoaxes were also reported at precincts in Georgia, as well as Maine, with the FBI issuing a press release."

Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: States Newsroom [39], 11/06/2024
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"Big Utility PACs Favor GOP In High-Stakes 2024 Races" [40]

"Investor-owned power companies in the United States made more than $10 million in campaign donations to state and congressional candidates running in the 2024 election, according to a new report by the Energy and Policy Institute, a utility watchdog."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Floodlight [41], 11/06/2024
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‘Weird’ Newspaper Shows Up In North Dakota Attacking Dakota Access Protests [42]

"The newspaper’s motto reads “Real data. Real value. Real news.” But there is nothing real about it."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Journalism & Media [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Source: Floodlight [44], 11/06/2024
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"The World Promised to Tame Methane. Emissions Are Still Rising" [45]

"About 160 countries and 140 companies pledged to combat the potent greenhouse gas, yet releases from the fossil fuels sector remain near record highs."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [47]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [26]
Source: Bloomberg [48], 11/06/2024
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"Nearly All Of US States Are Facing Droughts, An Unprecedented Number" [49]

"Every US state except Alaska and Kentucky is facing drought, an unprecedented number, according to the US Drought Monitor."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [51], 11/06/2024
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Napa Valley Landfill Dumped Toxic Waste Into Waterways For Decades: Suit [52]

"A California landfill has been illegally dumping toxic waste into the Napa River for years, polluting waters that feed a valley known around the world for the quality of its vineyards, according to a federal lawsuit filed by landfill employees."

Agriculture [46]
Chemicals [53]
Environmental Health [54]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [47]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [13]
California [55]
Source: The New Lede [56], 11/06/2024
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"Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards" [57]

"On a corner lot in Leimert Park in dusty South Los Angeles, not far from Obama and Crenshaw Boulevards, sits a curiosity that’s wildly different from all the neighboring grassy yards. Abundant and lush, it looks like a mash-up between a country idyll and something dreamed up by Dr. Seuss."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [17]
Food [58]
People & Population [59]
Public [13]
California [55]
Source: NYTimes [60], 11/06/2024
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"Trump Vows Anti-Reg Blitz" [61]

"Former President Donald Trump is promising a large-scale demolition of government regulations starting on Day One if he returns to the White House."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [54]
Environmental Justice [62]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [63], 11/05/2024
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