EJToday: Top Headlines

"Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Unavoidable, Study Says" [9]

"The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to melt this century regardless of how much the world slashes planet-warming emissions, research from the British Antarctic Survey has found, locking in further sea level rise over the coming decades."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 10/24/2023
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FWS Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed [16]

"A new federal proposal calls for creating a conservation area that would span 12 counties in Florida, from the Everglades’ headwaters in the center of the state to sawgrass prairies further south, preserving a region that is home to imperiled species like the Florida panther, the official state animal."

Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [17]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 10/24/2023
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Chevron Buys Hess For $53 Billion, 2nd Oil Megadeal As Energy Prices Soar [20]

"Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [24], 10/24/2023
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"Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World" [25]

"The Democratic governor is supercharging climate policy and eyeing a future White House run. But critics say some of his constituents could be left behind."

"Gavin Newsom, the California governor, packed his bags and his ambition Monday and flew to Chinese provinces on a weeklong mission to negotiate climate agreements.

Last month, he was the only American invited to address the United Nations about climate change, where he excoriated the fossil fuel industry for what he called its decades of “deceit and denial.”
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [27]
International [13]
Source: NYTimes [28], 10/24/2023
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Democrats Ask For Review Of Environmental Threat From ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines [29]

"Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review potential environmental damages caused by idled coal mines."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [32]
Waste [33]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [34], 10/24/2023
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Seasonal Fog, Swamp Fires Combine To Create Deadly Louisiana Pileup [35]

"Acrid smoke from stubborn swamp fires burning south and east of New Orleans combined Monday with dense fog to create the “superfog” that contributed to one of the deadliest highway pileups in memory."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Transportation [37]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [38], 10/24/2023
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"The Slow Death Of A Desert Giant" [39]

"Climate change is pushing the Sonoran Desert to the brink, with saguaro cacti as a bellwether of the impending disaster."

Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [10]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [42], 10/24/2023
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"Gaza’s Limited Water Supply Raises Concerns For Human Health" [43]

"A lack of clean water in the Gaza Strip is raising major concerns for human health."

Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [44]
Health [45]
Infrastructure [46]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Middle East [47]
Source: AP [48], 10/23/2023
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FDA Proposes Ban On Hair Relaxers With Formaldehyde Due To Cancer Concerns [49]

"The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on using the chemical formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers, citing its link to cancer and other long-term adverse health effects."

Chemicals [50]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Justice [51]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NPR [52], 10/23/2023
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"Climate 'Loss And Damage' Talks End In Failure" [53]

"A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure Saturday, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement, according to sources involved in the talks."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [26]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: AFP [54], 10/23/2023
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"EPA Tightens Reporting Requirements For PFAS Releases, Closing Loophole [55]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule that will tighten the reporting requirements for facilities that use or release certain types of toxic “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [50]
Environmental Health [44]
Journalism & Media [56]
Pollution [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [57], 10/23/2023
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Navigator Cancels Proposed Midwestern CO2 Pipeline, Citing Regulatory Process [58]

"A company on Friday said it would cancel its plans for a 1,300-mile (2,092-kilometer) pipeline across five Midwestern states that would have gathered carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants and buried the gas deep underground."

Agriculture [59]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Transportation [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [60], 10/23/2023
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"Forecast Predict An El Nino Winter. What Does That Mean?" [61]

"The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier."

Agriculture [59]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [62]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: AP [63], 10/23/2023
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"Alaska Native Leaders Call For Legal Overhaul To Protect Subsistence [64]

"The crash of salmon stocks in Western Alaska’s Kuskokwim River has sparked a bitter court fight between the federal and state governments, and now Alaska Native leaders are calling for congressional action to ensure that Indigenous Alaskans have priority for harvests when stocks are scarce."

Environmental Justice [51]
Fish & Fisheries [62]
Food [65]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [66]
Source: Alaska Beacon [67], 10/23/2023
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Louisianans Near Gulf Struggle As Drinking Water Crisis Persists [68]

"New Orleans has avoided losing drinking water due to a saltwater ‘wedge’ traveling up the Mississippi River – but in Plaquemines parish, it has already happened".

Consumer [69]
Environmental Health [44]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Guardian [70], 10/23/2023
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