EJToday: Top Headlines

Ozone Hole Is About Average Size, Despite Undersea Volcano Eruption [9]

"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 [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Antarctica & Arctic [16]
Source: AP [17], 11/02/2023
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"DOJ’s Environment Chief Intensifies Focus on Tribal Communities" [18]

"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 [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 11/02/2023
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S. Calif. Wildfire Prompts Evacuation For Thousands Amid Santa Ana Winds [23]

"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 [12]
Disasters [24]
Forests [25]
Public [14]
California [26]
Source: AP [27], 11/01/2023
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"Biden Approves Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm" [28]

"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 [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: E&E News [31], 11/01/2023
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Glyphosate Cancer Findings Of “Extreme Concern” As Europe Weighs Safety [32]

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

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
Europe [35]
Source: The New Lede [36], 11/01/2023
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Chemical Recycling “A Dangerous Deception” Amid Plastic Pollution: Report [37]

"Chemical recycling — an umbrella term used to describe processes that break plastic waste down into molecular building blocks with high heat or chemicals and convert them into new products — will not help reduce plastic pollution, but rather exacerbate environmental problems, according to a new report by nonprofit environmental advocacy groups Beyond Plastics and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)."

Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [13]
Waste [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [15]
Source: EHN [39], 11/01/2023
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Shipping Adds Heavily to Climate Change. Are Green Ships the Solution? [40]

"The container shipping lines that carry the bulk of global trade are betting on greener technologies, but there are still reasons those wagers could fail."

Air [10]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [43], 11/01/2023
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Suit Says Utility Should Repay $382 Million Aid To Failed "Clean Coal" Plant [44]

"A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million that the federal government gave to build a failed coal-fueled power plant."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [45], 11/01/2023
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Pittsburgh In ‘Extreme Embrace’ With Fossil Fuel Lobbyists, Research Finds [46]

"Dozens of governmental, educational, cultural and environmental organizations across the city of Pittsburgh have hired lobbying firms who work with planet-heating fossil fuel companies, new research shows."

Environmental Politics [47]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Guardian [48], 11/01/2023
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Earth Is Getting Extra Salty, An ‘Existential Threat’ To Freshwater Supplies [49]

"Humanity is messing with the Earth’s “salt cycle,” with potentially dangerous consequences for drinking water supplies, crop production, and ecosystems. That’s according to a new study published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment on Tuesday."

Chemicals [11]
Natural Resources [50]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Grist [51], 11/01/2023
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"Labor Scores EV Wins In Automaker Battle" [52]

"The United Auto Workers has notched a lot of wins in the last few days in standoffs with the Detroit automakers over electric vehicles and their batteries — but with an asterisk."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [47]
Transportation [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [53], 11/01/2023
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Boiling Point: This California Desert Oasis Has Lessons For Climate Change [54]

"Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is so green right now it’s hard to believe it’s in the middle of the desert."

Climate Change [12]
Natural Resources [50]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [14]
California [26]
Source: LA Times [55], 11/01/2023
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"Global Discord Threatens COP28 Climate Talks, EU Commissioner Says" [56]

"The need for agreement to tackle global warming is "higher than ever", but it has never been harder as the geopolitical backdrop complicates international cooperation, the European Union's climate chief said on Monday ahead of next month's COP28 summit."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [47]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [57], 10/31/2023
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"White House Warns Biden Would Veto House Appropriations Measures" [58]

"The White House on Monday issued veto threats against two GOP-led House appropriations bills expected to come up for a vote this week as lawmakers seek to avoid a government shutdown in November."

Economy & Business [59]
Environmental Politics [47]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [50]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [60], 10/31/2023
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"Dramatic Plan To Expand Flood Areas Could Force Millions To Buy Insurance" [61]

"It’s a glaring weak spot in climate protection: Millions of U.S. residents don’t have flood insurance and face financial ruin if their home is inundated. But the nation’s insurance gap would shrink under a dramatic proposal that could require millions of property owners to buy flood coverage for the first time, potentially costing them thousands of dollars a year."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [62]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [63], 10/31/2023
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