EJToday: Top Headlines

"Environmental Journalism Loses A Hero" [9]

"Peter Dykstra – newsman, provocateur, friend and former publisher of EHN – passed away Wednesday."

Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: EHN [14], 08/02/2024
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"Harris Grabs Green New Deal Network Endorsement That Eluded Biden" [15]

"The coalition of progressive youth and environmental justice groups are confident they can help give the presumptive Democratic nominee a needed edge with the base, even as the Trump team seeks to paint her as a radical."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
People & Population [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 08/01/2024
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"Extreme ‘Heat Dome’ Hitting Olympics ‘Impossible’ Without Global Heating" [20]

"The “heat dome” causing scorching temperatures across western Europe and north Africa, and boiling athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games in Paris, would have been impossible without human-caused global heating, a rapid analysis has found."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Public [12]
International [23]
Europe [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 08/01/2024
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"One In 11 People Went Hungry Last Year. Climate Change Is A Big Reason Why." [26]

"Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [21]
Food [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
International [23]
Source: Grist [30], 08/01/2024
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"Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Bill Advances To Full Senate" [31]

"Bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up approvals for new energy projects advanced to the full Senate Wednesday. The legislation, put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sailed through committee in a 15-4 vote."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [34], 08/01/2024
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Global Methane Emissions Rising At Fastest Rate In Decades, Scientists Warn [35]

"Global emissions of methane, a powerful planet-heating gas, are “rising rapidly” at the fastest rate in decades, requiring immediate action to help avert a dangerous escalation in the climate crisis, a new study has warned."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Pollution [36]
Public [12]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [37], 08/01/2024
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As Human Cases Of Bird Flu Grow, Feds Say Flu Vaccine Could Help [38]

"Although health officials say the risk of H5N1 bird flu infection is still low for the general population, they announced on Monday a $5-million plan to offer seasonal flu vaccine to livestock workers."

Agriculture [27]
Environmental Health [22]
Health [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [40], 08/01/2024
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A Decade After Disaster, Mount Polley Tailings Dam Could Get Even Bigger [41]

"A faulty tailings dam at the B.C. mine dumped billions of litres of waste into the environment — and Quesnel Lake is still contaminated. Now Imperial Metals wants to expand the same dam"

Disasters [21]
Infrastructure [42]
Natural Resources [43]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
Canada [44]
Source: The Narwhal [45], 08/01/2024
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"How a Crisis for Vultures Led to a Human Disaster: Half a Million Deaths" [46]

"The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [47]
Environmental Health [22]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
Asia [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 08/01/2024
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"The ‘Internet of Animals’ Could Transform What We Know About Wildlife" [50]

"Scientists studying migrations, endangered species, and global change are placing tracking devices on thousands of animals that will be monitored by a satellite-based system set to launch next year. If successful, the project could help illuminate the planet’s nonhuman worlds."

Biodiversity [47]
Climate Change [16]
Natural Resources [43]
Technology [51]
Wildlife [52]
Public [12]
International [23]
Source: YaleE360 [53], 08/01/2024
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"The Very Hungry Urchins" [54]

"Researchers are restoring the Caribbean’s surprising, spiky custodians, which gobble up the algae smothering coral reefs."

Biodiversity [47]
Climate Change [16]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [43]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [52]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
International [23]
Central America & the Caribbean [57]
Source: Hakai [58], 08/01/2024
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Report Calls For US Government To Own Up To Abusive Boarding School History [59]

"The U.S. Department of the Interior released its final investigative report Tuesday on the ugly history of federal Indian boarding schools, calling for a formal apology from the U.S. government and ongoing support to help Native people recover from the generational trauma that endures."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [17]
Government [60]
Laws & Regulations [33]
People & Population [11]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [61]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ICT [62], 07/31/2024
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"Trump Invite Sparks Fierce Infighting Within Black Journalist Group" [63]

"Karen Attiah, a longtime Washington Post columnist, on Tuesday said she was stepping down as co-chair of the annual National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention following internal and external backlash over the announcement of former President Trump as a featured speaker.

The group has a history of inviting presidential candidates to its annual conference, but Trump's participation is causing a rift between members.

NABJ announced Trump's participation at the conference Monday evening, drawing swift pushback from NABJ members and journalists broadly. "
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Axios [64], 07/31/2024
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West’s Last Quarter-Century Ranks As The Driest In 1,200 Years: Research [65]

"Three years ago, climate researchers shocked drought-weary Californians when they revealed that the American West was experiencing its driest 22-year period in 1,200 years, and that this severe megadrought was being intensified by global warming."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [21]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [66], 07/31/2024
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"‘Apocalyptic’ Floods In Vermont Destroy Homes As Two Dozen Rescued By Boat" [67]

"Thunderstorms and torrential rain brought another wave of violent floods Tuesday that caved in roads, crushed vehicles, pushed homes off their foundations and led to dramatic boat rescues in north-eastern Vermont, nearly three weeks after flooding from Hurricane Beryl."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [21]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [68]
Source: AP [69], 07/31/2024
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