EJToday: Top Headlines

"New York City Bill Would Mandate Air-Conditioning for Tenants" [9]

"As New York City endures its third heat wave of the year, a city councilman plans to introduce a bill this week that would require landlords to buy, install and maintain air-conditioning units or cooling systems for tenants during the summer, with fines of up to $1,250 per day for noncompliance."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 07/19/2024
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"US Court Overturns Alaska Oil Lease Sale In A Win For Environmentalists" [19]

"A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 07/19/2024
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Hawaiian Electric, Others Agree To Proposed $4B Maui Wildfire Deal: Report [25]

"Hawaiian Electric Industries and other defendants in lawsuits over the Maui wildfires in Hawaii have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion in settlement amount, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: Reuters [26], 07/19/2024
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"Maryland Wants Invasive Fish Out Of The Water — And On Your Dinner Table" [27]

"As northern snakehead and blue catfish continue to proliferate, the state is trying to get more people to eat them."

Biodiversity [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Food [30]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Washington Post [32], 07/19/2024
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How Geothermal Fracking Could Unlock A Clean Energy Future [33]

"Technology pioneered by the oil and gas industry is fueling a new type of carbon-free power plant."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Technology [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [35], 07/19/2024
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DOI Names Former Site Of Texas ‘Mexican School’ As Newest National Park [36]

"The Biden administration has named the site of the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a segregated school for Mexican American children, as the country’s newest national park, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [38], 07/19/2024
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"The People Who Feed America Are Going Hungry" [39]

"Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs."

Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Food [30]
People & Population [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [42]
Source: Grist [43], 07/18/2024
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"With Sewage Gushing Into Sea, US and Mexican Border Towns Plead For Help" [44]

"Each day, millions of gallons of sewage cascade through a canyon and into the Pacific Ocean just south of the U.S.-Mexican border. As any surfer in San Diego knows, summer swells that come from the south will push the toxic brew north."

Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [42]
Mexico [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 07/18/2024
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"Prisoners Are Uniquely Vulnerable to Extreme Heat and Flooding" [49]

"Why were two prisons built in a lakebed in the first place?"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [42]
Source: Sierra [50], 07/18/2024
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UK: "Meet the Labour Government’s New Climate Team" [51]

"Introducing the key politicians tasked with delivering the government’s energy transformation plans – and the jobs at the top of their intrays."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [52]
Public [16]
Europe [53]
Source: DeSmog [54], 07/18/2024
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Biden BLM To Add Protections Against Drilling In Alaska Petroleum Reserve [55]

"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit oil and gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Environmental Studies [56]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [57], 07/18/2024
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"Record Salmon Migration Runs Into Hot Water" [58]

"Rising water temperatures in the Columbia River Basin are raising questions about whether fishery managers must take new steps to save the imperiled fish."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [59]
Source: E&E News [60], 07/18/2024
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"'Oven On Wheels': US Amazon Drivers Roast Before 'Prime Day' Rush" [61]

"With the U.S. sizzling under heatwaves, Amazon drivers struggle to keep cool and brace for a rush of packages around Prime Day".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [62], 07/18/2024
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"DR Congo Conflict Fuels Forest Loss" [63]

"Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati town bartered over sacks of charcoal, a product of deforestation that an ongoing conflict has pushed to unprecedented levels, the United Nations says."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [64]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [16]
Africa [65]
Source: Reuters [66], 07/18/2024
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"Sandstorms: What Are They, And Why Are They More Frequent?" [67]

"They bring traffic to a standstill, spread diseases and can be life-threatening. DW looks at how sandstorms form and why are they becoming more frequent."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [16]
International [68]
Source: DW [69], 07/18/2024
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