EJToday: Top Headlines

"Climate Reporting Gets EPA Help as Wall Street Rules Face Fight" [9]

"The EPA is poised to scrutinize companies’ pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while Wall Street’s regulator braces for a court battle over its sweeping plan to police corporate disclosures about climate change.

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [15], 09/22/2022
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"Atlantic Canada On Hurricane Fiona's Path, Broad Impact Expected" [16]

"Hurricane Fiona is headed toward eastern Canada and is expected to reach the Atlantic region by Friday in what could be a severe weather event as the storm continues to gain strength, Canadian meteorologists said on Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Canada [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 09/22/2022
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"NIH Advisers Urge Tighter Oversight Of Experiments On Deadly Viruses" [20]

"Biosecurity advisers to the federal government are calling for tighter scrutiny of experiments with potentially dangerous viruses and other pathogens, reflecting an ongoing debate within the scientific community over the benefits and risks of such laboratory research."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Government [23]
Science [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [25], 09/22/2022
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"Exclusive: U.S. EPA To Consider Tougher Emissions Rules For Heavy Trucks" [26]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will consider adopting more stringent greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy trucks after Congress passed new incentives to speed the adoption of zero-emission vehicles, the agency told Reuters."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [29], 09/22/2022
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How EPA Effort to Reduce Climate-Warming ‘Immortal’ Chemicals Stalled [30]

"When Sally Rand, a former EPA official, used to meet with industry executives to discuss an obscure, but incredibly potent and long-lived group of greenhouse gases, she knew how to get their attention."

Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 09/22/2022
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"New System Aims to Save Whales Near San Francisco From Ship Collisions" [33]

"Four whales have died near San Francisco this year after ships crashed into them, and scientists hope to drive that number to zero with new technology."

Biodiversity [21]
Technology [34]
Transportation [28]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 09/22/2022
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"Kigali Climate Treaty Clears Senate Hurdle" [38]

"The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday afternoon before moving to ratify the international climate deal to phase down the use of potent greenhouse gases stemming from refrigerants and air conditioning units."

Air [39]
Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [40]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [42], 09/21/2022
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"Biden to Skip UN Climate Meeting as Issue Moves to ‘Back Burner’" [43]

"President Joe Biden is set to miss a United Nations roundtable on climate action Wednesday afternoon in New York, stoking concern that other G-7 leaders will also forgo the session meant to help pave the way for international global warming negotiations later this year."

Climate Change [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [44]
Source: Bloomberg [45], 09/21/2022
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"Louisiana Takes Big Step Toward Unprecedented Land-Building Project" [46]

"Louisiana’s proposed $2 billion project to divert water and sediment from the Mississippi River into Barataria Basin as part of an unprecedented plan to fight coastal land loss moved a major step forward on Monday with the release by the Army Corps of Engineers of a final environmental impact statement."

Environmental Studies [47]
Natural Resources [48]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [50], 09/21/2022
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"Al Gore Calls the World Bank Chief a 'Climate Denier'" [51]

"President Biden should work for the removal of the head of the World Bank, former Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday, calling him a “climate denier” at an event coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [52]
Science [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [44]
Source: NYTimes [53], 09/21/2022
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Louisiana Plant Explosion Highlighted In Push For New Chemical Safety Rules [54]

"A new report points to a chemical explosion in Louisiana this year as a prime example of why the federal government should toughen national safety standards at petrochemical plants."

Chemicals [31]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [55], 09/21/2022
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Cambodian Mekong Mega Dam’s Resurrection ‘The Beginning Of The End’ [56]

"A long-dormant plan to build a mega dam on the mainstream of the Mekong River in Cambodia’s northeastern Stung Treng province appears to have been revived this year, leaving locals immediately downstream of the potential sites worried and experts confounded."

Agriculture [57]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [52]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
Asia [58]
Source: Mongabay [59], 09/21/2022
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In Puerto Rico The Vast Majority Of People Have No Clean Water [60]

"The vast majority of Puerto Rican homes have been plunged into darkness after Hurricane Fiona wiped out the power grid, but people on the island are facing another devastating emergency: How to access clean water?"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [61]
Infrastructure [62]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: NPR [63], 09/21/2022
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"Fury Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ as US States Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge" [64]

"States are continuing to allow sewage sludge to be spread on cropland as fertilizer and in some cases increasing the amount spread, even as the PFAS-tainted substance has ruined farmers’ livelihoods, poisoned water supplies, contaminated food and put the public’s health at risk."

Agriculture [57]
Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [22]
Food [65]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [48]
Pollution [41]
Waste [66]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [67], 09/21/2022
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Dutch Meuse River Rewilding Project Turns Back The Clock 500 Years [68]

"Europe’s largest river restoration is making changes across the entire landscape, bringing benefits to wildlife and people".

Natural Resources [48]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
Europe [69]
Source: Guardian [70], 09/21/2022
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