EJToday: Top Headlines

"Inside The War Against Southern California’s Urban Coyotes" [9]

"Kristin Muller said she was sickened by the sight of the half-eaten remains of her cherished cat, Milkshake, on a neighbor’s lawn."

Biodiversity [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Source: LA Times [15], 09/21/2022
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"Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Cat. 3 Hurricane" [16]

"Hurricane Fiona barreled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [20]
Source: AP [21], 09/20/2022
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Vulnerable Nations Demand Global Tax To Pay For Climate Loss And Damage [22]

"The world’s most vulnerable countries are preparing to take on the richest economies with a demand for urgent finance – potentially including new taxes on fossil fuels or flying – for the irrecoverable losses they are suffering from the climate crisis, leaked documents show."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [23]
Public [12]
International [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 09/20/2022
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"Even Before Fiona, Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Was Poised For Failure" [26]

"The hurricane winds that knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico over the weekend encountered an electrical grid that experts liken to a house of cards: a fragile, decrepit, patchwork system running on old equipment that has failed to substantially modernize since the U.S. territory’s deadliest storm, Hurricane Maria, swept through five years before."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Washington Post [30], 09/20/2022
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"Climate Law Spurs CCS At New West Virginia Gas Plant" [31]

"Competitive Power Ventures Inc. announced plans Friday to build a multibillion-dollar natural gas power plant in West Virginia with carbon capture technology, saying the project would not be possible without the new climate and energy law."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [32]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Source: E&E News [35], 09/20/2022
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"GOP’s Bad Blood Threatens Manchin Side Deal" [36]

"Senate Republicans are threatening to sink Sen. Joe Manchin’s side deal on permitting reform, partly because they are still angry over the West Virginia Democrat’s flip-flop on the sweeping climate, health and tax bill that Congress passed last month."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [32]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Transportation [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/20/2022
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"GAO: Government Must Boost Climate Resilience" [39]

"The federal government faces increasing fiscal exposure from climate change, according to a new watchdog report released Monday."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Studies [40]
Government [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [42], 09/20/2022
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"Pentagon Shift to PFAS-Free Foam Spurring ‘Tidal Wave’ of Change" [43]

"Kevin Ferrara spent his career working around a wispy white chemical foam that could douse the hottest jet-fuel fires he fought, and was still considered harmless."

Chemicals [44]
Environmental Health [45]
Military [46]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [47], 09/20/2022
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"State of Unease: Colorado Basin Tribes Without Water Rights" [48]

"Garnett Querta slips on his work gloves as he shifts the big rig he’s driving into park. Within seconds, he unrolls a fire hose and opens a hydrant, sending water flowing into one of the plastic tanks on the truck’s flat bed."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [45]
Environmental Justice [49]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [50], 09/20/2022
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World’s Oldest Winged Insect Is in Trouble. How Frightened Should We Be? [51]

"Mayflies are among nature’s best environmental sentinels — and their current message to us is grim".

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [53], 09/20/2022
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"This Map Can Tell You When Fall Foliage Is Peaking In 2022" [54]

"Fall's dazzling colors will soon transform woods and forests around the U.S., delighting spectators — if they can figure out when to see the fall foliage at the peak of their transformation."

Forests [55]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NPR [56], 09/20/2022
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Puerto Rico: Hurricane Fiona Causes Territory-Wide Blackout, Flooding [57]

"A fragile power grid in Puerto Rico in the path of Hurricane Fiona has created an island-wide crisis, as the territory's electrical system went completely out of service due to Fiona, Governor Pedro Pierluisi announced."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: AccuWeather [58], 09/19/2022
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Storm Lashes Alaskan Shore, Bringing Severe Flooding And Evacuations [59]

"The remnants of Typhoon Merbok have been battering Alaska’s western coast since late Friday, bringing flooding powerful enough to uproot buildings and forcing residents to seek shelter."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [60]
Source: CNN [61], 09/19/2022
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"Permitting Overhaul In Peril As Funding Deadline Looms" [62]

"The Democrats’ permitting overhaul plans hangs in the balance this week as lawmakers inch toward the Sept. 30 deadline to pass a government funding bill to prevent a shutdown."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [49]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [40]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [63], 09/19/2022
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"The U.S. Forgot Lake Charles, And It Could Happen Again Elsewhere" [64]

"Two years after Hurricane Laura, federal aid to help with long-term rebuilding still has not arrived".

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Laws & Regulations [33]
People & Population [65]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Nola.com [66], 09/19/2022
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