EJToday: Top Headlines

Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built Climate Denial Empire [9]

"It was the height of summer and Pastor Farris Wilks was warning that if we didn’t all stop sinning, God was going to scorch the Earth and melt the polar ice caps."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Vice News [18], 08/26/2022
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"Climate Change: Russia Burns Off Gas As Europe's Energy Bills Rocket" [19]

"As Europe's energy costs skyrocket, Russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas, according to analysis shared with BBC News."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Military [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [16]
Europe [23]
Source: BBC News [24], 08/26/2022
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WH Moves To Make All Federally Funded Research Public For Free By 2026 [25]

"The White House put forth a policy guidance Thursday requiring all federally funded research to be made available to the public for free upon publication by 2026."

Journalism & Media [13]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [26], 08/26/2022
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Google Changed Emission Calculations, Making Air Travel Look Cleaner [27]

"Last month the tech giant shifted its algorithm to exclude a crucial component of the overall greenhouse gas impact of air travel."

Climate Change [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Earther [28], 08/26/2022
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"Zaporizhzhia: World Narrowly Avoided Radiation Accident: Zelensky" [29]

"Europe faced the prospect of a radiation disaster on Thursday when a Russian-occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from Ukraine's power grid, President Volodomyr Zelensky has said."

Disasters [30]
Infrastructure [31]
Military [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Public [16]
Europe [23]
Source: BBC News [33], 08/26/2022
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"Alaska’s Snow Crabs Have Disappeared. Where They Went Is A Mystery." [34]

"The theories are many. The crabs moved into Russian waters. They are dead because predators got them. They are dead because they ate each other. The crabs scuttled off the continental shelf and scientists just didn’t see them. Alien abduction."

Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Food [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: Washington Post [39], 08/26/2022
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"California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars" [40]

"The decision, to take effect by 2035, will very likely speed a wider transition to electric vehicles because many other states follow California’s standards."

"California regulators on Thursday will vote to put in place a sweeping plan to restrict and ultimately ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars, state officials said, a move that the state’s governor described as the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine.
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Transportation [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [43], 08/25/2022
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"Greens Ask EPA To Ban New Natural Gas Heating" [44]

"Environmental advocates are asking the Biden administration for a federal ban on new natural gas-powered heating appliances in homes and commercial buildings."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [45], 08/25/2022
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"Methane Hunters: What Explains the Surge in the Potent Greenhouse Gas?" [46]

"Levels of the gas are growing at a record rate and natural sources like wetlands are the cause, but scientists don’t know how to curb it."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Natural Resources [47]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [48]
Source: Financial Times [49], 08/25/2022
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Ex-Interior Secretary Zinke Lied To Investigators In Casino Case, IG Finds [50]

"Former interior secretary Ryan Zinke, who’s favored to win a new House seat representing Montana this fall, lied to investigators several times about conversations he had with federal officials, lawmakers and lobbyists about two Indian tribes’ petition to operate a New England casino, the department’s watchdog said in a report released Wednesday."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [51], 08/25/2022
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Kentuckians Left Homeless by Floods Sue Coal Company Over Alleged Negligence [52]

"Floods devastated Eastern Kentucky in July. Now, a community wants to hold Blackhawk Mining accountable for its possible role in the disaster."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [53]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Natural Resources [47]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Earther [55], 08/25/2022
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"Dry Pastures Force Texas Ranchers To Slaughter Ever More Cows [56]

"With almost all of Texas in drought, ranchers are sending ever more cattle off to slaughter, a trend likely to increase beef prices over the long term due to dwindling supply from the largest cattle region in the United States."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [30]
Natural Resources [47]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Reuters [58], 08/25/2022
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"Egyptian NGOs Complain Of Being Shut Out Of COP27 Climate Summit" [59]

"A group of Egyptian civil society organisations have been prevented from attending the Cop27 climate summit by a covert registration process that filtered out groups critical of the Egyptian government."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [16]
International [48]
Source: Guardian [60], 08/25/2022
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UK and US Banks Among Biggest Backers Of Russian ‘Carbon Bombs’, Data Shows [61]

"US and UK financial institutions have been among the leading investors in Russian “carbon bomb” fossil fuel projects, according to a new database of holdings from recent years."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Military [21]
Natural Resources [47]
Public [16]
International [48]
Source: Guardian [62], 08/25/2022
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"As Many As One In Six U.S. Tree Species Is Threatened With Extinction" [63]

"Some 100 native tree species could die out amid an onslaught of invasive insects, a surge in deadly diseases and the all-encompassing peril of climate change".

Climate Change [11]
Forests [64]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [65], 08/25/2022
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