EJToday: Top Headlines

Texas' National Butterfly Center Makes Comeback After Right-Wing Attacks [9]

"The wildlife sanctuary’s conservation work has been overshadowed by political drama over its location on the border."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: Texas Observer [17], 11/15/2022
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"Biden Casts America as Climate Leader and Promises a ‘Low-Carbon Future’" [18]

"President Biden appeared before an overflowing United Nations convention on Friday to reclaim America’s role as a leader on climate change and to stress a renewed U.S. commitment to stop the planet from catastrophic warming."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 11/14/2022
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"Biden Tightens Planned Methane Curbs on Oil Wells, Flaring" [23]

"The Biden administration is strengthening its plan for limiting methane emissions from oil and gas wells after environmentalists panned an earlier version as too weak."

Air [24]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Green [28], 11/14/2022
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"The Biggest Election Wins And Losses For America’s Public Lands" [29]

"America's support for conservation showed up at the polls in the 2022 midterm elections, even though some tight races bucked the trend."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [30], 11/14/2022
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"Study: Extreme Heat Responsible For Hundreds Of Deaths In Texas Prisons" [31]

"Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong." "In the dozens of Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning, new research shows that 13 percent of deaths during the six hottest months every year from 2001 through 2019 were likely due to extreme heat."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: Grist [35], 11/14/2022
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"How Oil & Gas Funding Distorts Energy Research" [36]

"Prominent energy centers at MIT, Stanford, and Columbia may be biased toward natural gas because of funding, a new study says."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [37]
Science [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Earther [39], 11/14/2022
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"Former Coal Plant Near Pittsburgh Is Poisoning Groundwater: Report" [40]

"The site of a former coal-fired power plant northwest of Pittsburgh is leaking coal ash and poisoning surrounding groundwater, according to a new report."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [32]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: EHN [43], 11/14/2022
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"UN Probes Egypt Police Misconduct Claims At Climate Talks" [44]

"The United Nations says it is investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [20]
Military [46]
Public [14]
International [21]
Middle East [47]
Source: AP [48], 11/14/2022
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"Court to Reconsider Trump-Era Decision That Favored Alaska Road Project" [49]

"A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that would have helped to clear the way for a project to build a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. The court said it would rehear the case, which involves a land swap that was approved by the Trump administration."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [12]
Transportation [50]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: NYTimes [52], 11/14/2022
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"The Bottom Line on Banks" [53]

"Financial institutions have made big climate pledges. But they’ve also found reasons and ways to pass the buck, continuing to funnel money toward fossil fuels. Here’s why."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [54]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [55], 11/14/2022
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How An Island Refused To Let The Legendary Dragon’s Blood Tree Die Out [56]

"A unique species on Socotra in Yemen, famed for its bright red resin and umbrella-shaped crown, has been in decline for years. Now islanders are leading efforts to save it",

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [57]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
Middle East [47]
Source: Guardian [58], 11/14/2022
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"Biden’s Message on Climate Might Not Be the One the World Wants" [59]

"The president is expected to hail the new U.S. climate law on Friday at the COP27 summit in Egypt. Other countries want to talk money."

"SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — When President Biden walks into the United Nations climate summit here on Friday, he could fairly boast of returning the United States to the global fight to keep the planet from dangerously overheating, and of turbocharging America’s move away from fossil fuels.
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [60], 11/11/2022
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"Carbon Dioxide Emissions Increased in 2022 as Crises Roiled Energy Markets" [61]

"Global emissions from fossil fuels are likely to reach record highs this year, new data shows, putting nations further off track from stopping global warming."

Pollution [27]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [62], 11/11/2022
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"With Lula Back, Can Brazil Turn the Tide on Amazon Destruction?" [63]

"With his return as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to reverse the alarming rate of deforestation in the Amazon. But as he heads to key UN climate talks, his ambitious plans to achieve “zero deforestation” will need to find international support."

Agriculture [64]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [57]
Public [14]
South America [65]
Source: YaleE360 [66], 11/11/2022
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"Midterms 2022: A Green Wave on the Horizon?" [67]

"While control of Congress remains unsettled, other races around the country reveal a growing — if precarious — tilt toward climate as a priority."

Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Revelator [68], 11/11/2022
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