EJToday: Top Headlines

"New Zealand River's Personhood Status Offers Hope To Māori" [9]

"The Whanganui River is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed into its sides. Logs and debris hurtle past as dusk looms."

Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [15]
Source: AP [16], 08/17/2022
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Biden To Sign Massive Climate And Health Care Legislation Tuesday [17]

"President Joe Biden will sign Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [21], 08/16/2022
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"Tensions Grow Over Lack Of A Water Deal For The Shrinking Colorado River" [22]

"Two months ago, federal officials took the unprecedented step of telling the seven states that depend on Colorado River water to prepare for emergency cuts next year to prevent reservoirs from dropping to dangerously low levels."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [19]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: LA Times [24], 08/16/2022
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"Former Grenada Minister Tapped As Next U.N. Climate Chief" [25]

"The climate resilience minister for the Caribbean island nation of Grenada has been tapped to become the next United Nations climate chief, according to three sources familiar with the selection."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [14]
International [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 08/16/2022
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"Billions Would Die From Starvation In Nuclear War: Research" [28]

"More than 5 billion would die from starvation in the event of a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, a new study has found."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [23]
Military [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Public [14]
International [26]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/16/2022
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Army Corps Opens Lengthy Environmental Review Of Line 5 Tunnel For Comment [32]

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday opened a two-month window for the public to comment on a plan to dig a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac to house Enbridge's controversial Line 5 oil pipeline."

Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Studies [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: Detroit News [38], 08/16/2022
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"Rise In Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest" [39]

"Thirty years after Hurricane Andrew demolished Homestead, Fla., another disaster looms."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [42], 08/16/2022
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As Drought Drives Elephants Closer To People, Consequences Can Be Deadly [43]

"The season of searing temperatures will soon begin in northwestern Zimbabwe as the chilly months fade away. But for the villagers of Silewad the return of summer, storms and a new planting season increase the risk of elephants invading their land."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [18]
Wildlife [45]
Public [14]
Africa [46]
Source: NPR [47], 08/16/2022
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"U.S. States Urge Postal Service To Halt Gas Vehicle Purchases" [48]

"A group of 17 state attorneys general urged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to halt planned purchases of gasoline-powered delivery vehicles pending a new environmental review, in a statement on Monday that encouraged the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs)."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [35]
Transportation [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [50], 08/16/2022
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Why Scientists Have Pumped A Potent Greenhouse Gas Into Public Streams [51]

"A massive ecological study that's happening across the United States, and which is designed to track the impact of long-term changes like a warming climate, is deliberately releasing a highly potent and persistent greenhouse gas in national parks and forests."

Chemicals [52]
Climate Change [18]
Science [53]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [54], 08/16/2022
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"Death Valley’s Invasive Donkeys Have Become Cat Food" [55]

"Feral burros wreck wetlands in the desert national park. But a study found that when mountain lions prey on them, the donkeys may help some terrain thrive."

Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
California [56]
Source: NYTimes [57], 08/16/2022
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"House Passes Sweeping Climate, Tax and Health Care Package" [58]

"Congress gave final approval on Friday to legislation that would reduce the cost of prescription drugs and pour billions of dollars into the effort to slow global warming, as House Democrats overcame united Republican opposition to deliver on key components of President Biden’s domestic agenda."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [59], 08/15/2022
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Warming Doubles Risk Of Catastrophic California ‘Megaflood’ - Researchers [60]

"Even today, as California struggles with severe drought, global warming has doubled the likelihood that weather conditions will unleash a deluge as devastating as the Great Flood of 1862, according to a UCLA study released Friday."

Agriculture [61]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
California [56]
Source: LA Times [62], 08/15/2022
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"Hot Nights: US in July Sets New Record For Overnight Warmth" [63]

"Talk about hot nights, America got some for the history books last month. The continental United States in July set a record for overnight warmth, providing little relief from the day’s sizzling heat for people, animals, plants and the electric grid, meteorologists said."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [64], 08/15/2022
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Newsom Wants To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Open [65]

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to loan PG&E $1.4 billion to extend the life of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant north of Avila Beach."

Energy & Fuel [33]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Public [14]
California [56]
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune [66], 08/15/2022
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