EJToday: Top Headlines

"Holding Out Hope On the Drying Rio Grande" [9]

"The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through much of West Texas. Scientists and advocates say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore flows to the river."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 10/25/2024
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"Toxic Blooms in New York’s Finger Lakes Set Record in 2024" [17]

"Owasco Lake is called the region’s “canary in the coal mine” for harmful algal blooms, which threaten swimmers, pets and some local drinking water supplies."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Source: Water Front [22], 10/25/2024
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"Landfill Methane Is A Big Climate Problem. Here Are Some Easy Solutions." [23]

"The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds."

Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [18]
Pollution [20]
Technology [25]
Waste [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Canary Media [28], 10/25/2024
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US Power Grid Added Battery Equivalent Of 20 Nuclear Reactors In 4 Years [29]

"Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables, the US is rapidly installing huge batteries that are already starting to help prevent power blackouts."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Infrastructure [12]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Guardian [31], 10/25/2024
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Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers In Southeast Changed From Endangered To Threatened [32]

"The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday."

Biodiversity [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Wildlife [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: AP [37], 10/25/2024
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Lead Paint Upended This Boy’s Life. Now EPA Will Eliminate The Threat [38]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is about to issue strict limits on lead dust, which poses a threat to millions of children across the United States."

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [41]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Washington Post [42], 10/24/2024
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EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Many at Risk [43]

"Advocates say vulnerable communities can’t afford to wait 20 years for service line replacement and that more outreach is required."

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
People & Population [44]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 10/24/2024
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Bayer’s New Roundup Products Appear More Toxic Than Prior Formulations [46]

"New types of Roundup weed killing products marketed to US consumers contain chemicals that pose greater health risks to people than prior formulations suspected of causing cancer, according to an analysis by an environmental health advocacy group. The report was disputed by Bayer, which called the analysis “deeply flawed.”"

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The New Lede [47], 10/24/2024
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Coal-Based Pa. Steelmaking Causes Up To 92 Premature Deaths A Year: Report [48]

"Pollution from Pennsylvania’s three remaining coal-based steelmaking plants cause an estimated 50 to 92 premature deaths each year, according to a new report."

Air [49]
Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [40]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [20]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Source: Daily Climate [51], 10/24/2024
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"Dems Call On Reclamation To Pay Tribes Unable To Use Colorado River" [52]

"Colorado lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to offer payments to Native American tribes that are unable to use their full share of the Colorado River, arguing the groups should be compensated for reducing pressure on the drought-stricken waterway."

Environmental Justice [41]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [53]
People & Population [44]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: E&E News [55], 10/24/2024
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"Explainer: UN Nature Talks Debate Rules For Genetic Information" [56]

"Countries are expected to reach a deal at this month's U.N. COP16 nature summit on how the world uses and pays for genetic information extracted from nature, according to negotiators."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Justice [41]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Natural Resources [53]
Science [57]
Wildlife [35]
Public [14]
International [58]
Source: Reuters [59], 10/24/2024
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"One Year In, US Clean Hydrogen Hubs Face Questions — And Have Few Answers" [60]

"There’s little detail available on the $7B federal program to jump-start U.S. clean hydrogen, leaving environmental advocates concerned the projects may be off track."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Technology [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Canary Media [61], 10/24/2024
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Revealed: Tens of Billions in Oil Company Payments to Governments [62]

"New reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal payments around the globe. One takeaway? The U.S. government might be getting a bad deal."

Economy & Business [63]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Government [64]
Journalism & Media [65]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
International [58]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 10/24/2024
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"Millions Pour in to Reelect Texas Oil and Gas Regulator" [67]

"Republican incumbent Christi Craddick has raised upwards of $10 million in her campaign for a third term on the Railroad Commission of Texas. Her campaign focuses on fighting federal regulations and what she calls “radical anti-oil protesters.”"

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 10/24/2024
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Meet The Rangers Who Protect One Of Earth’s Most Remote And Diverse Reefs [69]

"The handful of rangers who protect one of Earth’s most remote and biologically diverse reefs have only each other for company for months at a time. They worry about running out of gas for boat patrols, their drinking water can get dangerously low and rising seas are nipping away at the tiny island that hosts their station."

Biodiversity [33]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [53]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [35]
Public [14]
International [58]
Australia & Oceania [70]
Source: AP [71], 10/24/2024
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