EJToday: Top Headlines

"Where Republican Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate Change" [9]

"As wildfires in Canada have sent masses of smoke over the United States this week, engulfing much of the Northeast in a yellow haze of hazardous air pollution, scientists are clear that we are seeing the effects of climate change. But the Republicans campaigning for the presidency have largely downplayed the issue and rejected policies that would slow rising temperatures."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 06/09/2023
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Record Investment Scratches Surface of Fixing Black America’s Water Crisis [15]

"Reporting from six Black cities highlights that while the country’s water woes are widespread, blanket solutions fail to address communities’ distinct issues."

Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Capital B [21], 06/09/2023
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"Most Nations Aiming For Net-Zero Emissions Fail To Meet Targets: Study" [22]

"A new scientific assessment of government commitments to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions found most lack credibility and would put the world on track to experience catastrophic global warming by the end of this century."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [12]
International [24]
Source: Bloomberg [25], 06/09/2023
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Jury Awards $63M After Finding Chevron Covered Up California Toxic Pit [26]

"A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit on land purchased by a man who built a house on it and was later diagnosed with a blood cancer."

Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Public [12]
California [31]
Source: AP [32], 06/09/2023
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"The Revolving Door At Public Utilities Commissions? It’s Alive And Well" [33]

"If the words “public utilities commission” put you to sleep, you’re not alone. These are the government agencies that regulate utilities — companies that supply us with electricity, gas, water and more. All 50 states have them — and as boring as they sound, their work affects our daily lives."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [35], 06/09/2023
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"Marine Protected Areas, Explained" [36]

"Marine protected areas (MPAs) are one of the tools often touted to help sustain the ocean into the future."

Biodiversity [37]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [39]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
International [24]
Source: Hakai [40], 06/09/2023
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"World's Slum Populations Set To Surge As Housing Crisis Bites" [41]

"Beatrice Oriyo laughed out loud when asked if there was a playground where her three children could play near her home in Kibera, Nairobi's biggest informal settlement."

Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Infrastructure [19]
People & Population [42]
Planning & Growth [43]
Public [12]
International [24]
Africa [44]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [45], 06/09/2023
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Apocalyptic Skyline: "Worst Air Quality In 20 Years Grips New York City" [46]

"Hazy skies, the fiery, red sun, and the smell of smoke caught the attention of residents from Maryland to New England on Tuesday. The air quality spiked to very unhealthy levels across the Northeast on Wednesday morning as wildfire smoke from Canada poured into the region."

Air [47]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [48]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [17]
Forests [49]
Pollution [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Canada [50]
Source: AccuWeather [51], 06/08/2023
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Oil State Hired Biggest PR Firms To Buff Its Climate Image. It Didn’t Help. [52]

"One of the world’s wealthiest oil states is engaged in a wide-ranging public relations and lobbying campaign to cast itself as an environmental leader before it hosts the United Nations’ next climate talks in November. But the United Arab Emirates’ efforts are colliding with a barrage of criticism from lawmakers and environmentalists in both the U.S. and Europe, who scoff at the idea that the oil-flush nation is committed to helping shift the world off planet-heating fossil fuels.

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [53]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [12]
International [24]
Source: E&E News [54], 06/08/2023
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Chemical Industry Used Big Tobacco’s Tactics To Conceal Evidence Of PFAS Risks [55]

"Like the tobacco industry before it, the chemical industry managed to keep PFAS’s health risks hidden from the public for decades. A new peer-reviewed study dissecting PFAS producers’ public relations strategies provides a smoking gun timeline composed of industry studies and comments from DuPont and 3M officials showing they knew the dangers, but publicly insisted the chemicals were safe."

Chemicals [27]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [23]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [24]
Source: Guardian [56], 06/08/2023
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‘Absolute Scandal’: UAE State Oil Firm Able To Read Cop28 Climate Summit Emails [57]

"The United Arab Emirates’ state oil company has been able to read emails to and from the Cop28 climate summit office and was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry, the Guardian can reveal."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [53]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [12]
International [24]
Source: Guardian [58], 06/08/2023
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Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Harmful Pollutants: Study [59]

"The release of cancer-causing benzene and other toxic gases from sites in Pennsylvania raises concerns about millions of other abandoned wells across the U.S."

Air [47]
Chemicals [27]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [17]
Pollution [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 06/08/2023
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"Virginia Panel Votes To Exit Carbon Trading Market" [61]

"A Virginia regulatory board on Wednesday voted to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, fulfilling a directive from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin but triggering the threat of legal action from environmental groups who say the board overstepped its authority."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [53]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [62]
Source: Washington Post [63], 06/08/2023
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"Puerto Rico Is So Hot This Week, It’s Astonishing Some Meteorologists" [64]

"Parts of the U.S. territory reached a “life-threatening” heat index of 125 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, driven by a combination of an intense heat dome, El Niño and climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Health [17]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 06/08/2023
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"The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River" [67]

"Down beneath the tourist lodges and shops selling keychains and incense, past windswept arroyos and brown valleys speckled with agave, juniper and sagebrush, the rocks of the Grand Canyon seem untethered from time. The oldest ones date back 1.8 billion years, not just eons before humans laid eyes on them, but eons before evolution endowed any organism on this planet with eyes."

Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [39]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [68], 06/08/2023
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