EJToday: Top Headlines

"Could Robot Weedkillers Replace The Need For Pesticides?" [9]

"On a sweltering summer day in central Kansas, farm fields shimmer in the heat as Clint Brauer watches a team of bright yellow robots churn up and down the rows, tirelessly slicing away any weeds that stand in their way while avoiding the growing crops."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [13]
Technology [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 07/22/2024
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"Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance" [19]

"In the clean car battle, the oil industry leans on friends—including Donald Trump—to keep gasoline transport alive, while carmakers steer toward an EV future."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 07/22/2024
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UK: "UN Expert Condemns Lengthy Just Stop Oil Sentences" [26]

"The lengthy multi-year sentences handed to Just Stop Oil activists are “not acceptable in a democracy”, a UN special rapporteur has said, as the government faced growing pressure to reverse the previous administration’s “hardline anti-protest” approach."

Activism [27]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
Europe [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 07/22/2024
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"Billions in US Funding Boosts Lithium Mining, Stressing Water Supplies" [30]

"Add lithium to water in a chemistry lab, and you’ll get an incendiary reaction. The same might be said of opening new lithium mines: The prospect can spark conflicts when it comes to water."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Floodlight/Energy News Network [33], 07/22/2024
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"Books For Adapting Cities To Climate Change" [34]

"Equitable urban design can help these major population centers respond to and mitigate climate change"

Climate Change [20]
Journalism & Media [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [36]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [37], 07/22/2024
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"Where Are All The Bats? – Alarm As Numbers Fall In England" [38]

"Conservation groups across England are seeing more malnourished bats, as wildlife experts warn the washout summer is driving down the insects, butterflies and moths they feed on."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [39]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [20]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [36]
Europe [28]
Source: Guardian [41], 07/22/2024
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"How A Republican Election Sweep Could Transform U.S. Climate Policy" [42]

"President Biden’s signature environmental actions could be reversed if the GOP takes control of the House, Senate and White House. The EPA and other agencies could see their budgets slashed."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [31]
Science [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [45], 07/19/2024
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"The Electric Utility Screwing Over Texans" [46]

"CenterPoint wants customers to pay to climate-proof the grid—all while pouring millions of customer dollars into climate delay."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [47]
Journalism & Media [35]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: HEATED [49], 07/19/2024
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"'It's Unbearable': Heat Waves Scorch Southern And Eastern Europe" [50]

"Unrelenting heat is blanketing swathes of southern and eastern Europe, with dozens of cities on red alert as scorching temperatures fuel wildfires, strain power grids, and make daily life unbearable."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [15]
Europe [28]
Source: AFP [52], 07/19/2024
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"Top Ag Republican Offers Bleak Prognosis For Farm Bill" [53]

"Congress might be better off leaving an already overdue five-year farm bill unfinished in 2024, Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday."

Agriculture [10]
Consumer [54]
Environmental Politics [22]
Food [55]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [56], 07/19/2024
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"New York City Bill Would Mandate Air-Conditioning for Tenants" [57]

"As New York City endures its third heat wave of the year, a city councilman plans to introduce a bill this week that would require landlords to buy, install and maintain air-conditioning units or cooling systems for tenants during the summer, with fines of up to $1,250 per day for noncompliance."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [43]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [58]
Source: NYTimes [59], 07/19/2024
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"US Court Overturns Alaska Oil Lease Sale In A Win For Environmentalists" [60]

"A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [61]
Source: Reuters [62], 07/19/2024
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Hawaiian Electric, Others Agree To Proposed $4B Maui Wildfire Deal: Report [63]

"Hawaiian Electric Industries and other defendants in lawsuits over the Maui wildfires in Hawaii have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion in settlement amount, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [51]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [47]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [61]
Source: Reuters [64], 07/19/2024
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"Maryland Wants Invasive Fish Out Of The Water — And On Your Dinner Table" [65]

"As northern snakehead and blue catfish continue to proliferate, the state is trying to get more people to eat them."

Biodiversity [39]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Food [55]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [67]
Source: Washington Post [68], 07/19/2024
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How Geothermal Fracking Could Unlock A Clean Energy Future [69]

"Technology pioneered by the oil and gas industry is fueling a new type of carbon-free power plant."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Technology [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [70], 07/19/2024
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