EJToday: Top Headlines

"More Than 4 Billion People Don’t Have Access To Clean Water At Home" [9]

"New analyses reveal that 4.4 billion people across low- and middle-income countries — over half of the world’s population — don’t have safe household drinking water."

Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Vox [16], 08/21/2024
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"2024 Democratic Platform Emphasizes Economic Case For Climate Action" [17]

"The 2024 Democratic Party platform makes a case for action against climate change as economic populism, a sharp contrast to Republican arguments that it would hurt the middle class."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [23], 08/21/2024
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Groups Say They’re Shut Out Of Plastics Treaty Talks In Bangkok [24]

"Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic pollution. Final treaty negotiations take place in South Korea in November. Yet most of the people who have been closely tracking the negotiations — environmentalists, tribal leaders and residents from communities hard-hit by plastic production and waste — are shut out of the talks in Bangkok."

Activism [25]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [28], 08/21/2024
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FDA Lets Companies Self-Police If Recycled Plastic Is Safe For Food Contact [29]

"Recycled plastic can be more toxic than virgin plastic, yet the federal approval process to use it in food packaging is lax and leaving consumers at risk, researchers say."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [10]
Food [31]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Science [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: EHN [33], 08/21/2024
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"Pressure Mounts On Methane-Polluting Oregon Landfill To Clean Up Its Act" [34]

"Nearby residents have been sounding the alarm about Coffin Butte Landfill for years. Now Sen. Jeff Merkley and other members of Congress are demanding action."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [12]
Waste [35]
Public [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [36]
Source: Canary Media [37], 08/21/2024
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Alexandria, Va., Digs $615 Million Tunnel to Fix Its Sewage Overflows [38]

Alexandria, Va., is almost finished digging a 2.2-mile tunnel to fix its combined sewer overflow problem..

Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 08/21/2024
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Wisconsin Senate Candidates Differ Widely In Climate Views [41]

"While Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin has warned that climate change threatens “our very way of life,” GOP challenger Eric Hovde compared clean energy tax credits to “corporate welfare.”"

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 08/21/2024
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"Democrats Divided Over Permitting Reform’s Climate Math" [44]

"The Democratic caucus is divided over whether to support legislation that seeks to speed up the nation’s energy build-out — largely based on disagreements about what its actual climate impacts would be."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [45], 08/21/2024
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"Coal Power Defined This Minnesota Town. Can Solar Win It Over?" [46]

"One of the nation’s largest coal-fueled electric plants is being replaced with thousands of acres of solar panels and a test of long-duration batteries."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Infrastructure [11]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Source: NYTimes [48], 08/21/2024
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"New York City’s Trees Work Hard. Still, They Could Use a Little Help." [49]

"A chemical reaction involving emissions from cars and buildings can negate their environmental benefits. New research shows what big cities can do about it."

Air [50]
Chemicals [26]
Forests [51]
Natural Resources [52]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Source: NYTimes [54], 08/21/2024
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"Climate Groups Begin $55 Million Ad Campaign for Kamala Harris" [55]

"Several organizations focused on combating climate change joined forces on Monday for a $55 million advertising campaign in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, embracing what they describe as the economic upside of the Democratic Party’s environmental efforts."

Activism [25]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [56], 08/20/2024
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"Oil And Ink Mix As Chevron Reports The ‘News’ In Texas, New Mexico" [57]

"Since 2022, one of the largest oil producers in the Permian Basin has run its own local news website. The Chevron-operated site, Permian Proud, provides local news coverage for a region with a dwindling number of local news outlets, while inserting articles with a positive spin about the company."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: Floodlight [59], 08/20/2024
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Nearly 68 Million Suffering From Drought In Southern Africa, Says Bloc [60]

"About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday."

Agriculture [61]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [62]
Environmental Health [10]
Food [31]
Natural Resources [52]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Africa [63]
Source: Reuters [64], 08/20/2024
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"Why Do So Many Pelicans Keep Dropping Dead In California?" [65]

"A significant die-off of brown pelicans in California has scientists searching for answers."

Biodiversity [66]
Disasters [62]
Fish & Fisheries [67]
Natural Resources [52]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [68]
Public [14]
California [69]
Source: Washington Post [70], 08/20/2024
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"Wealthy Homeowners Nab Billions In Tax Credits For Energy Efficiency" [71]

"Wealthy homeowners are scooping up billions of dollars in tax credits for making their residences more energy efficient, while the poor are getting almost nothing under the same Biden administration effort."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Justice [72]
Infrastructure [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [73], 08/20/2024
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