EJToday: Top Headlines

"Former Nevada Official Gets Life Sentence For Murder Of Reporter" [9]

"A Las Vegas, Nevada, jury on Wednesday found a former elected county official guilty of killing an investigative reporter who wrote critical articles about him, sentencing him to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 20 years."

Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [14], 08/30/2024
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"Haaland Revokes Trump Orders, Protects 28M Alaska Acres" [15]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a Trump-era decision that would have opened millions of acres of federal land in Alaska to energy development and mining."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 08/30/2024
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EPA Rejects Plastics Industry’s Misleading Math About Recycled Content [20]

"The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.”"

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [23]
Waste [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ProPublica [25], 08/30/2024
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"Seabed Mining Leader Vows To Investigate Predecessor" [26]

"One of Leticia Reis de Carvalho’s top priorities when she steps up in four months to lead an international agency overseeing deep-sea mining for electric vehicle battery metals: investigating her predecessor."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
International [28]
Source: E&E News [29], 08/30/2024
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Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees. [30]

"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."

Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [34], 08/30/2024
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"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords." [35]

"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [37]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [33]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [38], 08/30/2024
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As US Appetite for Electricity Grew in Early 2024, So Did Solar Power [39]

"The United States increased its electricity generation from utility-scale solar power by nearly one-third in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year."

Climate Change [37]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 08/30/2024
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"Biden Administration Releases Plan To Expand US West Solar Development" [41]

"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering making 31 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for potential solar energy development, according to a proposal published on Thursday."

Climate Change [37]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Infrastructure [42]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [43], 08/30/2024
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Video: Houthi Planted Bombs On Tanker Now Threatening Red Sea Oil Spill [44]

"Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Military [45]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [46]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
Middle East [47]
Source: AP [48], 08/30/2024
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"What You Need To Know About E-Bikes In National Parks" [49]

"After years of legal battles and debate, the National Park Service has decided to treat electric bicycles more like regular bikes than motorized vehicles."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Forests [50]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [17]
Transportation [46]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [51], 08/30/2024
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Industry Scientists Back EPA Finding That Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk [52]

"The consultants, who worked for Dow, the pesticide’s manufacturer, help corporate interests defend their products against environmental and health regulations."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [33]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [23]
Science [53]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 08/29/2024
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Plutonium Levels Near Los Alamos Similar To Chernobyl, Study Finds [55]

"Soil, plants and water along popular recreation spots near Los Alamos, New Mexico, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, are contaminated with “extreme concentrations” of plutonium, a new study has found, but calls for the federal government to act have been dismissed."

Environmental Health [31]
Military [45]
Natural Resources [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [56]
Pollution [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: Guardian [58], 08/29/2024
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"Surging Methane Emissions Could Be a Sign of a Major Climate Shift" [59]

"New studies suggest global warming boosts natural methane releases, which could undermine efforts to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas from fossil fuels and agriculture."

Climate Change [37]
Pollution [23]
Public [12]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 08/29/2024
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Emissions From Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Higher Than All But 3 Countries [61]

"Last year’s Canadian wildfires, which blanketed much of the eastern U.S. in smog, released more carbon emissions than all but three countries worldwide, according to research published Wednesday."

Climate Change [37]
Forests [50]
Pollution [23]
Public [12]
International [28]
Canada [62]
Source: The Hill [63], 08/29/2024
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EPA Watchdog Says Air Chief Had ‘Disqualifying Financial Interest’ [64]

"An internal watchdog criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top air official for participating in the development of a rule that regulates an industry in which he reportedly had financial holdings."

Chemicals [21]
Economy & Business [65]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [33]
Government [66]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [67], 08/29/2024
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