EJToday: Top Headlines

Warming And Habitat Loss Shrink Pollinator Numbers, Threaten Coffee, Cocoa [9]

"Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems interwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [17], 10/13/2023
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Mama Bear "Grazer" Easily Wins Popular Fat Bear Contest At Alaska Park [18]

"When it comes to packing on the pounds to survive an Alaska winter, this year’s undisputed champ is Grazer."

Biodiversity [11]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Source: AP [24], 10/13/2023
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Supreme Court Passes On Red State Challenge To Biden ‘Social Cost Of Carbon’ [25]

"The Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit led by the state of Missouri that sought to block the Biden administration’s “social cost of carbon” measure."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Studies [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [28], 10/12/2023
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Backyard Sewage And Parasitic Disease: EPA Opens Civil Rights Probe In Alabama [29]

"Sewage collecting in crudely dug trenches. Failing septic tanks that send waste bubbling into backyards. These are some of the common sights across Alabama’s Black Belt, a strip of 24 continuous counties blessed with deep fertile soil but long plagued by inadequate wastewater infrastructure and the commensurate parasitic disease."

Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Grist [32], 10/12/2023
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As Heat Deaths Rise, New Program Puts Community Clinics On The Front Lines [33]

"An initiative in Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona enlists clinicians to ensure resources go to the right places during heat waves."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [35], 10/12/2023
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"ExxonMobil Boosts Fossil Fuel Commitment With Pioneer Buyout" [36]

"ExxonMobil has sealed a $59.5 billion (€56 billion) deal to acquire shale oil giant Pioneer Natural Resources, the companies announced on Wednesday, marking the oil giant's biggest acquisition since the late 1990s buyout of Mobil by Exxon. ... It also demonstrates ExxonMobil's commitment to fossil fuels even as climate concerns become ever more pressing."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: DW [39], 10/12/2023
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"Island Nations Sign Climate Solidarity Declaration In Indonesia" [40]

"Dozens of island nations signed a declaration in Indonesia on Wednesday to boost solidarity and cooperation on fighting climate threats, including rising sea levels."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [42]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: AFP [43], 10/12/2023
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Kew’s ‘State of the World’s Plants and Fungi’ Report Warns Of Extinctions [44]

"The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi” report assesses our current knowledge of plants and fungal diversity, the threats they face and how to protect them. The report warns that many plant and fungal species, 45% of documented flowering plants and half of all analyzed fungi risk extinction (though less than 0.4% of identified fungi have been assessed for extinction to date)."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Studies [26]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Mongabay [45], 10/12/2023
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FWS Creates 2 New Refuges In Tenn, Wyo. To Protect Toads, Bats, Salamanders [46]

"Two newly created national wildlife refuges in Tennessee and Wyoming will help protect habitats for threatened and endangered species such as toads, bats, shrimp and salamanders, federal officials say."

Biodiversity [11]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [47], 10/12/2023
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"As Climate Risks Mount, The Insurance Safety Net Is Collapsing" [48]

"Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick up the tab?"

"This story is the first in a four-part Grist series examining how climate change is destabilizing the global insurance market. It is published in partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [49], 10/12/2023
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"Massive Prehistoric Solar Storm Is Warning For Earth, Researchers Say" [50]

"The night sky lit up so bright that some people thought it was morning. Gold miners in the Rocky Mountains woke up at 1 a.m. to make breakfast and start their day. Birds began singing as if the sun had already risen."

Natural Resources [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [51]
Science [52]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Washington Post [53], 10/12/2023
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"How Climate Change Is Threatening Your Beer" [54]

"Climate change is making it harder to grow hops, a key ingredient in beer".

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [55]
Food [56]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Washington Post [57], 10/12/2023
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Groups Ask EPA To Intervene In An Alabama Water System Plagued By Leaks [58]

"Environmental groups have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene in a south Alabama water system they said has been plagued by leaks, contamination and financial mismanagement, endangering residents in the low-income community."

Environmental Justice [41]
Infrastructure [59]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: AP [60], 10/11/2023
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"Gene Editing Offers Chickens Some Protection Against Bird Flu - Study" [61]

"Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential strategy to reduce the spread of the deadly virus."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [34]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [52]
Technology [62]
Wildlife [21]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [63], 10/11/2023
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Tensions Rise in Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to US [64]

"In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Politics [42]
Infrastructure [59]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mexico [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 10/11/2023
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