EJToday: Top Headlines

Green Groups Are Divided Over Proposal to Boost the Nation’s Hydropower [9]

"The new bill would shorten the permitting process for some projects, with a focus on converting old dams that don’t currently produce electricity into ones that do."

"America’s hydropower industry is hoping to reestablish some of its former glory by making itself central to the nation’s transition to clean energy—and it’s turning to Congress for help.
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 09/05/2023
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"Rags Not Riches: Ghana Drowns In Western Castoffs" [20]

"Traders in the world's largest secondhand clothes market want reparations for chronic pollution caused by fast fashion".

Consumer [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Pollution [23]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [25]
Africa [26]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [27], 09/05/2023
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"The Never-Ending Nightmare of Ukraine’s Dam Disaster" [28]

"Environmentally, economically and in terms of pure human suffering, the destruction of the Kakhovka dam unleashed untold damage. Months later, many communities are still reeling."

Disasters [29]
Infrastructure [13]
Military [30]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Europe [32]
Source: NYTimes [33], 09/05/2023
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Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes [34]

"When Minnesota farmers cranked up their wells in a drought, they blew through state limits. Thirsty crops included corn, soybeans and perfect, fry-friendly potatoes."

Agriculture [35]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 09/05/2023
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"Carbon Credit Market Confidence Ebbs As Big Names Retreat" [38]

"Voluntary carbon markets have shrunk for the first time in at least seven years, as companies including food giant Nestle and fashion house Gucci reduced buying and studies found several forest protection projects did not deliver promised emissions savings."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: Reuters [41], 09/05/2023
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"The Summer From Hell Was Just A Warning" [42]

"It’s been a summer of norm-shattering extremes — with temperatures beyond human memory, catastrophic floods from Beijing to Vermont, choking wildfires and climate records tumbling on every continent. Welcome to the rest of our lives."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [25]
Source: E&E News [43], 09/05/2023
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Alaska District Aligns School Year With Traditional Subsistence Harvests [44]

"Seventy miles inland from the Bering Sea, on roadless lands beside the Kuskokwim River, three Yup'ik villages are perfect examples of the educational challenges faced in Alaska."

Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [31]
Public [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [45]
Source: NPR [46], 09/05/2023
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Hurricane Idalia Could Become 2023’s Costliest Climate Disaster For US [47]

"Hurricane Idalia could become the costliest climate disaster to hit the US this year, analysts say, with massive implications for the insurance and risk management industries."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [48]
People & Population [31]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 09/01/2023
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"Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reached $7 Trillion in 2022, an All-Time High" [51]

"Global subsidies for fossil fuels reached $7 trillion in 2022, an all-time high, according to the International Monetary Fund."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: YaleE360 [52], 09/01/2023
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Trump Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Will Be Put On Hold For Safety [53]

"OMAHA, Neb. — A Trump-era rule allowing railroads to haul highly flammable liquefied natural gas will now be formally put on hold to allow more time to study the safety concerns related to transporting that fuel and other substances like hydrogen that must be kept at extremely low temperatures when they are shipped, regulators announced Thursday.
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [54]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [55], 09/01/2023
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Mindblowing: California Allows More Gas Storage At Aliso Canyon Leak Site [56]

"State officials voted Thursday to let Southern California Gas Co. store far more fuel at the Aliso Canyon gas storage field, eight years after a record-breaking leak spewed more than 100,000 metric tons of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere and prompted thousands of San Fernando Valley residents to evacuate their homes for months."

Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [48]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [31]
Public [17]
California [57]
Source: LA Times [58], 09/01/2023
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After Decades Of Oil Drilling, Ecuador's Indigenous Waorani Fight More [59]

"Their efforts follow a historic vote to end drilling in parts of Yasuni National Park, but uncontacted families and other Indigenous groups remain at risk from oil exploration."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
South America [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 09/01/2023
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African Climate Summit Seeks To Shift Focus To Finance From Floods, Famine [62]

"How to finance environmental priorities and shift the focus from Africa as victim of floods and famine will be central to the debate at the continent's first climate summit next week, while activists resist plans to expand carbon markets for funding."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [22]
Forests [63]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
Africa [26]
Source: Reuters [64], 09/01/2023
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Biden Administration Offers $12B To Convert Auto Factories Into EV Plants [65]

"The Biden administration will put up to $12 billion into converting auto manufacturing facilities into plants for hybrid and electric vehicles, it announced Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Transportation [54]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [66], 09/01/2023
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"There’s One Nasty Wildfire Pollutant We’ve Been Ignoring" [67]

"A newly identified particle in smoke, dark brown carbon, can warm the atmosphere by absorbing sunlight."

Air [68]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [63]
Pollution [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [25]
Source: Popular Science [69], 09/01/2023
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