EJToday: Top Headlines

"Summer Reads: Lost Birds, Pummeled Pumas and Climate Anxiety" [9]

"We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Revelator [15], 06/26/2024
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"Climate Crisis Driving Exponential Rise In Most Extreme Wildfires" [16]

"Scientists warn of ‘scary’ feedback loop in which fires create more heating, which causes more fires worldwide".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Forests [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Guardian [22], 06/25/2024
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Oil Lobby Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State [23]

"In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [28], 06/25/2024
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"Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs" [29]

"U.S. companies have created more than 300,000 clean energy jobs since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022, according to a detailed new analysis from an environmental advocacy group."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [32], 06/25/2024
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"The Dirty Secret Of California’s Legal Weed" [33]

"An L.A. Times/WeedWeek investigation finds alarming levels of pesticides in cannabis products at dispensaries across the state".

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
California [36]
Source: LA Times/WeedWeek [37], 06/25/2024
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"A Ride in a Chemical-Sniffing Van Shows How Heat Amps Up Pollution" [38]

"In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City this week."

Air [39]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [40], 06/25/2024
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"Climate-Proofing India's Daily Bread: The Race For Resilient Wheat" [41]

"Too hot, too dry, too wet; as extreme weather threatens food security, the race is on to get new seed varieties in the ground"

Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [10]
Food [42]
People & Population [31]
Technology [43]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
Asia [45]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [46], 06/25/2024
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Underfunded NYC Parks Dept. Losing Fight Against Invasives, Disrepair, Climate [47]

"Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts may place an outsized burden on park conservancies and small volunteer groups. With less than 1 percent of the city budget spent on parks, they’re finding it harder and harder to keep up."

Activism [48]
Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Politics [26]
Government [50]
Infrastructure [51]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [52]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 06/25/2024
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"How Biden’s Promise To Coal Country Became A Warning For Democrats" [55]

"A fading coal town in Pennsylvania is struggling to replace the jobs and money that the fossil fuel industry once offered."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [31]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: Washington Post [57], 06/25/2024
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"Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why." [58]

"A bug is going to make your summers hotter".

Biodiversity [49]
Disasters [17]
Forests [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [52]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Sierra [59], 06/25/2024
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"Environmental Protests: Interview With UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst" [60]

"The repression that environmental activists using peaceful civil disobedience are facing in Europe is a major threat to democracy and human rights, according to U.N. special rapporteur Michel Forst."

Activism [48]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [21]
Source: Mongabay [61], 06/25/2024
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Billions Of People Just Felt The Deadly Intensity Of Climate-Fueled Heat Waves [62]

"Scorching heat across five continents set 1,400 records this week and showed how human-caused global warming has made catastrophic temperatures commonplace."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [63], 06/24/2024
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"Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of 'Advanced' Plastic Recycling" [64]

"The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic. Don't be fooled."

Chemicals [35]
Consumer [65]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [12]
Pollution [20]
Technology [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [66], 06/24/2024
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"Bayer Lobbies Congress To Help Fight Lawsuits Tying Roundup To Cancer" [67]

"The biotech giant Bayer has lobbied Congress over the past year to advance legislation that could shield the company from billions of dollars in lawsuits, part of a national campaign to defeat claims that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer in people who use it frequently."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [68], 06/24/2024
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"Fees to Film on Public Lands Tossed for Nonprofit as Suit Proceeds" [69]

"A federal judge temporarily blocked commercial filming fees on public lands for an outdoor recreation nonprofit but allowed the fees to remain in place for others while a lawsuit plays out."

Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [70], 06/24/2024
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