EJToday: Top Headlines

ATSDR: "How A US Health Agency Became A Shield For Polluters" [9]

"Companies and others responsible for some of America's most toxic waste sites are using a federal health agency’s faulty reports to save money on cleanups, defend against lawsuits and deny victims compensation, a Reuters investigation found."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [14]
Waste [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 08/08/2024
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Death Toll For Birds Hitting Buildings May Be Over 1 Billion A Year In US [20]

"Less than half of stunned or injured birds survive a collision with a window, research has found, pushing up estimates that more than 1 billion birds may die each year from flying into buildings in the US."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Studies [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Wildlife [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [26], 08/08/2024
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Hottest Ocean Temps In 400 Years Threaten Great Barrier Reef: Researchers [27]

"Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef are now the hottest in at least 400 years and are an “existential threat” to the planet’s unique natural wonder, according to new scientific research."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
International [31]
Australia & Oceania [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 08/08/2024
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Illinois Trees, Plants Damaged By Renewed Use Of Weedkillers On Farms [34]

"Patsy Hirsch and her husband moved to an Elgin subdivision nearly three decades ago, drawn by a backyard thicket of oak, hickory and cherry trees so dense the canopy blotted out the sun."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [10]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Chicago Tribune [40], 08/08/2024
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"Avocado Goldrush Links US Companies With Mexico’s Deforestation Disaster" [41]

"On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of Madero, located in central Mexico’s Michoacan state."

Agriculture [35]
Consumer [42]
Food [43]
Forests [37]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
Mexico [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 08/08/2024
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"Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection" [46]

"Fracking wastewater, injected underground for permanent disposal, traveled 12 miles through geological faults before bursting to the surface through a previously plugged West Texas oil well in 2022, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University."

Chemicals [36]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Infrastructure [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 08/08/2024
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Extreme Heat Is Impacting Most Americans’ Electricity Bills: AP-NORC Poll [50]

"Around 7 in 10 Americans say in the last year extreme heat has had an impact on their electricity bills, ranging from minor to major, and most have seen at least a minor impact on their outdoor activities, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research."

Climate Change [28]
Consumer [42]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [51], 08/08/2024
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U.S. Funds Fueling Push To Remove Dams And Restore River Habitat [52]

"On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece by piece and gradually opening a waterway kept in check for nearly two centuries."

Biodiversity [21]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Infrastructure [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: AP [54], 08/08/2024
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"A Fifth Of U.S. Green Hydrogen Projects Eyed For Water-Stressed Areas" [55]

"As the federal government pours billions into hydrogen production to lower greenhouse gas emissions, critics worry water shortages in the Southwest could worsen"

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Infrastructure [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: Floodlight [56], 08/08/2024
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"62.1 Million People In The U.S. May Be Exposed To Dangerous Heat Today" [57]

"The [Washington] Post is tracking the potential for dangerous heat using the heat index, which accounts for the combined impact of temperature and humidity"

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Health [10]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [58], 08/08/2024
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"Tim Walz Has Championed Climate as Governor" [59]

"Over the course of his two terms in office, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has quietly emerged as one of the nation’s most forceful advocates for tackling climate change."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [60], 08/07/2024
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EPA Issues Emergency Ban Of Weedkiller Dacthal, Citing Risks To Unborn [61]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency suspension of the common weedkiller DCPA, also known as Dacthal, it said Tuesday, the first time the agency has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years."

Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: CNN [62], 08/07/2024
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"Navajo Uranium Standoff Risks Legal Clashes in ‘Nuclear West’" [63]

"The Navajo Nation took the unusual step of using its police force to try to impede uranium shipments across its land last week—a preview of legal environmental battles to come if other uranium mines open in the southwest."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [64]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Transportation [65]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [66], 08/07/2024
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"EPA Alumni Ready To Resist Trump — Again" [67]

"An alliance formed in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2016 election is gearing up to defend the agency if the former president retakes the White House."

Activism [68]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [69], 08/07/2024
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Many Oklahoma Drillers Want Contributions To Cleanup Fund Refunded [70]

"Oklahoma’s oil industry pays into a voluntary fund to clean up oil wells, but many drillers opt out. The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an estimated 1,500 orphan well sites."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [10]
Pollution [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main [71], 08/07/2024
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