EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Microsoft Is Making A Mess Of The News After Replacing Staff With AI" [9]

"False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election. An obituary for a late NBA player that described him as “useless.” These false and bizarre stories aren’t showing up on some far-flung corner of the internet — they’re being published by Microsoft."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: CNN [15], 11/06/2023
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Californians Bet Farming Agave For Spirits Holds Key To Weathering Drought [16]

"Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern California home because his wife liked the way they looked. A decade later, his property is now dotted with thousands of what he and others hope is a promising new crop for the state following years of punishing drought and a push to scale back on groundwater pumping."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
California [20]
Source: AP [21], 11/06/2023
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"Court Tosses EPA Ban On Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Kids" [22]

"A federal appeals court on Thursday is tossing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ban on a pesticide that has been linked to brain damage in children."

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [27], 11/03/2023
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"Access Denied: Trying To Get Into Canada’s ‘Premier’ Pro-Coal Gathering" [28]

"I was feeling hopeful when I made my way to the Coal Association of Canada’s conference registration desk at the Sheraton Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver last week. The association had denied my media request to attend the conference but didn’t share their decision-making process or reasoning. I thought an in-person conversation would help clarify any concerns and hoped it was an oversight."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [12]
Canada [30]
Source: The Narwhal [31], 11/03/2023
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"UN Sounds Warning On Climate Change Health Threat" [32]

"Climate change poses a health threat through increasing weather disasters and extreme heat, the UN said Thursday, calling for better warning systems that could be weaved into public health policy."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [34]
People & Population [35]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: AFP [36], 11/03/2023
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"Action To Protect Against Climate Crisis ‘Woefully Inadequate’, UN Warns" [37]

"The UN Environment Programme (Unep) report estimated that between $215bn and $387bn a year is needed for climate adaptation in poor and vulnerable countries alone this decade. However, funding fell by 15% – to just $21bn – in 2021, the report said."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Health [24]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [39], 11/03/2023
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Poisoned For Decades By A Peruvian Mine, Communities Feel Forgotten [40]

"The open-cast crater seems ready to swallow the city whole. Mud-brick houses with corrugated iron roofs teeter on the edge of the massive Raúl Rojas mining pit, now lined with razor wire, which stretches nearly 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) across and is 300 meters, or more than a quarter of a mile, deep. This is the center of Cerro de Pasco, a city in central Peru, sitting at an elevation of more than 4,300 m (14,100 feet) above sea level."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Natural Resources [41]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [26]
Public [12]
South America [42]
Source: Mongabay [43], 11/03/2023
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"A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short" [44]

"America’s stewardship of one of its most precious resources, groundwater, relies on a patchwork of state and local rules so lax and outdated that in many places oversight is all but nonexistent, a New York Times analysis has found."

Agriculture [17]
Consumer [45]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [41]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [46], 11/03/2023
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"How One Solar Company Is Succeeding In Coal Country" [47]

"Solar advocates in southwestern Virginia say being local, proving the technology works and building a coalition to support it have been key."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [29]
People & Population [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist [48], 11/03/2023
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Coal Ash: "Alabama In Billion-Dollar Showdown With EPA" [49]

"It’s a billion-dollar decision. Probably many billions. And people all around Alabama are waiting anxiously for the feds to decide what happens next. Can Alabama leave its 100 million tons of coal ash where the utilities dumped it, in unlined ditches along the rivers across the state?"

Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Birmingham News [52], 11/03/2023
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"How An American Meat Broker Is Fueling Amazon Deforestation" [53]

"China has become the world’s biggest importer of beef, and Brazil is China’s biggest supplier, according to United Nations Comtrade data. More beef moves from Brazil to China than between any other two countries. But the Brazilian cattle industry is a major driver of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [38]
Forests [54]
Natural Resources [41]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: AP [55], 11/03/2023
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"Years Into A Climate Disaster, These People Are Eating The Unthinkable" [56]

"In South Sudan, war and semi-permanent flooding have left people to scavenge for food, with long-term consequences for their health".

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [24]
Food [57]
Natural Resources [41]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
Africa [58]
Source: Washington Post [59], 11/03/2023
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Industry Faces Blowback As Orsted Scraps 2 Wind Projects Off New Jersey [60]

"Wind energy developer Orsted is writing off $4 billion, due largely to the cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey whose financial challenges mirror those facing the nascent industry."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [61]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [62], 11/02/2023
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Pope Says He Will Attend Dubai COP28 Climate Summit, A First By A Pontiff [63]

"Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he will attend the COP28 climate conference starting next month in Dubai, the first time a pontiff will be at the U.N. environmental meeting since they began in 1995."

Climate Change [18]
Public [12]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [64], 11/02/2023
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Louisiana Was Open To Cancer Alley Concessions. Then EPA Dropped Probe [65]

"For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk. Federal officials said they had found evidence of discrimination and were pressuring the state to strengthen oversight of air pollution from industrial plants."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: AP [66], 11/02/2023
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