EJToday: Top Headlines

"Hurricanes’ Hidden Toll: Thousands Of Deaths Years After They Strike" [9]

"Of more than 500 hurricanes that have hit the United States, the average storm led to up to 11,000 excess deaths, hundreds of times higher than official estimates."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [16], 10/03/2024
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"Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?" [17]

"As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ProPublica [20], 10/03/2024
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"A Shift Among Democrats: Embrace Record Levels of Oil and Gas" [21]

"JD Vance and Tim Walz on Tuesday both avoided talking about the main cause of global warming that is powering the kind of violent weather that struck the Southeast this week: the burning of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Science [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [25], 10/03/2024
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Drug-Resistant Typhoid Spreads In Pakistan As Antibiotics Fail [26]

"From his sickbed, eight-year-old Ukasha could see his siblings play with a ball in the courtyard. His head hurt and his body felt too heavy to move. Ukasha had typhoid fever – an illness he should have recovered from in days. It had been a month."

Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 10/03/2024
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"Hurricane Gives Democrats A Climate Opening In Florida" [30]

"Democrats are deploying climate arguments against Republican Rick Scott in the state’s contentious Senate race."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: E&E News [32], 10/03/2024
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"‘Everything Is Dead’: Ukraine Rushes To Stem Ecocide After River Poisoning" [33]

"Ukrainian officials say the Russians deliberately poisoned the Seym River, which flows into the Desna. The Desna connects with a reservoir in the Kyiv region and a water supply used by millions."

Chemicals [34]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Military [35]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [28]
Europe [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 10/03/2024
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"American Dams Weren’t Built for Today’s Climate-Charged Rain and Floods" [38]

"As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the US’s post-storm script: dams at imminent risk of failing."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [39]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Green [40], 10/03/2024
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S. Calif. Study Shows Extensive Exposure To Toxic Airborne Plasticizers [41]

"Urban populations in Southern Californian are facing chronic exposure to toxic airborne “plasticizer” compounds — two of which have already been banned from children’s products, a new study has found."

Air [42]
Chemicals [34]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [44]
Source: The Hill [45], 10/03/2024
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"Biden Signs Bill Cutting Environmental Reviews For Semiconductor Industry" [46]

"President Biden on Wednesday signed legislation exempting semiconductor manufacturing facilities from environmental reviews — despite objections from some Democrats and green activists who have expressed concerns about the potential for toxic waste."

Chemicals [34]
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [48]
Pollution [27]
Technology [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [50], 10/03/2024
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Voting In Alaska’s Fat Bear Week Starts After Attack Killed 1 Contestant [51]

"Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter."

Biodiversity [52]
Fish & Fisheries [53]
Journalism & Media [54]
Natural Resources [55]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [56]
Source: AP [57], 10/03/2024
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"Exchange Between Vance and Walz Shows Gulf on Climate Change Views" [58]

"As Hurricane Helene made climate change an early focus of the vice-presidential debate, the running mates quickly demonstrated the stark differences between the parties on the issue."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [54]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: NYTimes [59], 10/02/2024
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"Biden, Harris To Tour Helene Damage In North And South Carolina, Georgia" [60]

"U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will travel on Wednesday to North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to assess the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern U.S. which has killed at least 140 people."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [39]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Reuters [61], 10/02/2024
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"Flooding Deaths In Nepal Reach 193 As Recovery Work Is Stepped Up" [62]

"The number of people killed in Nepal by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend reached 193 while recovery and rescue work stepped up on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Public [14]
Asia [63]
Source: AP [64], 10/02/2024
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"U.S. Ramps Up Hunt for Uranium to End Reliance on Russia" [65]

"Miners aim to meet a growing demand for emissions-free energy, though a failure to clean up old sites haunts the industry."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Military [35]
Natural Resources [55]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [66]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [67]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [68]
Source: NYTimes [69], 10/02/2024
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"F.T.C. Clears Chevron’s Purchase of Hess With Board Condition" [70]

"The Federal Trade Commission said on Monday that it would let the oil giant Chevron acquire Hess but that the chief executive of Hess would not be allowed to join Chevron’s board because of how he communicated with leaders of OPEC."

Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [71], 10/02/2024
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