EJToday: Top Headlines

"States Withhold Cooling Aid For The Poor As Heat Gets Deadlier" [9]

"More than 30 million low-income households that are eligible for federal funding to defray the cost of air conditioning have not received any money from a government program that was created to protect vulnerable people from dangerous temperatures, an E&E News analysis shows."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 09/07/2023
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This Summer Broke World Record For The Highest Temperature Ever Measured [18]

"Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization."

Climate Change [10]
Public [15]
International [19]
Source: AP [20], 09/07/2023
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"A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water" [21]

"Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched American West have held up a crucial pipeline."

Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 09/07/2023
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61 Indicted In Georgia On RICO Charges Connected To ‘Stop Cop City’ Movement [27]

"ATLANTA — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.”

In the sweeping indictment released Tuesday, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr alleged the defendants are “militant anarchists” who supported a violent movement that prosecutors trace to the widespread 2020 racial justice protests.
Activism [28]
Environmental Justice [12]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: AP [32], 09/07/2023
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"Invasive Species Costing World Billions A Year, UN Warns" [33]

"From rats to fire ants, invasive creatures are threatening local ecosystems. Influenced by global trade and climate change, they are pushing native species to the brink."

Biodiversity [34]
Natural Resources [30]
Public [15]
International [19]
Source: DW [35], 09/07/2023
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Alaskan Fishers Fear Bleak Season As Crab Numbers Dwindle In Warming Waters [36]

"Gabriel Prout worked four seasons on his father’s crab boat, the Silver Spray, before joining his two brothers in 2020 to buy a half-interest plus access rights for a snow crab fishery that’s typically the largest and richest in the Bering Sea. Then in 2021, disaster: an annual survey found crabs crashing to an all-time low."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: AP [39], 09/07/2023
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"America’s Fire Spotters Aren’t Ready to Fade Away Just Yet [40]

"Officials say the future of wildfire detection is cameras. But in northwest Montana, solitary humans on mountaintops still do more than machines alone can offer."

Forests [41]
Technology [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [43], 09/07/2023
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"Congress Returns To Overflowing Fall Agenda" [44]

"The Senate returns from summer recess Tuesday facing an impasse on federal spending that could result in a government shutdown, with billions of dollars needed for disaster relief on the line."

Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [45], 09/06/2023
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"Hottest September Since 1938 Awaits G-20 Leaders in Delhi" [46]

"Global leaders including US President Joe Biden are set to be greeted by stifling heat when they meet in New Delhi this week for the Group of 20 Summit, where climate change is set to be among key issues on the agenda."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [15]
International [19]
Source: Bloomberg Green [47], 09/06/2023
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"Muddied Tropical Rivers Reveal Magnitude Of Global Gold Mining Boom" [48]

"A new study reveals that 59,000 kilometers, or nearly 37,000 miles, of tropical rivers have been damaged by mining, based on 7 million measurements taken from satellite images spanning four decades."

Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [49]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
International [19]
Source: Mongabay [50], 09/06/2023
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"Marathon Refinery Fire Illustrates How Industry Goes Quiet During a Crisis" [51]

"Recent industrial disaster at Louisiana’s Marathon refinery shows how difficult it is to get information during dangerous events."

Chemicals [52]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: DeSmog [54], 09/06/2023
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"‘Alarming’ Scale Of Marine Sand Dredging Laid Bare By New Data Platform" [55]

"One million lorries of sand a day are being extracted from the world’s oceans, posing a “significant” threat to marine life and coastal communities facing rising sea levels and storms, according to the first-ever global data platform to monitor the industry."

Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [56], 09/06/2023
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"Why The United States Undercounts Climate-Driven Deaths" [57]

"The system of death surveillance wasn’t designed for a climate-changed world."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [58], 09/06/2023
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"Negotiators Finally Have A Draft Of The Global Plastics Treaty" [59]

"In March 2022, 175 countries agreed to write a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis. Now, a year and a half later, they finally have a rough draft."

Chemicals [52]
Energy & Fuel [60]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [49]
Public [15]
International [19]
Source: Grist [61], 09/06/2023
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West Texas Residents Forge Their Own Solution To Undrinkable Water [62]

"The water in these four unincorporated communities near Lubbock has been undrinkable for years, residents say. They hope to win $3 million in state grants to improve their systems."

Activism [28]
Consumer [63]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [64]
Source: Texas Tribune [65], 09/06/2023
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