EJToday: Top Headlines

California’s Joshua Trees Are Burning Up, May Be Impossible To Replace [9]

"A light rain fell on the Mojave National Preserve, where firefighters continued their nearly weeklong battle Wednesday against an unusual desert wildfire that has incinerated countless Joshua trees and threatens to forever alter California’s high desert landscape."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
California [15]
Source: LA Times [16], 08/03/2023
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"Did Big Expectations Doom The Tiny House Movement" [17]

"Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Grist [21], 08/03/2023
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Extreme Heat Cuts Into US Small Business, Worker Hours In July: Report [22]

"Record-breaking heat waves across the U.S. forced small businesses to close early in July, according to a report released on Tuesday, and reduced paid working hours for employees as dangerous temperatures reshape consumer behavior."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [25], 08/02/2023
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"White House To Agencies: Tally Projects’ Financial Damage To Ecosystems" [26]

"Federal agencies would be required to do a full accounting of how their decisions affect ecosystems the public depends on under a draft guidance that the White House will release Tuesday."

Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [30], 08/02/2023
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"Indonesia Cracks Down on the Scourge of Imported Plastic Waste" [31]

"When China banned plastic waste imports in 2018, exporters in wealthy countries targeted other developing nations. Faced with an unending stream of unrecyclable waste, Indonesia has tightened its regulations and has begun to make progress in stemming the plastics flow."

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [18]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
International [36]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Source: YaleE360 [38], 08/02/2023
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"Protect This Place: World-Renowned Elwha River Threatened by State Logging" [39]

"A timber sale looms over hiking trails, a nearby city’s water supply, and already-vulnerable salmon and orca populations."
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
Source: The Revelator [41], 08/02/2023
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Beijing Records 29 Inches Of Rain In 5 Days, Most In At Least 140 Years [42]

"China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days after being deluged with heavy rains from the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
Asia [43]
Source: AP [44], 08/02/2023
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Mike Huckabee’s “Kids Guide” Shows the Changing Landscape of Climate Denial [45]

"Producers of climate misinformation are targeting kids and families, delivering an updated message that acknowledges global warming, but minimizes the influence of human emissions."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [27]
Journalism & Media [46]
Science [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 08/02/2023
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"Los Angeles County Has a Fruit Fly Problem: What To Know" [49]

"Part of Los Angeles County is under an agricultural quarantine after officials detected an invasive type of fruit fly in Stevenson Ranch, near the city of Santa Clarita."

Agriculture [50]
Public [14]
California [15]
Source: Washington Post [51], 08/02/2023
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"EPA Again Blocks Colorado Air Pollution Permit For Suncor" [52]

"The EPA’s Denver regional office is once again blocking a renewed state air pollution permit for the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, agreeing to objections from environmental groups that Colorado should crack down harder on carbon monoxide dangers and past plant modifications."

Air [53]
Chemicals [32]
Energy & Fuel [54]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [33]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Source: Colorado Sun [56], 08/02/2023
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Once Endangered, Brazil’s Golden Monkeys Have Rebounded From Yellow Fever [57]

"There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals."

Biodiversity [58]
Environmental Health [24]
Wildlife [59]
Public [14]
South America [60]
Source: AP [61], 08/02/2023
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If You Miss August's Blue Supermoon, Your Next Chance Is In 9 Years [62]

"The moon will seem extra big and bright and thus be quite a sight this August, with a sturgeon supermoon visible on Tuesday and then a rare blue supermoon coming at the end of the month."

Natural Resources [13]
Science [47]
Public [14]
International [36]
Source: NPR [63], 08/02/2023
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"Republicans Slam Biden NEPA Revamp, Threaten Permitting Talks" [64]

"Congressional Republicans are seething about the Biden administration’s plans to change how the government reviews major energy infrastructure projects ranging from oil and gas pipelines to solar installations."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [65], 08/01/2023
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"Zero Oil Companies Bid In BLM’s Nevada Lease Sale" [66]

"The bust amplified conservationists’ calls to turn away from oil production in the state, where 95 percent of acres leased for oil development are nonproducing."

Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [54]
Environmental Politics [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Source: E&E News [67], 08/01/2023
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"It’s Not Just Hot. Climate Anomalies Are Emerging Around The Globe." [68]

"July was packed with weather anomalies, but some were so abnormal they sent a wave of consternation through the scientific community".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Science [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [36]
Source: Washington Post [69], 08/01/2023
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