EJToday: Top Headlines

"The Republic of Cows" [9]

"When habitat loss is one of the biggest issues facing wild animals, why has Alaska given an uninhabited, remote island to feral cattle?"

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
Source: Hakai [14], 08/18/2023
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"Time to Dance the Salmon Home" [15]

"This summer a Tribal ceremony celebrated the return of sacred fish, lost for generations."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [16]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [18]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
California [21]
Source: The Revelator [22], 08/18/2023
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New Study Finds More Hurricane Deaths In US, Especially Among Vulnerable [23]

"Hurricanes in the U.S. the last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists traditionally calculate and a disproportionate number of those victims are poor, vulnerable and minorities, according to a new epidemiological study."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: AP [28], 08/17/2023
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"Great Lakes Gets Its First Wind Farm – But Some Fear Environmental Fallout" [29]

"Icebreaker would be North America’s first ever freshwater offshore wind project – but locals express concerns over wildlife and potential oil leaks".

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 08/17/2023
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"US Launches Program To Provide Electricity To More Native American Homes" [33]

"The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday unveiled a new program to bring electricity to more homes in Native American communities as the Biden administration looks to funnel more money toward climate and renewable energy projects."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Justice [16]
Infrastructure [34]
People & Population [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: AP [35], 08/17/2023
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"NYC Buildings Complying With Emissions Law Faster Than Expected" [36]

"New York City’s biggest buildings are complying with a landmark emissions law at a much faster rate than the city expected, undermining the real estate sector’s claims that the rules will be too hard to meet."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Infrastructure [34]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 08/17/2023
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Pa. Kids Near Fracking Wells Face Higher Risk For Childhood Cancer And Asthma [39]

"Residents living near fracking wells were more likely to experience childhood cancer, severe asthma attacks and low birth weights, found three long-awaited studies on fracking and health released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday evening."

Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [26]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: EHN [42], 08/17/2023
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Farmworkers Can’t Escape Life-Threatening Heat At Work And At Home [43]

"One morning this summer, several days into temperatures above 110 degrees in this farming community, Socorro Galvez, 53, began to feel weak as she picked grapes in the suffocating heat."

Agriculture [44]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [27]
California [21]
Source: LA Times [45], 08/17/2023
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"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt" [46]

"The Albright family left town after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near their Ohio home. Now, they are back, facing personal, medical and financial crises in a newly divided community."

Chemicals [40]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [47]
Transportation [48]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Source: NYTimes [49], 08/17/2023
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"‘This Way Of Farming Is Really Sexy’: The Rise Of Regenerative Agriculture" [50]

"On the Isle of Wight Hollie Fallick and Francesca Cooper are part of a movement to bring tired and depleted soil back to life – and boost food security".

Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [12]
International [51]
Source: Guardian [52], 08/17/2023
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"How 10,000 Years Of Plagues Left Their Mark On Our DNA" [53]

"Agnolo di Tura was a sometime shoemaker and tax collector with a yen for keeping a journal. He was also his family’s sole survivor when the Black Death tore through Siena, Italy, in 1348. He buried his wife and five children with his own hands, he wrote in his journal. He was somehow spared."

Biodiversity [10]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Public [12]
International [51]
Source: Washington Post [54], 08/17/2023
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"Books For Our New, Climate-Changed Summers" [55]

"After the daunting heatwaves and storms of this summer, our cheery visions of the season seem at odds with our climate-changed reality."

Climate Change [24]
Journalism & Media [56]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [57], 08/17/2023
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"Canada's Northwest Territories Declares Emergency Due To Wildfires" [58]

"The government of Canada's Northwest Territories declared a state of emergency on Tuesday due to wildfires that have largely destroyed one remote community and are also posing a risk to territorial capital Yellowknife."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Forests [59]
Public [12]
Canada [60]
Source: Reuters [61], 08/16/2023
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90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming [62]

"More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an Observer investigation reveals."

Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [63]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
Europe [64]
Source: Guardian [65], 08/16/2023
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"Despite Climate Goals, California Will Let Three Gas Plants Keep Running" [66]

"Sometimes, breaking news is spectacularly unsurprising — but still hugely consequential. That was the case Tuesday, when California officials finalized a decision they’d been telegraphing for months, voting to extend the life of three gas-fired power plants along the state’s southern coast through 2026, instead of closing them later this year.

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [26]
Pollution [63]
Public [12]
California [21]
Source: LA Times [67], 08/16/2023
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