EJToday: Top Headlines

Enviros Highlight Industrial Emitters in Environmental Justice Communities [9]

"A new report on toxic pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, health metrics and environmental justice indicators could guide investments to clean up heavy industry."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 09/15/2023
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"A Summer Light Show Dims: Why Are Fireflies Disappearing?" [18]

"Fireflies — whose shimmering, magical glows light up summer nights — are in trouble, threatened by habitat destruction, light pollution, and pesticide use. With 18 species now considered at risk of extinction in North America alone, recovery efforts are only just beginning."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [14]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [23]
Source: YaleE360 [24], 09/15/2023
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Earth Outside ‘Safe Operating Space For Humanity’ On Key Parameters: Study [25]

"Earth is exceeding its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine key measurements of its health, and two of the remaining three are headed in the wrong direction, a new study said."

Climate Change [26]
Environmental Health [11]
Science [27]
Public [15]
International [23]
Source: AP [28], 09/14/2023
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Calif. Lawmakers Pass Groundbreaking Greenhouse Emissions Disclosure Bill [29]

"California lawmakers have passed a bill that would require large U.S.-based companies doing business in the Golden State to publicly disclose their annual greenhouse gas emissions — the first such requirement in the nation."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [33]
Source: LA Times [34], 09/14/2023
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"Study: Lead Exposure Killed More Than 5 Million People In Just One Year" [35]

"A new study from the World Bank tallies the staggering worldwide toll: 5.5 million deaths from heart diseases because of exposure to lead in 2019 alone." "Contamination from battery recyclers, tainted cookware, and fertilizers could be contributing to the health crisis."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
International [23]
Source: Grist [36], 09/14/2023
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"Crowding Out Cougars" [37]

"Expanded development on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, viewed as a climate refuge, is encroaching on prime wildlife habitat. As big cats find it harder to avoid people, many are winding up dead."

Biodiversity [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 09/14/2023
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"The Food Industry Pays ‘Influencer’ Dietitians To Shape Your Eating Habits" [40]

"Registered dietitians are being paid to post videos that promote diet soda, sugar and supplements on Instagram and TikTok".

Agriculture [19]
Chemicals [10]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [42]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [43], 09/14/2023
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"Standoff Over Electric Vehicle Workers Poses Risk for Biden" [44]

"A looming auto industry strike could test the president’s commitment to making electric vehicles a source of well-paying union jobs."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [45]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [47], 09/14/2023
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News Corp Gasses Up ‘Green’ Fossil Fuels - But Does It Pass The Sniff Test? [48]

"Series sponsored by organisations including coal and gas companies features ‘incorrect’ claims on ‘green gas’ and context missing on carbon capture technology".

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [45]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [15]
International [23]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 09/14/2023
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World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Plant Being Built In Texas. Will It Work? [51]

"The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil?"

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [45]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [52], 09/14/2023
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Pumped Storage Hydro Is The Greenest Renewable Energy Technology: Study [53]

"Pumped storage hydropower is the greenest renewable energy technology for large-scale energy storage, a new study suggests."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Infrastructure [54]
Technology [55]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: OPB [56], 09/14/2023
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"Washington Is Full Of Rats. These Dogs Are Happy To Help With That." [57]

"On certain nights, behind some of your favorite restaurants, roving groups of dog owners set their posse of pooches loose on urban rodents".

Activism [58]
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: Washington Post [60], 09/14/2023
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"For a Pittance, Miners Can Work Public Land. There’s a Push to Make Them Pay." [61]

"The Biden administration is asking Congress to change the law so companies pay federal royalties when they extract metals."
Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [45]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [62], 09/13/2023
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5,300 Are Feared Dead, More Are Missing As Libya Is Devastated By Floods [63]

"Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and it was feared the toll could spiral with 10,000 people reported still missing after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away entire neighborhoods of the city."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [64]
Infrastructure [54]
Water & Oceans [65]
Public [15]
Africa [66]
Source: AP [67], 09/13/2023
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"Colombia Was Deadliest Country For Environmentalists In 2022 - Group" [68]

"Colombia was the deadliest country for environmentalists in 2022, with at least 60 environmental and land rights defenders killed there, British advocacy group Global Witness said in a report on Tuesday."

Activism [58]
Environmental Politics [45]
Forests [69]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
International [23]
South America [70]
Source: Reuters [71], 09/13/2023
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