EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Meteorologists Face Death Threats As Hurricane Conspiracies Surge" [9]

"Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge of conspiracy theories that they were controlling the weather, abuse and even death threats, amid what they say is an unprecedented surge in misinformation as two major hurricanes have hit the US."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Military [15]
Science [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 10/15/2024
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"Climate Change Made Hurricane Milton Worse, Scientists Say" [20]

"The brutal wind and torrential rainfall of Hurricane Milton that killed 16 people in Florida this week were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists said on Friday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 10/15/2024
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Washington State’s Landmark Climate Law Hangs In The Balance This Election [24]

"A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
Source: AP [28], 10/15/2024
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"The U.S. Gets A New National Marine Sanctuary, The First Led By A Tribe" [29]

"More than 4,500 square miles of ocean will soon be protected by the federal government off the Central California coast. The Biden administration is creating a new national marine sanctuary, which will be the third largest in the U.S. The sanctuary is also the first to be led by Indigenous people."

Biodiversity [30]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [32]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [33]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [34]
Source: NPR [35], 10/15/2024
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Insurance 'Nightmare' Unfolds For Florida Homeowners After Two Hurricanes [36]

"Bridgette Bello thought she’d taken proper precautions to protect against Florida’s notorious hurricanes, having purchased flood insurance as well as a separate hurricane-specific policy, in addition to her regular homeowners coverage. Yet nearly two weeks after Helene hit — and even before Milton had arrived — what Bello, 54, describes as an insurance “nightmare” has only begun."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [37]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: NBC News [40], 10/15/2024
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"Hundreds Dead, More Than 1 Million Displaced Due To Niger Floods" [41]

"Floods caused by intense rains have resulted in 339 deaths and displaced more than 1.1 million people in Niger since June, while also causing devastating damage to the Sahel nation's critical resources, cultural sites, and schools."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
Africa [42]
Source: AFP [43], 10/15/2024
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The Fate Of Thousands Of U.S. Rural Dams Hangs In The Balance [44]

"Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [45]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [47], 10/15/2024
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Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities [48]

"In 2023, Alabama settled a civil rights complaint alleging that the state was discriminating against Black residents by not providing adequate sewage treatment in a poor, rural county. A year later, slow progress is being made to close the gap."

Consumer [49]
Environmental Justice [50]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 10/15/2024
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EPA OKs Use Of Radioactive Material In Florida Road Pilot Project [53]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted preliminary approval for the use of a material that contains radioactive radium in a Florida road project that’s being described as a “pilot.”"

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [54]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Pollution [51]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: The Hill [57], 10/15/2024
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"Weeks After Hurricane Helene, Many Remain Missing In The Mountains" [58]

"Weeks after being swept away in floodwaters, a North Carolina grandmother is among an untold number of victims who remain unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [54]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: Washington Post [59], 10/15/2024
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"Deadly Milton Leaves Florida With Flooding And Damage In Its Wake" [60]

"Floridians are picking up the pieces after Milton made landfall as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane and cut through the state as a Category 1 storm before moving offshore. In some areas, such as St. Petersburg, the storm represented a more than a 1-in-1000 year rainfall event."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [54]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: CNN [61], 10/11/2024
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"Johnson Slams Door On Congress Returning For Disaster Aid" [62]

"Hurricane Milton’s rampage is not swaying House Republican leaders who oppose returning to Washington to approve billions of dollars for disaster assistance."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: E&E News [63], 10/11/2024
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"An Oil Giant Railroads Its SCOTUS Connection To Gut Environmental Law" [64]

"A fossil fuel giant with deep ties to Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, along with other powerful pro-business groups, are explicitly pressuring Gorsuch and his fellow justices to rule in favor of oil and gas interests in an upcoming Supreme Court case."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [65]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [51]
Transportation [66]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [67]
Source: Lever News [68], 10/11/2024
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"Migrating Seabirds Are Bringing Forever Chemicals Into the Arctic" [69]

"New research shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic."

Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [70]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [51]
Wildlife [33]
Public [17]
International [22]
Antarctica & Arctic [71]
Source: Hakai [72], 10/11/2024
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Polluted Waste From Florida’s Fertilizer Industry Vulnerable To Milton [73]

"As Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists worry it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry and other hazardous waste across the peninsula and into vulnerable waterways."

Agriculture [74]
Chemicals [70]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [54]
Natural Resources [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: AP [75], 10/11/2024
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