EJToday: Top Headlines

"NIH Taps Jeanne Marrazzo To Succeed Fauci As Infectious-Disease Chief" [9]

"Jeanne M. Marrazzo, a University of Alabama at Birmingham infectious-disease expert, will succeed Anthony S. Fauci this fall as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, federal officials announced Wednesday."

Environmental Health [10]
Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 08/03/2023
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"A Look at How Much Less Antarctic Sea Ice There Is This Year" [15]

"It’s winter in Antarctica, when sea ice cover typically grows. But this year’s sea ice is way behind, reaching record lows with implications for the planet."

Climate Change [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
International [19]
Antarctica & Arctic [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 08/03/2023
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"'Narco-Deforestation' In Focus At Upcoming Summit Of Amazon Nations" [22]

"When the presidents of Amazon nations including Brazil, Peru and Colombia meet at a regional summit next week, they will train their sights on a new breed of criminal just as comfortable chopping down the rainforest as shipping drugs overseas."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Forests [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [12]
South America [27]
Source: Reuters [28], 08/03/2023
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"Presidents of Mediterranean States Demand Climate Crisis Action" [29]

"Italy's president and his counterparts in five European countries have demanded urgent moves to tackle the "climate crisis" after scorching heatwaves, wildfires and flooding."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [30]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [12]
Europe [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 08/03/2023
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"Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands" [33]

"Wetlands and waterways in national parks, monuments, forests and other federal public lands are newly vulnerable to pollution and development in the wake of the Supreme Court’s May ruling in Sackett v. EPA, natural resources attorneys say."

Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 08/03/2023
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California’s Joshua Trees Are Burning Up, May Be Impossible To Replace [35]

"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 [16]
Disasters [30]
Forests [25]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [12]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [37], 08/03/2023
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"Did Big Expectations Doom The Tiny House Movement" [38]

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

Climate Change [16]
Consumer [39]
Infrastructure [40]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist [41], 08/03/2023
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Extreme Heat Cuts Into US Small Business, Worker Hours In July: Report [42]

"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 [16]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [43]
Environmental Health [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [44], 08/02/2023
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"White House To Agencies: Tally Projects’ Financial Damage To Ecosystems" [45]

"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 [43]
Environmental Politics [24]
Environmental Studies [46]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [47], 08/02/2023
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"Indonesia Cracks Down on the Scourge of Imported Plastic Waste" [48]

"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 [49]
Consumer [39]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [50]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
International [19]
Australia & Oceania [52]
Source: YaleE360 [53], 08/02/2023
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"Protect This Place: World-Renowned Elwha River Threatened by State Logging" [54]

"A timber sale looms over hiking trails, a nearby city’s water supply, and already-vulnerable salmon and orca populations."
Forests [25]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [50]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
Source: The Revelator [56], 08/02/2023
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Beijing Records 29 Inches Of Rain In 5 Days, Most In At Least 140 Years [57]

"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 [16]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [10]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [12]
Asia [58]
Source: AP [59], 08/02/2023
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Mike Huckabee’s “Kids Guide” Shows the Changing Landscape of Climate Denial [60]

"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 [16]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [61]
Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 08/02/2023
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"Los Angeles County Has a Fruit Fly Problem: What To Know" [63]

"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 [64]
Public [12]
California [36]
Source: Washington Post [65], 08/02/2023
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"EPA Again Blocks Colorado Air Pollution Permit For Suncor" [66]

"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 [67]
Chemicals [49]
Energy & Fuel [68]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [50]
Public [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [69]
Source: Colorado Sun [70], 08/02/2023
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