EJToday: Top Headlines

WA Prisoners Struggle With Wildfire Smoke As Ventilation Upgrades Go Unfunded [9]

"When the wildfire smoke arrives, Harry Whitman has nowhere to go. “When there’s smoke or there’s a fire, they lock you in,” Whitman said. Whitman, president of the advocacy group Black Prisoners’ Caucus, is incarcerated at Airway Heights Corrections Center."

Air [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [16]
Source: Washington State Standard [17], 09/27/2023
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"Thinking Long-Term: Why We Should Bring Back Redwood Forests" [18]

"Only 5 percent of the redwood forests that once stretched across coastal Northern California have never been logged. An initiative to restore these forests is gaining momentum, aided by research showing that redwoods store more aboveground carbon than any forest on Earth."

Climate Change [19]
Forests [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: YaleE360 [21], 09/27/2023
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Biden Tells Pacific Islands Leaders That He Will Act On Climate [22]

"President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region and that his administration is committed to helping them meet the challenge."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [25]
Source: AP [26], 09/26/2023
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"Trump Blasted For Threats Against Comcast, NBC" [27]

"Former President Trump is coming under intense criticism for a social media post late Sunday in which he threatened to investigate Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, NBC News and MSNBC, over the outlet’s coverage of him should he be elected president again."

Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [30], 09/26/2023
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"‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier." [31]

"Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [34], 09/26/2023
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"‘False Promise’: DOE’s Carbon Removal Plans Rankle Community Advocates" [35]

"The Biden administration has championed carbon removal projects as better neighbors than the pollution-spewing industries of the past. But the Department of Energy’s first two candidates for its $3.5 billion direct air capture program have conducted an opaque early outreach process in the disadvantaged Louisiana and Texas communities where the projects would be built."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [36], 09/26/2023
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"The Human Limit: The Inequality Of Heat" [37]

"After the third day without power, the residents of Kasia Bagan had had enough. Their city of Kolkata was in the midst of a blistering heat wave, with temperatures rising to 105 degrees, making life in the narrow lanes and in their tiny one-room homes nearly unbearable."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [12]
People & Population [39]
Public [14]
International [25]
Asia [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 09/26/2023
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"Court Rejects Utah’s Request To Block EPA Smog Rule" [42]

"A federal appeals court on Monday sided with the Biden administration against the state of Utah in a lawsuit over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “good neighbor” rule, which regulates the flow of air pollution across state lines."

Air [10]
Environmental Health [38]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Source: The Hill [44], 09/26/2023
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"The Climate Ambition Summit Was Notably Unambitious, Advocates Say" [45]

"For a conference aimed at inspiring world leaders to dramatically ramp up their efforts to combat climate change, the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit was anything but ambitious."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [14]
International [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 09/26/2023
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Judge Blocks US Plan To Scale Back Gulf Lease Sale To Protect Whale Species [47]

"A federal judge has ordered the Interior Department to expand next week’s scheduled sale of of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions of acres, rejecting a scaled-back plan announced last month by the Biden administration as part of an effort to protect an endangered whale species."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [48], 09/26/2023
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"High School Students Launch ‘Green New Deal For Schools Campaign’" [49]

"Student organizers at 50 different high schools across the country are banding together to launch the “Green New Deal for Schools Campaign.”

Activism [50]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [29]
People & Population [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [51], 09/26/2023
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"Feeling Anxious About Climate Change? Check Out These Strategies." [52]

"The power of embracing despair, building community, and fostering emotional strength in the face of climate challenges."

Climate Change [19]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [25]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [54], 09/26/2023
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"90% of U.S. Counties Had A Weather Disaster Between 2011 And 2021" [55]

"Very few parts of the U.S. have been untouched by extreme weather. According to a recent report, 90% of U.S. counties had a federally declared weather disaster between 2011 and 2021."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [56], 09/25/2023
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"Planned Wildlife Refuge Rule Seen as Weapon Against Oil" [57]

"An expected new rule promoting biological diversity and environmental health within the National Wildlife Refuge System could be used to discourage oil and gas drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, environmentalists say."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [59], 09/25/2023
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Okefenokee Swamp Refuge Will Be Nominated For World Heritage Designation [60]

"The National Park Service announced Friday that the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge will be nominated as a World Heritage Site, which moves forward the proposal four decades after the refuge was first considered a contender for the honor."

Natural Resources [33]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [61]
Source: States Newsroom [62], 09/25/2023
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