EJToday: Top Headlines

Oregon Farmers Test Drive Electric Tractors in the Name of Science [9]

"With tractors being used in vineyards, berry fields and hobby farms, the EV industry hopes to prove out the promise of electrifying the $38 billion US agricultural vehicle industry."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Transportation [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 07/14/2022
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"Manchin, Playing to the Home Crowd, Is Fighting Electric Cars to the End" [17]

"The West Virginia senator, who holds the swing vote in negotiations for a budget plan, wants to cut incentives. The president and most Senate Democrats say buyer credits are crucial to fight climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Transportation [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [21], 07/13/2022
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"NOAA: Breaching Snake River Dams ‘Essential’ To Save Salmon" [22]

"The White House today touted a new analysis from federal scientists that found breaching a series of four dams in Washington state is “paramount” to efforts to restore salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest but stopped short of endorsing the action."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [23]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [25]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [29]
Source: E&E News [30], 07/13/2022
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"Midwest Wind Energy Transmission Line Gets Supersized" [31]

"The developer of a planned high-voltage transmission line from Kansas to Indiana yesterday announced that the project is being expanded in response to strong demand for wind energy from customers in the region."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [32], 07/13/2022
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"Dangerous Heat Wave Strikes China" [33]

"As dozens of cities in eastern and southern China issued heat alerts on Tuesday, with some temperature forecasts exceeding 104 degrees over the next 24 hours, health workers conducted outdoor coronavirus tests with packets of frozen snacks strapped to their white hazmat suits. Roofs melted, roads cracked and some residents sought relief in underground air-raid shelters."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Public [14]
Asia [36]
Source: NYTimes [37], 07/13/2022
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"OIG Chides Former Zinke Aide But Finds No Ethics Violation" [38]

"A former counselor to then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke “misused their position” by helping several friends with energy-related meetings and presentations, Interior Department investigators say in a report made public today."

Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [40], 07/13/2022
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Caregivers of Seniors, Disabled Trained for Climate Disasters [41]

"A pilot program in California is offering tools and emergency response training to caregivers, who often find themselves on the front lines of wildfires, hurricanes or other natural disasters."

"Brian Smith was getting ready for work one Thursday in 2018 when he was jolted by loud raps on the window and poked his head out the door to see his neighbors running from house to house yelling, “Fire!”
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [35]
People & Population [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 07/13/2022
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"Wealthy N.Y. Areas Called ‘Disadvantaged’ For Climate Aid" [44]

"The Ralph Lauren boutique in Brooklyn’s north Williamsburg neighborhood sells a denim jacket for $459."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 07/13/2022
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"Science Offers Basis For National Climate Damage Claims - Study" [47]

"A scientific basis exists to calculate how much one country's carbon emissions have damaged the economy of another, a study said on Tuesday of a development it billed as a potential game-changer for climate litigation."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [34]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [14]
International [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 07/13/2022
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"Hawaii National Park Gets Land Where Ancient Villages Stood" [50]

"Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island was given new land on Tuesday in a deal that will protect and manage a pristine white sand beach and ocean bay area that is home to endangered and endemic species and to rare, culturally significant Native Hawaiian artifacts."

Environmental Justice [24]
Natural Resources [39]
People & Population [42]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: AP [52], 07/13/2022
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"Scientists Design Contraceptives To Limit Grey Squirrels" [53]

"A plan to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrel populations in the UK is making good progress and could soon be put to the test in field trials, say government scientists."

Wildlife [54]
Public [14]
Europe [55]
Source: BBC News [56], 07/13/2022
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"Europe’s New Heat Wave Is Going To Be Expensive" [57]

"An unusually early and intense summer heat wave hit many parts of Europe this past weekend. The heat wave sent temperatures soaring to as much as 18 degrees Fahrenheit above normal temperatures for this time of year. That’s especially concerning given that Europe is also experiencing an energy crisis, driving up the costs – and potentially the carbon emissions – associated with staying cool."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [34]
Public [14]
International [48]
Source: Grist [58], 07/12/2022
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Australian Prime Minister Pledges 'New Era' of Climate Action Under Labor [59]

"Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a “new era” of climate action and energy innovation under his center-left Labor government, despite criticism from activists and Greens Party lawmakers who say that his planned cuts to emissions don’t go far enough."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [60]
Source: Bloomberg [61], 07/12/2022
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"US Cruise Ships Using Canada as a 'Toilet Bowl' for Polluted Waste" [62]

"Lax Canadian regulations create ‘perverse incentive’ for US cruise ships en route to Alaska to discharge toxic mix of chemicals and wastewater off British Columbia, report says".

Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [39]
Pollution [63]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Canada [64]
Source: Guardian [65], 07/12/2022
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"World Population Day: India Will Overtake China In 2023, Says The UN" [66]

"India is set to become the world's most populous country next year, overtaking China with its 1.4bn people, according to UN figures."

People & Population [42]
Public [14]
Asia [36]
Source: BBC News [67], 07/12/2022
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