EJToday: Top Headlines

"New IPCC Head Says Open Climate 'Toolbox' To Keep 1.5C Goal Alive" [9]

"Rising global temperatures are on track to far exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming - but governments still have an unopened "toolbox" of policies that can keep that goal alive, the new chair of the U.N.'s panel of climate scientists said."

Climate Change [10]
Science [11]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [15], 07/28/2023
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House Sends Two Resolutions Overturning Endangered Species Rules To Biden [16]

"The House voted Thursday to overturn two Biden administration Endangered Species Act (ESA) rules, sending the resolution to the president, who has vowed to veto them. The two rules apply to federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken and the northern long-eared bat, respectively."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [23], 07/28/2023
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"Biden to Announce Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat" [24]

"President Biden will announce new measures on Thursday aimed at helping communities across the country deal with extreme weather, as rising temperatures scorch much of the country and amplify alarms about the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [26], 07/27/2023
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"White House Holds Methane Summit, Launches Task Force" [27]

"The White House on Wednesday held a summit aimed to address the planet-warming gas methane and launched a new task force dedicated to the issue."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [30], 07/27/2023
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"7 Automakers Join Forces To Double EV Fast-Charger Network In U.S." [31]

"Seven major automakers on Wednesday announced plans to nearly double the nation’s network of high-powered electric vehicle chargers, an effort to address a key consumer reservation about EVs — that they may not have a place to power up on the road."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Infrastructure [34]
Transportation [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [36], 07/27/2023
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South Florida Waters Hit Hot Tub Temps, May Set World Seawater Record [37]

"The water temperature around the tip of Florida has hit triple digits — hot tub levels — two days in a row. Meteorologists say it could be the hottest seawater ever measured, although some questions about the reading remain."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: AP [41], 07/27/2023
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"‘Battle Plan’: How The Far Right Would Dismantle Climate Programs" [42]

"A coalition of conservative groups has assembled a plan to systematically target most of the federal government’s work on climate and clean energy."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [44], 07/27/2023
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Ominous Sign for COP28: G20 Again Shunned Deal to Phase Down Fossil Fuels [45]

"A four-day summit held in India last week by some of the world’s wealthiest nations ended without a commitment to phase down fossil fuels or to increase the development of renewable energy, largely because of opposition from Saudi Arabia, China and Russia."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 07/27/2023
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"Where The Most U.S. Residents Bake Because Of Concrete And Lack Of Trees" [47]

"All U.S. cities experience some level of “heat island effect,” in which heat reflects off hard surfaces, intensifying the impact of the hottest days. But as climate change intensifies, nine U.S. cities are special islands unto themselves, according to an analysis released Wednesday that coincides with a heat wave enveloping much of the nation."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [25]
Infrastructure [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [48], 07/27/2023
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22 Attorneys General Oppose 3M Settlement Over PFAS In Water Systems [49]

"Twenty-two attorneys general urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily."

Chemicals [50]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [25]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [51], 07/27/2023
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"For This Smoky Summer, 12 New Books And Reports On Wildfires" [52]

"As a counterpoint to the joyous “grove of tree books” Yale Climate Connections put together for Arbor Day, this month’s bookshelf presents 12 titles on the climate-charged threat to their — and our — future: wildfires."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [53]
Forests [54]
Journalism & Media [55]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [14]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [56], 07/27/2023
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"Can’t Beat Them? Eat Them: The Fight Against The US Wild Boar Plague" [57]

"These feral pigs cause billions of damage, but some chefs and meat purveyors are putting this pork on the map – and menus".

Biodiversity [17]
Consumer [32]
Food [58]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [59], 07/27/2023
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Climate Change Fingerprints On July Heat Around The Globe, Study Says [60]

"The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Researchers say the deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe could not have happened without the continuing buildup of warming gases in the air."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [53]
Science [11]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AP [61], 07/26/2023
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"Lights Out For Incandescent Bulbs" [62]

"The incandescent lightbulbs that have been illuminating American homes and businesses since Thomas Edison first unveiled them in 1879 are finally coming off U.S. shelves."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Technology [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [63], 07/26/2023
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"UN Starts Moving Oil From Yemen Tanker In Bid To Stop Disaster" [64]

"The United Nations has started pumping oil off a decaying vessel moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, averting a potential spill and environmental disaster, UN officials have said."

Disasters [53]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [39]
Public [13]
Middle East [65]
Source: Aljazeera [66], 07/26/2023
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