EJToday: Top Headlines

Biden Proposes Raising Acceptable Threshold For Common Agricultural Pesticide [9]

"The Biden administration is proposing to raise a key threshold determining how much of a pesticide that’s commonly used in the agriculture industry the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finds concerning in the environment — spurring ire from some environmental advocates."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [20], 12/09/2024
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"Lee Zeldin Didn’t Ask To Head EPA. Here’s Why Trump Picked Him." [21]

"When he served as a Republican congressman from New York, Lee Zeldin delighted environmentalists by championing efforts to protect critical wildlife habitat from potential development efforts, including a golf course proposed by Donald Trump." "Now, as Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Zeldin is pledging to deliver on the president-elect’s promise to eliminate several environmental regulations that the fossil fuel industry views as burdensome, according to half a dozen Senate Republicans who met with Zeldin this week."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [23], 12/09/2024
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"Mosquito-Borne Disease Has Cost The World Billions, Researchers Say" [24]

"Scientists say there were 18.7 million chikungunya cases that exacted a total cost of nearly $50 billion over a decade."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [13]
Public [18]
International [26]
Source: Washington Post [27], 12/09/2024
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"More Than 400 Chemicals In Plastic Products Linked To Breast Cancer – Study" [28]

"More than 400 chemicals regularly used in everyday plastic products are linked to breast cancer, and the dangerous compounds could be a driver of increasingly elevated cancer rates in young women, new research finds."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [30], 12/09/2024
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Wetland Loss Could Cost Michiganders Billions In Flood Damage: New Report [31]

"After the loss of key federal wetlands protections in 2023, scientists are warning the damage this change could bring to wetlands would also bring billions of dollars of flood damage with it. According to a report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, there are 30 million acres of wetlands across the upper Midwestern United States providing crucial flood prevention benefits, whose loss could potentially cost the region more than $22 billion annually."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Disasters [32]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: Michigan Advance [34], 12/09/2024
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Just One Mutation Can Make H5N1 Bird Flu A Threat To Humans: Researchers [35]

"California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a worrisome mutation that could open the door to widespread human infections and possibly even a pandemic, according to some experts."

Agriculture [10]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Food [36]
Health [37]
Science [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [40]
Source: LA Times [41], 12/06/2024
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Climate Risks Are Driving Up Insurance Premiums Around The US – Visualized [42]

"Concern over the climate crisis may evaporate in the White House from January, but its financial costs are now starkly apparent to Americans in the form of soaring home insurance premiums – with those in the riskiest areas for floods, storms and wildfires suffering the steepest rises of all."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [43]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [44], 12/06/2024
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New Technologies Could Refine Copper Without The Dirty Smelting [45]

"Copper will play a central role in the energy transition. These startups are working on a cleaner way to extract it."

Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [43]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [26]
Source: Grist [46], 12/06/2024
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"Unrest in Carbon Country" [47]

"One night in 2021, a farmer Steve Kenkel has known since childhood gave him a call. The farmer had news: there was going to be a CO2 pipeline coming through his property in Shelby County, Iowa."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Source: Drilled [51], 12/06/2024
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"Report: LNG Operators In Louisiana Offered $21.1 Billion In Tax Breaks" [52]

"If all 15 liquefied natural gas plants in Texas and Louisiana open, reductions in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would slow"

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Justice [53]
Infrastructure [49]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Source: Floodlight [56], 12/06/2024
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"Court Rules USDA’s GE Crop Rules Break Law, Must Be Reworked" [57]

"US regulators made “significant” errors in adopting a new rule four years ago around the release of genetically modified crops, and must now strengthen oversight, a federal court ruled this week."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Food [36]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [58]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [59], 12/06/2024
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"How The Plastic Industry Undermines Democracy By Blocking Bans" [60]

"Companies that profit from plastics are pushing forward laws to keep Americans hooked on disposable plastic products"

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: EHN [61], 12/06/2024
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"This Chart Will Cheer You Up" [62]

"Renewable energy in the U.S. has grown steadily over the last 20 years. Look at this chart of wind and solar expansion — you’d be hard-pressed to pick out where a Democratic administration ends and a Republican administration begins."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Technology [58]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [63], 12/06/2024
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"Splash Pads Are Fun But Can Spark Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks, CDC Finds" [64]

"Splash pads found in public parks across the United States are linked to thousands of cases of waterborne diseases that leave a calling card of diarrhea, fever and vomiting, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week."

Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [49]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [65], 12/06/2024
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"One Woman’s Mission to Shine a Light on the Ornamental Fish Trade" [66]

"Marine biologist Monica Biondo has spent more than a decade studying the multibillion-dollar market for these colorful fish, which pulls thousands of species from the ocean each year."

Biodiversity [11]
Fish & Fisheries [67]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [26]
Source: The Revelator [68], 12/06/2024
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