EJToday: Top Headlines

"Biden Pushes Out Over $100 Billion in Clean Energy Grants as Term Winds Down" [9]

"U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 12/04/2024
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"Monarch Butterflies May Soon Get Protections Under Endangered Species Act" [18]

"Monarch populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Eastern monarch populations that migrate between Canada and overwintering sites in Mexico are estimated to have declined by more than 80 percent since the 1990s."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [23], 12/04/2024
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Hot, Dry Calif. Sets Initial State Water Project Allocation At 5% [24]

"California water managers have announced their preliminary forecast of supplies that will be available next year from the State Water Project, telling 29 public agencies to plan for as little as 5% of requested allotments."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
California [27]
Source: LA Times [28], 12/04/2024
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USFWS Adopts Lynx Recovery Plan, Proposes New Critical Habitat Designations [29]

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week finalized a recovery plan for Canada lynx, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and proposed new critical habitat designations to increase federal protections for the winter-adept felines in some areas. "

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Daily Montanan [30], 12/04/2024
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‘It’s Nonstop’: How Noise Pollution Threatens The Return Of Norway’s Whales [31]

"Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are adding to the din underwater"

Biodiversity [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
International [32]
Europe [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 12/04/2024
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"Handful Of Countries Responsible For Climate Crisis, Top Court Told" [35]

"A handful of countries should be held legally responsible for the ongoing impacts of climate change, representatives of vulnerable states have told judges at the international court of justice (ICJ)."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [37], 12/03/2024
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"Partisan Divides Complicate Push For Disaster Aid" [38]

"Lawmakers are navigating partisan divides as they seek to pass a bipartisan disaster aid bill by the end of the year."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [39]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [40]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [41], 12/03/2024
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EPA Takes Partial Step To Ban Chlorpyrifos In Move Called “Unconscionable” [42]

"The long and winding regulatory road for a pesticide known to be harmful to developing babies took another turn on Monday as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was planning to only partially ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos in farming."

Agriculture [19]
Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [44]
Food [45]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [47], 12/03/2024
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"A Warning From a California Marine Heat Wave" [48]

"An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [49]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [27]
International [32]
Source: NYTimes [50], 12/03/2024
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"UN Calls For $2.6 Trillion Investment To Reverse Land Degradation" [51]

"Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue told Reuters, quantifying the cost for the first time."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
International [32]
Africa [52]
Source: Reuters [53], 12/03/2024
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Environmental Groups Demand EPA Start Monitoring Microplastics In Water [54]

"A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for microplastics in drinking water, an essential first step to reining in pollution viewed as one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats."

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [43]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [46]
Waste [55]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [56], 12/03/2024
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Arizona’s Grijalva Will Step Down As Top Dem On House Resources Panel [57]

"Raúl Grijalva, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, will not seek to remain in that position in the next Congress, he said in a written statement Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [58]
Environmental Politics [59]
Forests [60]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: States Newsroom [61], 12/03/2024
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Comment: News Corp ‘Special Report’ On Gas Paid For By Industry [62]

"The big news on Monday morning was that the story splashed across the front of News Corp’s biggest-selling tabloid newspapers wasn’t news at all. It was an advertorial paid for by a fossil fuel industry. Not that readers glancing at page one of the Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier-Mail or Adelaide Advertiser were let in on this secret."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [58]
Environmental Politics [59]
Journalism & Media [63]
Public [15]
International [32]
Source: Guardian [64], 12/03/2024
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Oregon Tribe Has Hunting And Fishing Rights Restored Under Court Ruling [65]

"For the last 47 years, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have held an annual powwow to celebrate regaining federal recognition. This month’s event, however, was especially significant: It came just two weeks after a federal court lifted restrictions on the tribe’s rights to hunt, fish and gather — restrictions tribal leaders had opposed for decades."

Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [66]
Source: AP [67], 12/03/2024
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Climate Advocates Tap Their Spiritual Reservoirs to Continue Their Cause [68]

"Donald Trump promises a new assault on climate policy and environmental regulations when he returns to the White House. Faith leaders say their beliefs compel a response."

Activism [69]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [59]
People & Population [40]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [70]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 12/03/2024
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