EJToday: Top Headlines

"Senate Unanimously Passes Biannual Water Projects Bill" [9]

"The Senate on Thursday unanimously reauthorized the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), the biennial legislation authorizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects."

Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 08/02/2024
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"Court Stymies EPA Enforcement Push At ‘Cancer Alley’ Plant" [18]

"A federal appellate court has effectively blocked EPA from swift enforcement of stricter regulations on a Louisiana synthetic rubber manufacturer that has featured prominently in the Biden administration’s campaign to target pollution in the area often dubbed “Cancer Alley.”

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 08/02/2024
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North Carolina Environmental Regulators at War Over Water Rules for PFAS [26]

"The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has privately leaned on the state’s powerful Environmental Management Commission to delay critical PFAS rules, emails obtained under state public records law show, including providing members with the résumé of a scientist who has downplayed the toxicity of the compounds."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 08/02/2024
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"Andean Glacier Retreat Unprecedented In Human Civilization, Study Finds" [28]

"Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published in the Science journal on Thursday."

Climate Change [29]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
South America [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 08/02/2024
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Sea Lions Stranding On Calif. Coast With Signs Of Poisoning By Harmful Algae [33]

"Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [29]
Disasters [35]
Natural Resources [30]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [37]
Source: AP [38], 08/02/2024
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"Environmental Journalism Loses A Hero" [39]

"Peter Dykstra – newsman, provocateur, friend and former publisher of EHN – passed away Wednesday."

Journalism & Media [40]
People & Population [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: EHN [41], 08/02/2024
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"Harris Grabs Green New Deal Network Endorsement That Eluded Biden" [42]

"The coalition of progressive youth and environmental justice groups are confident they can help give the presumptive Democratic nominee a needed edge with the base, even as the Trump team seeks to paint her as a radical."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
People & Population [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 08/01/2024
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"Extreme ‘Heat Dome’ Hitting Olympics ‘Impossible’ Without Global Heating" [44]

"The “heat dome” causing scorching temperatures across western Europe and north Africa, and boiling athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games in Paris, would have been impossible without human-caused global heating, a rapid analysis has found."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [20]
Public [15]
International [45]
Europe [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 08/01/2024
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"One In 11 People Went Hungry Last Year. Climate Change Is A Big Reason Why." [48]

"Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world."

Agriculture [49]
Climate Change [29]
Disasters [35]
Food [50]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [45]
Source: Grist [51], 08/01/2024
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"Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Bill Advances To Full Senate" [52]

"Bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up approvals for new energy projects advanced to the full Senate Wednesday. The legislation, put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sailed through committee in a 15-4 vote."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [54], 08/01/2024
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Global Methane Emissions Rising At Fastest Rate In Decades, Scientists Warn [55]

"Global emissions of methane, a powerful planet-heating gas, are “rising rapidly” at the fastest rate in decades, requiring immediate action to help avert a dangerous escalation in the climate crisis, a new study has warned."

Agriculture [49]
Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
International [45]
Source: Guardian [56], 08/01/2024
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As Human Cases Of Bird Flu Grow, Feds Say Flu Vaccine Could Help [57]

"Although health officials say the risk of H5N1 bird flu infection is still low for the general population, they announced on Monday a $5-million plan to offer seasonal flu vaccine to livestock workers."

Agriculture [49]
Environmental Health [20]
Health [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: LA Times [59], 08/01/2024
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A Decade After Disaster, Mount Polley Tailings Dam Could Get Even Bigger [60]

"A faulty tailings dam at the B.C. mine dumped billions of litres of waste into the environment — and Quesnel Lake is still contaminated. Now Imperial Metals wants to expand the same dam"

Disasters [35]
Infrastructure [11]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Canada [61]
Source: The Narwhal [62], 08/01/2024
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"How a Crisis for Vultures Led to a Human Disaster: Half a Million Deaths" [63]

"The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people."

Agriculture [49]
Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Asia [64]
Source: NYTimes [65], 08/01/2024
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"The ‘Internet of Animals’ Could Transform What We Know About Wildlife" [66]

"Scientists studying migrations, endangered species, and global change are placing tracking devices on thousands of animals that will be monitored by a satellite-based system set to launch next year. If successful, the project could help illuminate the planet’s nonhuman worlds."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [29]
Natural Resources [30]
Technology [67]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
International [45]
Source: YaleE360 [68], 08/01/2024
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