EJToday: Top Headlines

"Preparing Homes For Wildfires Is Big Business That's Only Getting Started" [9]

"As the Blue Ridge Fire blazed across California's Orange County in 2020, O.P. Almaraz stared at the menacing glow on the horizon and evacuated his family to a hotel. The next morning, he walked out of his room into a jam-packed, buzzing, chaotic lobby."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [16], 09/19/2023
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From "Massive Squishings" To The Insect Apocalypse, Roads Cut Up Nature [17]

"Take a mental picture of the Earth. Now shatter that image into 600,000 fragments. These fragments are carved out by road networks, which stretch across about 40 million miles of the Earth's surface."

Biodiversity [18]
Infrastructure [12]
Natural Resources [19]
Transportation [20]
Public [14]
International [21]
Source: NPR [22], 09/19/2023
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Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official [23]

"A coal plant seeking hundreds of millions in public funding submitted an analysis riddled with mistakes, according to a former Energy Department official. But the government published it anyway."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 09/19/2023
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"Working From Home Now Has Another Powerful Benefit" [29]

"Fully remote workers could produce less than half the climate-warming emissions of people who spend their days in offices, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [24]
People & Population [13]
Transportation [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [31], 09/19/2023
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Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [32]

"Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), two of Congress’s most vocal proponents for aggressive climate action, on Monday called for President Biden to establish a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC)."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [34], 09/19/2023
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"Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water" [35]

"Four fracking waste injection wells in Athens County have temporarily suspended operations by order of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, which says the wells present an “imminent danger” to health and the environment."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [38]
Source: Athens County Independent [39], 09/19/2023
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"Now Available: 2,000 Rhinos, Free to Good Homes With Plenty of Space" [40]

"A herd of 2,000 rhinoceroses urgently in need of a new owner has finally found one: The rhinos and the farm where they live in South Africa have been purchased by a conservation group that plans to release the animals into the wild over the next decade."

Biodiversity [18]
Wildlife [41]
Public [14]
Africa [42]
Source: NYTimes [43], 09/19/2023
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Calif. Lawsuit Says Oil Giants Deceived Public On Climate, Seeks Damages [44]

"The state of California filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels now faulted for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage, officials said Saturday."

Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Science [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Source: AP [47], 09/18/2023
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Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York [48]

"Tens of thousands of people, including students, retirees, scientists, politicians and celebrities, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating up the planet."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [49], 09/18/2023
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Gov. Newsom Says He’ll Sign Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Bill [50]

"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced that he will sign the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, Sen. Scott Wiener’s greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirement bill."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [51]
Source: Sacramento Bee [52], 09/18/2023
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"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One" [53]

"If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [54], 09/18/2023
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"States Are Criminalizing Environmental Protest" [55]

"Since the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, 17 states have passed laws aimed at restricting protests, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). Much of that legislation is aimed specifically at environmental protests, raising the penalties for gatherings that take place on "critical infrastructure" sites like pipelines."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Sierra [57], 09/18/2023
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"Endangered Species Rule to Face Legal Challenges From All Sides" [58]

"The Biden administration’s recent endangered species rules are vulnerable to court challenges by both environmentalists and industry groups because the proposals keep some Trump-era provisions while providing safeguards that anger developers."

Wildlife [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [59], 09/18/2023
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"Dire Warnings About Libya Dams Went Unheeded" [60]

"“The state wasn’t interested,” said an engineer who published a paper on why Derna’s dams, after decades of postponed repairs, might fail under the stress of a powerful storm."

Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
Africa [42]
Source: NYTimes [61], 09/18/2023
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6 Governors Tell Biden Offshore Wind Projects Need US Help To Get Built [62]

"Offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance to ensure they get built, the Democratic governors of six northeastern states told the Biden administration, warning that a cornerstone of the climate change fight could be in jeopardy."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [63], 09/18/2023
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