EJToday: Top Headlines

"Biden Admin Sued for Hiding Records on Opposition to Fossil Fuel Phaseout" [9]

"A national conservation group sued the Biden administration on Tuesday for failing to respond to a public records request pertaining to the Interior Department's dismissal of a petition that called for a phaseout of oil and gas extraction on federal lands and waters."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Common Dreams [17], 11/29/2023
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"America’s First ‘Enhanced’ Geothermal Plant Just Got Up And Running" [18]

"Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [19], 11/29/2023
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New Law Expands the FDA’s Power But Fails to Ban Toxics in Beauty Products [20]

"The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act empowers the FDA to recall harmful cosmetics. Advocates want to know why manufacturers still don’t have to prove their products are safe before they’re sold to millions of consumers."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 11/29/2023
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“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Offsets Keep Amazon Communities in the Dark [27]

"Indigenous and traditional groups in the forest are rarely consulted about carbon credit projects they see as the latest gold rush on their lands, and question the community and climate benefits the projects promise."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [24]
Forests [28]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [25]
Public [15]
South America [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 11/29/2023
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"The Human Limit: Where Malaria Is Spreading" [31]

"A new Washington Post analysis shows that climate change and demographic growth could put more than 5 billion people at risk for malaria by 2040".

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [23]
People & Population [25]
Public [15]
International [32]
Source: Washington Post [33], 11/29/2023
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"In A ‘Sacred’ Desert, The U.S. Turns Away From Drilling And Mining" [34]

"The Biden administration faces a backlash in Wyoming as it puts more emphasis on conservation, recreation and renewable energy on public lands."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [36]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Forests [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [37]
Water & Oceans [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 11/29/2023
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"A Plane Fueled By Fat And Sugar Has Crossed The Atlantic Ocean" [42]

"For the first time ever, a commercial plane flew across the Atlantic Ocean without using fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Technology [43]
Transportation [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [32]
Source: Washington Post [45], 11/29/2023
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"Biden’s Absence at Climate Summit Highlights His Fossil Fuel Conundrum" [46]

"President Biden signed the country’s first major climate law and is overseeing record federal investment in clean energy. In each of the past two years, he attended the annual United Nations climate summit, asserting American leadership in the fight against global warming. But this year, likely to be the hottest in recorded history, Mr. Biden is staying home."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [15]
International [32]
Source: NYTimes [47], 11/28/2023
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"‘Time To Roll Up Our Sleeves’: Congress’ Long To-Do List" [48]

"Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week fresh off of passing a new stopgap funding measure but facing a mountain of unfinished business."

Environmental Politics [12]
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Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [49], 11/28/2023
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TV Forecasters Talk About Climate Change, But Face Pushback And Threats [50]

"Chris Gloninger was excited to start his new job as chief meteorologist at KCCI, a TV station in Des Moines, when he moved to Iowa in 2021. He was coming from Boston to connect the dots between weather and climate change trends. Gloninger knew it might elicit some grumbling from Iowan viewers."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [51]
Source: KCUR [52], 11/28/2023
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US Oil And Gas Production Set To Break Record In 2023 Despite UN Treaty [53]

"The United States is poised to extract more oil and gas than ever before in 2023, a year that is certain to be the hottest ever recorded, providing a daunting backdrop to crucial United Nations climate talks that hold the hope of an agreement to end the era of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [55]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [56], 11/28/2023
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"Colorado River Deal Opens Cash Spigot For Big Farms" [57]

"A POLITICO investigation has found that many of the deals to save water under the three-year $1.2 billion pact struck by Arizona, California and Nevada in May are driving up the value of existing agreements to save or transfer water by nearly 50 percent."

Agriculture [35]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [54]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Politico [58], 11/28/2023
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"US Prepares Wave Of Methane Rules On Oil And Gas Industry" [59]

"President Joe Biden pledged to use “all available tools” to rein in methane when he was elected three years ago. Now his promise is coming due."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [60], 11/28/2023
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"Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Plan To ‘Hook’ Poor Countries On Oil" [61]

"Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”.

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Transportation [44]
Public [15]
International [32]
Middle East [62]
Source: Guardian [63], 11/28/2023
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"In Alabama, Another Small-Town Paper Hit In ‘Open Season’ On Free Press" [64]

"It’s an increasingly familiar drama: Local authorities go after journalists and publishers of small papers, which find themselves on the First Amendment’s front lines."

Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Washington Post [66], 11/28/2023
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