EJToday: Top Headlines

"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Falls To Lowest Since 2018" [9]

"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made good on a pledge to rein in the destruction that happened under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
South America [18]
Source: CNN [19], 11/13/2023
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"Climate Change Put Tuvalu In The Spotlight" [20]

"Australia and Pacific Island state Tuvalu on Friday signed a security and climate change treaty designed to counter China's growing influence in the Pacific and address the low-lying island nation's concerns about rising seas induced by climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Military [22]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
International [25]
Asia [26]
Australia & Oceania [27]
Source: Reuters [28], 11/13/2023
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UN Global Plastic Treaty Talks: Delegates Face Off Over Production Limits [29]

"As the world's nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution, officials are bracing for tough negotiations over whether to limit the amount of plastic being produced or just to focus on the management of waste."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [35]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: Reuters [37], 11/13/2023
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"Oil or Water? Midland Says Disposal Wells Could Threaten Water Supply" [38]

"As oil and gas companies struggle to dispose of their wastewater in the Permian Basin, the city of Midland is challenging applications for disposal wells near one of its drinking water sources."

Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 11/13/2023
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"Forever Chemicals’ Toxic Legacy At Chicago’s Airports" [42]

"Firefighting foam contaminated groundwater beneath O’Hare and Midway airports with PFAS chemicals, military investigators have found. It’s unclear how far it has spread."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [34]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [44], 11/13/2023
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"Hunger, Joblessness Drive Record Guatemala Migration To US" [45]

"With few job opportunities and food harvests hit by climate change, more young Guatemalans are leaving poor farming communities in search of a better life in the United States".

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [21]
People & Population [23]
Public [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [48], 11/13/2023
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"Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block" [49]

"The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless gargoyle faces and their dark mottled body plumage so plush it looks like fur, had already mastered the avian version of monkey-see-monkey-do."

Biodiversity [10]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: NYTimes [50], 11/13/2023
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Sen. Joe Manchin Is Retiring, Giving GOP A Key Pickup Opportunity In 2024 [51]

"Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily GOP state."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [52]
Source: AP [53], 11/10/2023
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"US Faces Almost Daily Hazardous Chemical Accidents, Research Suggests" [54]

"Hazardous chemical accidents are occurring almost daily, on average, in the United States, exposing people to dangerous toxins through fires, explosions, leaks, spills and other releases, according to a new analysis by non-profit researchers."

Chemicals [30]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [55]
Pollution [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [52]
Source: Guardian/New Lede [56], 11/10/2023
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"Nation At Risk Of Winter Blackouts As Power Grid Remains Under Strain" [57]

"The nation’s power grid faces a sharp risk of buckling in the event of major storms or prolonged cold snaps this coming winter, according to the regulator that monitors the electricity system, with much of the country threatened with outages triggered by severe weather."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [31]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [52]
Source: Washington Post [58], 11/10/2023
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"NuScale Cancels First-Of-A-Kind Nuclear Project As Costs Surge" [59]

"The country’s first expected commercial small modular reactor was scrapped by NuScale Power on Wednesday, delivering a major setback to the advanced nuclear industry."

Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [60]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [52]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [61]
Source: E&E News [62], 11/10/2023
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"America’s New Wildfire Risk Goes Beyond Forests" [63]

"Forest fires may get more attention, but a new study reveals that grassland fires are more widespread and destructive across the United States. Almost every year since 1990, the study found, grass and shrub fires burned more land than forest fires did, and they destroyed more homes, too."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [21]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [52]
Source: NYTimes [64], 11/10/2023
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"Senate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli As NIH Director" [65]

"Longtime cancer doctor Monica Bertagnolli is finally heading to the National Institutes of Health director’s office after a nearly two-year effort to install a permanent leader atop the $48 billion science agency."

Environmental Health [34]
Government [66]
Science [67]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [52]
Source: STAT [68], 11/10/2023
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Industry May Have Killed Landmark EU Chemical Policy: What It Means For U.S. [69]

"Improvements to a pivotal European chemical policy may have permanently stalled after political pressure and industry interference in what many European environmental advocates say is a step backward for public health."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [35]
Public [17]
Europe [70]
Source: EHN [71], 11/10/2023
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"Why Michigan’s Clean Energy Bill Is a Really Big Deal" [72]

"Michigan is set to become the third state in the Midwest and twelfth in the country to require a shift to clean electricity." "A comparison with laws in Illinois and Minnesota shows the scope of the state’s ambition."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 11/10/2023
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