EJToday: Top Headlines

"Why Protecting Bats Could Save Children’s Lives" [9]

"An analysis published Thursday in the journal Science suggests farmers have increased their use of pesticides on crops in response to the population collapse of bats, potentially leading to the deaths of more than 1,000 human infants through intoxication from the chemicals."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [19], 09/06/2024
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"Biden Administration Adds Historic California Mine To Federal Cleanup List" [20]

"The Biden administration announced Wednesday the addition of a historic Northern California mine to the Superfund National Priorities List — a federal index that ranks hazardous waste site risk and helps in prioritizing cleanup operations."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [23]
Source: The Hill [24], 09/06/2024
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"Project Bison Fails. What’s Next For The Carbon Removal Megaproject?" [25]

"The Wyoming venture’s collapse raises questions about the fledgling direct air capture industry — and the Biden administration’s support of it."

Air [26]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Technology [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Source: E&E News [32], 09/06/2024
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Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer? A WHO Review Of 63 Studies Finds No Link. [33]

"A review commissioned by the World Health Organization found wireless technology use has skyrocketed, but brain cancer rates have not gone up accordingly."

Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Technology [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Source: Washington Post [37], 09/06/2024
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"Pakistan Hasn’t Learned Lessons From 2022 Deadly Floods, Experts Say" [38]

"Millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters, showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people, experts said Thursday, as an aid group said half of the victims among 300 people killed by rains since July are children."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [40]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [17]
Asia [43]
Source: AP [44], 09/06/2024
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Colleges With Fossil Fuel Funding Can Become 'Vehicle Of Climate Obstruction' [45]

"For decades, oil and gas companies have donated tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and universities, sat on governing boards, sponsored scholarships and built pro-fossil fuel programming and curriculum — resulting in real or apparent conflicts of interest for universities and their researchers."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [46]
Environmental Studies [47]
Journalism & Media [48]
Policy [49]
Pollution [15]
Science [50]
Technology [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Source: Floodlight [51], 09/06/2024
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"Can The US Census Keep Up With Climate-Driven Displacement?" [52]

"Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [39]
Infrastructure [40]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Grist [54], 09/06/2024
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"Coral Restoration's Wake Up Call" [55]

"Rebuilding degraded coral reefs started as a noble endeavor, but now some coral scientists are confronting a dark reality."

Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [39]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Source: HuffPost [57], 09/06/2024
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"With Hotter, Drier Weather, California’s Joshua Trees Are in Trouble" [58]

"In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California officials are working on a plan to protect the distinctive yucca tree and its desert ecosystem by establishing refuges and controlling development."

Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [39]
Forests [59]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [23]
Source: YaleE360 [60], 09/06/2024
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"Opinion: How The Quiet War Against Press Freedom Could Come To America" [61]

"Some foreign leaders have ruthlessly curtailed journalism. U.S. politicians could draw from their playbook."

Environmental Politics [46]
Government [62]
Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Source: Washington Post [63], 09/06/2024
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"EPA Restores Industrial Air Pollution Rule Axed By Trump" [64]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday strengthened a rule limiting toxic air pollution from factories, refineries and other industrial facilities, reversing one of former president Donald Trump’s major environmental rollbacks."

Air [26]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [65], 09/05/2024
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"The World Is Pumping Out 57 Million Tons Of Plastic Pollution A Year" [66]

"The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [15]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [17]
International [36]
Source: AP [67], 09/05/2024
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"Biden Administration Approves Natural Gas Exports After Pause Is Halted" [68]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday granted a gas export terminal the authority to ship fuel abroad after a court blocked its efforts to delay such permissions."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [46]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [36]
Mexico [69]
Source: The Hill [70], 09/05/2024
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"As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing for Impact in Unexpected Places" [71]

"As the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled north in September 2021, Chris Erdner heard a startling warning on TV: Residents in her area needed to seek shelter immediately. Erdner’s quiet suburban neighborhood in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was directly in the path of a tornado."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [39]
People & Population [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [72], 09/05/2024
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S. Carolina Models ‘Managed Retreat’ From Coasts Threatened by Climate Change [73]

"The state has identified hundreds of thousands of homes that will need to be abandoned. But at one flagship buyout, only one in 10 eligible homeowners signed up."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [39]
Infrastructure [40]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [74]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [75], 09/05/2024
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