EJToday: Top Headlines

"World Lags On 2030 Nature Goals Headed Into UN COP16 Talks" [9]

"The world in 2022 reached its most ambitious deal ever to halt the destruction of nature by decade's end. Two years later, countries are already behind on meeting their goals."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Forests [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
International [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 10/22/2024
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"Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say" [20]

"Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world’s demand for the battery ingredient." "Researchers at the United States Geological Survey and the Arkansas government announced on Monday that they had found a trove of lithium, a critical raw material for electric vehicle batteries, in an underground brine reservoir in Arkansas."

Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Natural Resources [15]
Transportation [24]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 10/22/2024
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Maryland Law to Fix Retail Energy Market Faces Industry Legal Challenge [27]

"A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court asked the court to overturn Senate Bill 1, which imposed new consumer protections and required energy companies to disclose if their products are truly “green.”"

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 10/22/2024
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As Bird Flu Outbreaks Rise, Piles Of Dead Cattle Shock Central Valley [31]

"The mortality rate among H5N1 infected dairy cows has been much higher than anticipated. Since early August, outbreaks have been reported in 124 California dairy herds. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the current public health risk is low."

Agriculture [32]
Consumer [33]
Environmental Health [34]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [25]
California [35]
Source: LA Times [36], 10/22/2024
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Oil Firms Insist Carbon Capture Is Safe – So Why Do Albertans Bear Risks? [37]

"Proposed new rules for CCS projects transfer long-term liabilities to the province."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
Canada [38]
Source: DeSmog [39], 10/22/2024
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Top EU Countries Spend $45 Billion Subsidizing Fossil-Fuel Company Cars [40]

"The EU's five biggest members spend 42 billion euros ($45.60 billion) annually subsidizing fossil-fuel company cars, according to a study commissioned by environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E), which called for more subsidies for EVs instead."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Pollution [41]
Transportation [24]
Public [17]
Europe [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 10/22/2024
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Supreme Court To Consider Which Courts Can Hear Challenges To EPA Actions [44]

"The Supreme Court will take up a series of cases to determine which federal courts can take on cases related to certain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions, it said Monday."

Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [45], 10/22/2024
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One Of The Largest Solar Projects In US Opens In Texas, Backed By Google [46]

"One of the largest solar projects in the U.S. opened in Texas on Friday, backed by what Google said is the largest solar electricity purchase it has ever made."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Infrastructure [47]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: AP [49], 10/22/2024
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"Faith-Based Environmental Groups Take On Fossil Fuels As ‘A Sacred Duty’" [50]

"In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record on fossil fuel investment."

Activism [51]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [11]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [53]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Religion News Service [54], 10/22/2024
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"Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way" [55]

"By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options."

Climate Change [22]
Infrastructure [47]
Natural Resources [15]
Planning & Growth [56]
Technology [57]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [58], 10/22/2024
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"Cop16: Colombia Prepares To Host ‘Decisive’ Summit On Biodiversity" [59]

"World leaders, environmental activists and prominent researchers have begun to arrive in Cali, Colombia, for a biodiversity summit that experts say will be decisive for the fate of the world’s rapidly declining wildlife populations."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [60]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Forests [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [61], 10/21/2024
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Canadian Regulator Colluded With A Pesticide Maker To Silence Researcher [62]

"The federal pesticide regulator collaborated with an agrochemical giant to undermine research by a prominent Canadian scientist to stave off an impending ban of a class of pesticides harmful to human brains and sperm and deadly to bees, insects and birds, Canada's National Observer has found."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [60]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Science [63]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
Canada [38]
Source: National Observer [64], 10/21/2024
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Oscar Makes Landfall In Cuba, Could Lead To 'Humanitarian Crisis': Updates [65]

"Hurricane Oscar made landfall in eastern Cuba Sunday evening amid a power blackout, adding to fears that the storm may prove to be especially dangerous."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [66]
Energy & Fuel [23]
People & Population [67]
Water & Oceans [68]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [69]
Central America & the Caribbean [70]
Source: USA TODAY [71], 10/21/2024
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"Peak Coal Predicted This Year Despite Promises To Quit" [72]

"Coal has powered the world's factories, heated homes and fuelled economies for more than a century - and usage driven by the power sector continues to rise despite global promises to kick the habit and save the climate."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Studies [60]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
International [18]
Asia [73]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [74], 10/21/2024
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Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Both Right Whales and Lobstermen? [75]

"Entanglements are a leading cause of death for endangered North Atlantic right whales. Removing fishing lines from the ocean could help minimize this risk—but only if lobstermen get on board, experts say."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Natural Resources [15]
Technology [57]
Water & Oceans [68]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [76]
Source: Inside Climate News [77], 10/21/2024
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