EJToday: Top Headlines

"Harris Grabs Green New Deal Network Endorsement That Eluded Biden" [9]

"The coalition of progressive youth and environmental justice groups are confident they can help give the presumptive Democratic nominee a needed edge with the base, even as the Trump team seeks to paint her as a radical."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 08/01/2024
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"Extreme ‘Heat Dome’ Hitting Olympics ‘Impossible’ Without Global Heating" [17]

"The “heat dome” causing scorching temperatures across western Europe and north Africa, and boiling athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games in Paris, would have been impossible without human-caused global heating, a rapid analysis has found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Public [14]
International [20]
Europe [21]
Source: Guardian [22], 08/01/2024
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"One In 11 People Went Hungry Last Year. Climate Change Is A Big Reason Why." [23]

"Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Food [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: Grist [27], 08/01/2024
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"Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Bill Advances To Full Senate" [28]

"Bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up approvals for new energy projects advanced to the full Senate Wednesday. The legislation, put forward by Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sailed through committee in a 15-4 vote."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [31], 08/01/2024
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Global Methane Emissions Rising At Fastest Rate In Decades, Scientists Warn [32]

"Global emissions of methane, a powerful planet-heating gas, are “rising rapidly” at the fastest rate in decades, requiring immediate action to help avert a dangerous escalation in the climate crisis, a new study has warned."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [33]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: Guardian [34], 08/01/2024
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As Human Cases Of Bird Flu Grow, Feds Say Flu Vaccine Could Help [35]

"Although health officials say the risk of H5N1 bird flu infection is still low for the general population, they announced on Monday a $5-million plan to offer seasonal flu vaccine to livestock workers."

Agriculture [24]
Environmental Health [19]
Health [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: LA Times [37], 08/01/2024
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A Decade After Disaster, Mount Polley Tailings Dam Could Get Even Bigger [38]

"A faulty tailings dam at the B.C. mine dumped billions of litres of waste into the environment — and Quesnel Lake is still contaminated. Now Imperial Metals wants to expand the same dam"

Disasters [18]
Infrastructure [39]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
Canada [41]
Source: The Narwhal [42], 08/01/2024
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"How a Crisis for Vultures Led to a Human Disaster: Half a Million Deaths" [43]

"The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Health [19]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
Asia [45]
Source: NYTimes [46], 08/01/2024
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"The ‘Internet of Animals’ Could Transform What We Know About Wildlife" [47]

"Scientists studying migrations, endangered species, and global change are placing tracking devices on thousands of animals that will be monitored by a satellite-based system set to launch next year. If successful, the project could help illuminate the planet’s nonhuman worlds."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [40]
Technology [48]
Wildlife [49]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: YaleE360 [50], 08/01/2024
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"The Very Hungry Urchins" [51]

"Researchers are restoring the Caribbean’s surprising, spiky custodians, which gobble up the algae smothering coral reefs."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Natural Resources [40]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [49]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
International [20]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Source: Hakai [55], 08/01/2024
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Report Calls For US Government To Own Up To Abusive Boarding School History [56]

"The U.S. Department of the Interior released its final investigative report Tuesday on the ugly history of federal Indian boarding schools, calling for a formal apology from the U.S. government and ongoing support to help Native people recover from the generational trauma that endures."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [11]
Government [57]
Laws & Regulations [30]
People & Population [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [58]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ICT [59], 07/31/2024
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"Trump Invite Sparks Fierce Infighting Within Black Journalist Group" [60]

"Karen Attiah, a longtime Washington Post columnist, on Tuesday said she was stepping down as co-chair of the annual National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention following internal and external backlash over the announcement of former President Trump as a featured speaker.

The group has a history of inviting presidential candidates to its annual conference, but Trump's participation is causing a rift between members.

NABJ announced Trump's participation at the conference Monday evening, drawing swift pushback from NABJ members and journalists broadly. "
Journalism & Media [61]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Axios [62], 07/31/2024
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West’s Last Quarter-Century Ranks As The Driest In 1,200 Years: Research [63]

"Three years ago, climate researchers shocked drought-weary Californians when they revealed that the American West was experiencing its driest 22-year period in 1,200 years, and that this severe megadrought was being intensified by global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: LA Times [64], 07/31/2024
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"‘Apocalyptic’ Floods In Vermont Destroy Homes As Two Dozen Rescued By Boat" [65]

"Thunderstorms and torrential rain brought another wave of violent floods Tuesday that caved in roads, crushed vehicles, pushed homes off their foundations and led to dramatic boat rescues in north-eastern Vermont, nearly three weeks after flooding from Hurricane Beryl."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [66]
Source: AP [67], 07/31/2024
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"Trade Row Won’t Hurt US And China’s Emissions Talks, Says US Climate Chief" [68]

"Trade frictions and increasing tension between the US and China won’t affect climate negotiations between the two superpowers if he can help it, the US climate chief has pledged."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [20]
Asia [45]
Source: Guardian [69], 07/31/2024
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