EJToday: Top Headlines

Wildfire Smoke Is Erasing Years Of Progress Toward Cleaning Up America's Air [9]

"Over the last few decades, air in the U.S. has undergone a remarkable transformation: pollution levels of health-damaging tiny particles have dropped by roughly 40% since 2000, primarily thanks to the country's decades-long effort to improve air quality through the Clean Air Act, a landmark environmental law."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [17]
Source: NPR [18], 09/21/2023
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"Wildfire Fighters Describe A Mental Health Crisis On The Frontlines" [19]

"Extreme working conditions, low pay and high turnover are leading to a crisis exacerbated by more intense wildfires. Eighteen firefighters tell their stories of the mental toll — from burnout to PTSD to the loss of peers to suicide."

Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
People & Population [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [17]
Source: The Narwhal [22], 09/21/2023
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"Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action" [23]

"President Joe Biden issued a warning to international leaders on Tuesday about the global perils that lie ahead if nations don’t work together to slash emissions from fossil fuels."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [15]
International [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 09/20/2023
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"Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires" [29]

"Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires. But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source of air and water pollution and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: YaleE360 [34], 09/20/2023
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"Climate Change Made Libya's Deadly Rainfall Up To 50 Times More Likely" [35]

"Climate Change made the heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in Libya up to 50 times more likely, scientists said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
Africa [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 09/20/2023
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DOE Announces $400M To Help States Adopt Climate-Friendly Building Codes [38]

"The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will open applications for the first tranche of funding — $400 million — to help states and territories take up energy-efficient building codes.

A senior administration official told reporters Monday that under the codes, new buildings and major renovations would be done with better construction and in a way that is more efficient and resilient.

The Energy Department said in a press release announcing the funding that homes built using modern energy codes are 40 percent more efficient than homes built 15 years ago."
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Planning & Growth [40]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [41], 09/20/2023
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"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [42]

"They claim the offshore wind is responsible for a spike in whale deaths. Experts don’t buy it, but interest groups backed by fossil fuel money are spreading false information."

Biodiversity [43]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [39]
Journalism & Media [45]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [46], 09/20/2023
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"A Northern California Tribe Works To Protect Traditions In A Warming World" [47]

"The Oak Fire, which burned roughly 20,000 acres west of Yosemite National Park last summer, was devastating to the area's Indigenous tribes — including the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [48]
People & Population [21]
Public [15]
California [49]
Source: NPR [50], 09/20/2023
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Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour [51]

"Rishi Sunak is planning to row back on some of the government’s net zero policies that impose a direct cost on consumers as the Conservatives attempt to create a dividing line with Labour before the next election."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
Europe [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 09/20/2023
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"Australia, Scarred By Bushfires, On High Alert For Dangerous Summer" [54]

"Four years since bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33, the country is once again on high alert, bracing for what weather experts say will be the hottest, driest period since the so-called Black Summer."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [20]
Forests [13]
Public [15]
Australia & Oceania [55]
Source: Reuters [56], 09/20/2023
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"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [57]

"Industrial companies in the Netherlands get 39 billion to 46 billion euros ($42-49 billion) in tax breaks and subsidies annually for using fossil fuels, the Dutch government said in a report aimed at spurring international debate on such subsidies."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Public [15]
Europe [52]
Source: Reuters [58], 09/20/2023
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"Baby Sea Otters Are Adorable. But They Aren’t Wanted Everywhere." [59]

"The two-and-a-half-week-old sea otter cried for help. Stranded in a tide pool after heavy winds and strong surf near the edge of the bay, it was ashore and alone."

Biodiversity [43]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [60]
Public [15]
California [49]
Northwest (OR WA) [61]
Source: Washington Post [62], 09/20/2023
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"The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock" [63]

"How a national macrogrid could accelerate the movement to electrify everything".

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Sierra [64], 09/19/2023
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EPA Slow On Investigating Chemical Risk From Ohio Derailment: Emails [65]

"Internal agency communications confirm certain EPA experts, including a "key dioxin scientist," were not consulted until a month after the derailment."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [39]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [66]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [67]
Source: HuffPost [68], 09/19/2023
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"EPA Rule for State Water Pollution Authority Destined for Court" [69]

"An EPA rule finalized last week that restores states’ veto power over pipelines and other major river-polluting projects is expected to face legal challenges before the dust settles, natural resources attorneys say."

Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [70], 09/19/2023
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