EJToday: Top Headlines

1,000s of Texas Drilling Wastewater Spills Threaten Land, Water, Animals [9]

"From the Texon Scar to the Sabine River, produced water spills have impacted soil, contaminated water resources and killed wildlife. But the Railroad Commission of Texas has resisted new regulations."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [15], 12/19/2023
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"Brazil Oil Auction Angers Activists After Lula's COP28 Vow" [16]

"Brazil's auction of hundreds of oil and gas concessions on the heel's of COP28 has angered climate and Indigenous rights activists".

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Public [13]
South America [18]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [19], 12/19/2023
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Calif. Prepares To Transform Sewage Into Pure Drinking Water Under New Rules [20]

"California is set to adopt regulations that will allow for sewage to be extensively treated, transformed into pure drinking water and delivered directly to people’s taps."

Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [23], 12/19/2023
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"Why People Still Fall For Fake News About Climate Change" [24]

"It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #climatescam is taking off."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Science [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Grist [29], 12/19/2023
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"Meet The Activists Behind The New Youth Climate Lawsuit" [30]

"Maya Wiliams, 17, already does what she can to tackle climate change. She’s a vegan. She elected not to get her driver’s license, and she turns down trips if they involve airplanes."

Activism [31]
Climate Change [17]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
California [22]
Source: E&E News [33], 12/19/2023
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"On The Hunt For Climate Disease" [34]

"Aedes, a grayish four-propeller drone, whirred off the scruffy dirt soccer field in this Amazon village to help do what doctors cannot as climate change threatens this nation with a new era of disease."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [35]
Public [13]
International [36]
Source: Washington Post [37], 12/19/2023
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"Biggest Solar Flare In Years Temporarily Disrupts Radio Signals On Earth" [38]

"A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which temporarily knocked out radio communication on Earth."

Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [36]
Source: AP [39], 12/19/2023
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"Biden Admin Approves Smallest Offshore Oil Program In History" [40]

"The Biden administration approved the smallest offshore oil program in U.S. history Friday, a move that’s already provoked both outrage from Republicans and disappointment from climate activists who had urged the president to take more dramatic action."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [41], 12/18/2023
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"Coal Use Hits Record In 2023, Earth's Hottest Year" [42]

"Global consumption of coal reached an all-time high in 2023, the IEA energy watchdog said Friday, as Earth experienced its hottest recorded year."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Public [13]
International [36]
Source: AFP [43], 12/18/2023
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"Norway Greenlights World’s First Commercial Deep-Sea Mining Project" [44]

"Here’s what the new project means for the US and other countries beyond the Nordic region".

Chemicals [45]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Europe [47]
Source: Sierra [48], 12/18/2023
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"Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River" [49]

"A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on the Trinity River."

Biodiversity [50]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [22]
Source: The Revelator [52], 12/18/2023
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"People Are Leaving Some Neighborhoods Because Of Floods, A New Study Finds" [53]

"Hundreds of thousands of neighborhoods in the United States are seeing population decline as a result of flooding, new research suggests. Those neighborhoods are often located in areas that are growing in population overall, including parts of Florida, Texas and the region around Washington, D.C."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [54]
Economy & Business [55]
Infrastructure [56]
People & Population [32]
Planning & Growth [57]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NPR [58], 12/18/2023
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"Opinion: Could The Local News Crisis Get Any Worse? Look At Scranton." [59]

"Chris Kelly writes a twice-weekly column for the Scranton Times-Tribune, his place of work for the past 27 years. For all but a few months of that tenure, his bosses have been the Lynett family, descendants of E.J. Lynett, a breaker boy in the coal mines of northeastern Pennsylvania who went on to buy the newspaper in 1895. Over four generations, the Lynetts reminded staffers and their community alike of their commitment to both local journalism and local ownership."

Journalism & Media [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [36]
Source: Washington Post [60], 12/18/2023
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B.C. Said Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Could Withstand ‘Extreme Weather. Nope. [61]

"An internal briefing note reveals BC Energy Regulator inspectors did not find any problems with Coastal GasLink’s emergency plans a few months before soaring temperatures led to flooded pipeline sites, slope failures and damage to sensitive creeks and wetlands".

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [54]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [56]
Public [13]
Canada [62]
Source: The Narwhal [63], 12/18/2023
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"Why The U.S. Needs A Grid That’s ‘Bigger Than The Weather’" [64]

"Abe Silverman’s Christmas Eve quickly went from low-key to frantic when Winter Storm Elliott brought a power grid emergency to "much of the Eastern seaboard."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [54]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [56]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [65], 12/18/2023
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