EJToday: Top Headlines

"How The ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Could Pose The Next Economic Threat" [9]

"All across the country, downtowns, office spaces and shopping centers are at risk of becoming ground zero for a new economic hazard: the urban doom loop. The fear is that a commercial real estate apocalypse could spiral out and slow commerce, wrecking local tax revenue in the process."

Economy & Business [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 08/29/2023
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"If South Africa Ends Lion Breeding, What to Do With Captive Cats?" [16]

"In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches."

Biodiversity [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [13]
Africa [20]
Source: YaleE360 [21], 08/29/2023
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"Tropical Storm Idalia Expected To Hit Florida As Hurricane" [22]

"Tropical Storm Idalia has formed in the Caribbean and could strengthen into a hurricane, bringing high winds and storm surges to Cuba and Florida later this week."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 08/28/2023
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"After America’s Summer Of Extreme Weather, ‘Next Year May Well Be Worse’" [28]

"It’s been a strange, cruel summer in the United States. From the dystopian orange skies above New York to the deadly immolation of a historic coastal town in Hawaii, the waning summer has been a stark demonstration of the escalating climate crisis – with experts warning that worse is to come."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 08/28/2023
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Ecuador’s Government Plans to Keep Drilling in National Park, Despite Vote [31]

"After Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted to ban new oil wells in a prized national park, the government challenged the legitimacy of the referendum and said it would continue drilling."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [34]
Public [13]
South America [35]
Source: YaleE360 [36], 08/28/2023
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"Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open." [37]

"Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings."

"On a sunny afternoon in a cluttered music room at East High in Denver, two sophomores practiced violin while their music teacher, Keith Oxman, labored over a desk in an adjoining office.

The ceiling fans were off to prevent the sheet music from scattering. The windows were sealed shut. East High is Denver’s largest high school and among the oldest, and there is no modern ventilation system.
Air [38]
Environmental Health [39]
Infrastructure [11]
People & Population [40]
Pollution [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [42], 08/28/2023
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"New Dawn For Arctic’s First People: The Inuit Plan To Reclaim Their Sea" [43]

"The environment Inuit have lived in for millennia is changing fast. Canada’s government once ignored Indigenous knowledge of it but now they are jointly creating the Nunatsiavut conservation area".

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Justice [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Public [13]
Canada [44]
Source: Guardian [45], 08/28/2023
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Louisiana Wildfires Force More Evacuations; 17 Parishes Under Emergency [46]

"Unpredictable winds, continued extreme heat and ultra-dry conditions fueled wildfires Saturday in western Louisiana, with officials ordering more residents to evacuate late into the evening."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Forests [47]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: States Newsroom [48], 08/28/2023
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"First Crops, Now Animals: Climate Change Hurts Bangladesh Farmers" [49]

"Along Bangladesh's southern coast, farmers threatened by the impacts of climate change are striving to boost their resilience to rising salinity in the soil and water by growing salt-tolerant crops and turning to innovative agriculture techniques."

Agriculture [50]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Public [13]
Asia [51]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [52], 08/28/2023
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"'We're All Maui': Climate Change Tests Emergency Alert Systems Across US" [53]

"This summer has been one of weather extremes across the United States, a season of intense heat waves, torrential storms and runaway wildfires that have tested how well prepared public safety officials and the emergency warning systems they oversee are for the changing climate."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Government [54]
Journalism & Media [55]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [56], 08/28/2023
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North American Grassland Birds In Peril, Spurring Effort To Save Habitat [57]

"When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it through another cold, snowy winter on the western South Dakota prairie. Nothing’s better, he says, than getting up at sunrise as the birds light up the area with song."

Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [17]
Natural Resources [34]
Wildlife [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [58]
Source: AP [59], 08/28/2023
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"How To Get Into The Hottest Clubs In L.A. County — Community Gardens" [60]

"They are some of the most exclusive clubs in town. Some people wait up to two years to become dues-paying members. And no, it’s not the swanky Jonathan Club or hip SoHo House — it’s your local community garden."

Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [17]
Food [61]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [62]
Source: LA Times [63], 08/28/2023
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"Countries Adopt Multibillion-Dollar Fund To Protect Nature" [64]

"Environmental leaders from 185 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada, on Thursday to adopt a multibillion-dollar fund to support global conservation, and the United Nations called for contributions to help protect 30% of land and coastal areas by 2030."

Climate Change [23]
Forests [47]
Natural Resources [34]
Public [13]
International [29]
Source: Reuters [65], 08/25/2023
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Worries Over Seafood Safety Mount As Japan Releases Fukushima Water Into Sea [66]

"Japan began releasing water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean Thursday over the objections of local fishermen and the government of neighboring China."

Environmental Health [39]
Fish & Fisheries [67]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [68]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
Asia [51]
Source: NPR [69], 08/25/2023
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Carbon Credit Speculators Could Lose Billions As Offsets Deemed ‘Worthless’ [70]

"Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have no environmental worth and have become stranded assets."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [71]
Forests [47]
Journalism & Media [55]
Public [13]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [72], 08/25/2023
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