EJToday: Top Headlines

"#ClimateScam: Denialism Claims Flooding Twitter Have Scientists Worried" [9]

"Twitter has proved a cherished forum for climate scientists to share research, as well as for activists seeking to rally action to halt oil pipelines or decry politicians’ failure to cut pollution. But many are now fleeing Twitter due to a surge in climate misinformation, spam and even threats that have upended their relationship with the platform."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 12/15/2022
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"They Fought the Lawn. And the Lawn Lost." [17]

"After their homeowner association ordered them to replace their wildlife-friendly plants with turf grass, a Maryland couple sued. They ended up changing state law."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 12/15/2022
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"The Arctic Is Becoming Wetter and Stormier, Scientists Warn" [27]

"As humans warm the planet, the once reliably frigid and frozen Arctic is becoming wetter and stormier, with shifts in its climate and seasons that are forcing local communities, wildlife and ecosystems to adapt, scientists said Tuesday in an annual assessment of the region."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [14]
International [28]
Antarctica & Arctic [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 12/14/2022
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"NASA To Conduct First Global Water Survey From Space" [31]

"A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time."

Climate Change [10]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Reuters [32], 12/14/2022
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"Zelenskyy Asks New Zealand To Focus On War’s Ecological Toll" [33]

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged New Zealand to take a leading role in focusing on the environmental destruction his country is suffering as a result of Russia’s invasion."

Disasters [34]
Military [35]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [36]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: AP [37], 12/14/2022
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"The Climate Impact of Your Neighborhood, Mapped" [38]

"New data shared with The New York Times reveals stark disparities in how different U.S. households contribute to climate change. Looking at America’s cities, a pattern emerges."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Studies [40]
Infrastructure [41]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [43], 12/14/2022
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"Coal Plant Tied To W.Va Governor Faces $1M Fine" [44]

"A shuttered Alabama coal products company with ties to Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice would pay a $925,000 fine as part of a settlement to resolve a Clean Air Act lawsuit brought last year by local regulators."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: E&E News [48], 12/14/2022
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"Children Of India's Burning Coalfields Dream Of A Fire-Free Future" [49]

"Coal workers hope education can help the next generation win cleaner, healthier jobs in a region that has been wedded to dirty, dangerous mining for over a century".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [50]
Public [14]
Asia [51]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [52], 12/14/2022
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"EPA Aims to Cancel Last Food Use Registrations for Chlorpyrifos" [53]

"The last remaining registrations that allow chlorpyrifos to be used on food crops would be canceled under a pair of notices the EPA is proposing, a move that would end food uses of a pesticide the agency says harms children."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [54]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [46]
Food [55]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [56], 12/14/2022
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"Starving Seabirds On Alaska Coast Show Climate Change Peril" [57]

"Dead and dying seabirds collected on the coasts of the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas over the past six years reveal how the Arctic’s fast-changing climate is threatening the ecosystems and people who live there, according to a report released Tuesday by U.S. scientists."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [59]
Source: AP [60], 12/14/2022
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"Keystone Pipeline Has History Of Spills, Warnings And Fines" [61]

"Federal regulators have issued warnings repeatedly over the life of the Keystone pipeline that operators aren’t doing enough to prevent corrosion and don’t follow proper construction procedures."

Disasters [34]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Infrastructure [41]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Canada [62]
Source: States Newsroom [63], 12/14/2022
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"Ladakh Herders Endeavor To Save Future on Climate Frontier" [64]

"Nomad Tsering Angchuk vows to stay put in his remote village in India’s Ladakh region. His two sons and most of his fellow villagers have migrated to a nearby urban settlement but Angchuk is determined to herd his flock of fine cashmere-producing goats in the treeless Kharnak village, a hauntingly beautiful but unforgiving, cold mountainous desert."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [36]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
Asia [51]
Source: AP [65], 12/14/2022
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Children Dying In Somalia As Climate-Driven Food Catastrophe Worsens [66]

"More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of U.N. agencies and aid groups."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Food [55]
Military [35]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [36]
Public [14]
Africa [67]
Source: Reuters [68], 12/13/2022
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"US Blizzard Expected To Impact Millions In Rockies, Midwest" [69]

"A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the U.S. on Monday, threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [70], 12/13/2022
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Energy Secretary Set To Announce Fusion Energy "Breakthrough" [71]

"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was set to announce a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars."

Energy & Fuel [39]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [72]
Technology [73]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [74], 12/13/2022
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