EJToday: Top Headlines

"Florida Braces For Hurricane Milton On The Heels Of Helene" [9]

"Florida prepared on Sunday for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the U.S. state's western coast, coming on the heels of the devastating Hurricane Helene."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 10/07/2024
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"Oil Moguls Emerge as Key Cash Source for Trump as Race Nears End" [17]

"Oil executives have emerged as an increasingly important source of funding for Donald Trump, as industry titans open their wallets to bolster the Republican nominee’s campaign for a second term in the White House."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg [21], 10/07/2024
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"Supreme Court Confronts NEPA, Water Permits, Agency Power" [22]

"The Supreme Court has its sights set on another bedrock environmental law, following recent efforts to take on Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act protections."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [26], 10/07/2024
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"Supreme Court To Review Nuclear Waste Fight" [27]

"The justices will consider whether a lower court improperly tossed approvals for a temporary storage facility in Texas."

Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Waste [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [30], 10/07/2024
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"Tribes Celebrate The End Of The Largest Dam Removal Project In US History" [31]

"The largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed Wednesday, marking a major victory for tribes in the region who fought for decades to free hundreds of miles of the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border."

Activism [32]
Environmental Justice [33]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Source: AP [38], 10/07/2024
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EPA Drinking Water Limits For PFAS Are Under Threat – And That’s Nothing New [39]

"Though utilities’ mission is to provide clean water, their trade groups for decades have often fiercely opposed initiatives to improve quality"

Chemicals [40]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [42]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [43], 10/07/2024
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"Helene Response Hampered By Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories" [44]

"False claims are adding to the chaos and confusion in many storm-battered communities. Social media platforms such as X have allowed the falsehoods to spread."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [45]
People & Population [46]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [47], 10/07/2024
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"Mexico’s New President Promises To Resume Fight Against Climate Change" [48]

"In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [13]
Mexico [49]
Source: AP [50], 10/07/2024
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Photos Of Vast E-Waste Dumping Ground — And Those Who Make A Living Off It [51]

"When he was just 18 years old, Emmanuel Akatire traveled about 500 miles from his home in Zorko, Ghana, to Accra, the nation’s capital, to find the only work he could — sifting through vast piles of discarded electronics to find valuable scrap metal. A week’s worth of painstaking, often dangerous work, earns him the equivalent of about 60 U.S. dollars."

Chemicals [40]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [23]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [25]
Technology [52]
Waste [29]
Public [13]
International [53]
Africa [54]
Source: NPR [55], 10/07/2024
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"Migrating Seabirds Are Bringing Forever Chemicals Into the Arctic" [56]

"New research shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic."

Biodiversity [57]
Chemicals [40]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [25]
Science [58]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [59]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [53]
Source: Hakai [60], 10/07/2024
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"Hurricane Helene Exposes FEMA Assistance Gap In Appalachian Areas" [61]

"As residents of western North Carolina piece together their lives following Hurricane Helene, few will be able to rely on federal flood insurance to help them rebuild."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [46]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Reuters [62], 10/04/2024
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"How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene" [63]

"The amount of rain that Tropical Storm Helene unleashed over North Carolina was so intense, no amount of preparation could have entirely prevented the destruction that ensued. But decisions made by state officials in the years leading up to Helene most likely made some of that damage worse, according to experts in building standards and disaster resilience."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: NYTimes [64], 10/04/2024
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"Rematch Looms In Landmark ‘Cancer Alley’ Civil Rights Case" [65]

"In a novel lawsuit brought early last year, a trio of Louisiana challengers laid out a sweeping narrative that traced a direct line between the oppressive legacy of slavery and allegedly discriminatory air pollution exposure. But their bid to upend one parish’s land-use practices faltered when a federal judge threw out the suit eight months later on prosaic procedural grounds. Now, those plaintiffs are regrouping for a rematch before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals."

Chemicals [40]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: E&E News [66], 10/04/2024
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Biden EPA Restores Pre-Trump Farmworker Protections From Pesticides [67]

"The Biden administration this week restored Obama-era farmworker protections from pesticides that were rolled back under the Trump administration."

Agriculture [68]
Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [69], 10/04/2024
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In Baltic, Ship Scrubbers Cause Millions Of Dollars Of Environmental Damage [70]

"The adoption of ship scrubbers—technology meant to clean up dirty fuel—has caused a surge in heavy metal pollution."

Air [71]
Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [23]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [72]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [53]
Europe [73]
Source: Hakai [74], 10/04/2024
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