EJToday: Top Headlines

"South Florida Storm Dumps More Than A Foot Of Rain" [9]

"A fierce storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts dumped more than a foot (30.5 cm) of rain on parts of South Florida on Thursday, flooding homes and streets, downing power lines and trees and leaving tens of thousands of homes and business without power."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 11/17/2023
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"FTC Cracks Down On Food Industry For Paid Dietitian ‘Influencer’ Posts" [16]

"Federal regulators announced warnings against two major food and beverage industry groups and a dozen nutrition influencers Wednesday, as part of a broad action to enforce stricter standards for how companies and social media creators disclose paid advertising."

Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Food [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 11/17/2023
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"Los Angeles Will Offer More Energy Incentives to Low-Income Residents" [25]

"Los Angeles said on Thursday that it would build electric vehicle chargers and offer bigger rebates for the purchase of battery-powered cars in response to a new report that concluded that low-income people were being left behind in the transition to clean energy."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [17]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Transportation [29]
Public [13]
California [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 11/17/2023
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Only 51 Of These U.S. Whales Remain. Little Prevents Their Extinction [32]

"Even before they saw one of the rarest mammals in the Gulf of Mexico, the two amateur fishermen were already feeling lucky. They had motored to their favorite spot 35 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., downed a couple Miller Lites, and caught their third mahi mahi when they heard the sound of air escaping a blowhole."

Biodiversity [33]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NPR [37], 11/17/2023
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2 Enviros Targeted By A Hacking Network Say The Public Is The Real Victim [38]

"Two environmentalists told a federal judge Thursday that the public was the real victim of a global computer hacking campaign that targeted those fighting big oil companies to get the truth out about global warming."

Activism [39]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [41], 11/17/2023
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PG&E Bills Will Go Up By $32 Per Month To Pay For Wildfire Protections [42]

"About 16 million people in California will see their electric and gas bills go up by an average of more than $32 per month over next year in part so that one of the nation’s largest utility companies can bury more of its power line s to reduce the chances of starting wildfires."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [17]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Forests [43]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [35]
Technology [44]
Public [13]
California [30]
Source: AP [45], 11/17/2023
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"The Naturalist and the Wonderful, Lovable, So Good, Very Bold Jay" [46]

"Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Canada [47]
Source: Hakai [48], 11/17/2023
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"U.S. and China Agree to Displace Fossil Fuels by Ramping Up Renewables" [49]

"The United States and China, the world’s two largest climate polluters, have agreed to jointly tackle global warming by ramping up wind, solar and other renewable energy with the goal of displacing fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Asia [50]
Source: NYTimes [51], 11/16/2023
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Valley Fever: "An Invisible Killer" [52]

"A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West - and scientists suspect climate change is driving the spread."

Air [53]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [54], 11/16/2023
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COP28 Host UAE Has World’s Biggest Climate-Busting Oil Plans, Data Show [55]

"The state oil company of the United Arab Emirates, whose CEO will preside over imminent UN climate negotiations, has the largest net-zero-busting expansion plans of any company in the world, according to new data."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [19]
Pollution [56]
Public [13]
International [57]
Middle East [58]
Source: Guardian [59], 11/16/2023
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"U.S. Lawyer Accused Of Shooting 2 Environmental Protesters Dead In Panama" [60]

"An American lawyer has been arrested after being accused of shooting and killing two environmental protesters in Panama earlier this week, according to several media outlets including local networks."

Activism [39]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [61]
Source: HuffPost [62], 11/16/2023
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"Does The Amazon's Drought Mean The Forest Is At A Tipping Point?" [63]

"Scientists say deforestation is compounding the effects of climate change, threatening to turn parts of the forest into savannah".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [43]
Natural Resources [35]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [36]
Public [13]
South America [64]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [65], 11/16/2023
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"Worsening Sand, Dust Storms Driving Global Land Loss, Says UN" [66]

"The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification warned on Wednesday."

Agriculture [67]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [13]
International [57]
Source: Reuters [68], 11/16/2023
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Corruption, Rights Abuses Flourish in Lithium Mining Across Africa: Report [69]

"A new report from the nonprofit Global Witness validates civil society groups’ concerns about exploitative labor practices and environmental destruction associated with lithium mining. The report, released Tuesday, identifies multiple alleged incidents of corruption, unsafe working conditions, forced evictions, child labor and harmful environmental practices tied to lithium mining in Zimbabwe, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [13]
Africa [70]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 11/16/2023
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As US Insurers Stop Covering Prescribed Burns, States And Communities Step Up [72]

"Prescribed fires are a positive land management method, but when the flames occasionally escape control, the resulting damage to land and private property also hurts this conservation tool’s reputation. U.S. insurance companies are thus charging increasingly unaffordable premiums for coverage of this activity or are dropping the service altogether in the wake of some particularly large recent accidents."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [73]
Forests [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Mongabay [74], 11/16/2023
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