EJToday: Top Headlines

"In Florida, Gen Z Activists Step Into the Fight Against Sugarcane Burning" [9]

"Every year, farmers in South Florida set fire to more than 400,000 acres of sugarcane fields pre-harvest, creating a “black snow” of ash and soot that falls on the low-income communities nearby."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Youthcast Media Group [16], 10/20/2023
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‘It’s Never Too Late’: Canada Sued Over Near-Extinction Of Spotted Owls [17]

"As the species hangs on to survival in the country, the federal government will defend its role in delaying emergency measures that could have helped the raptor from disappearing in B.C.’s heavily logged forests".

Biodiversity [18]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [14]
Canada [23]
Source: The Narwhal [24], 10/20/2023
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"USDA Working With Ranchers Toward Indigenous Food Sovereignty" [25]

"Since the near extinction of the buffalo mostly by White settlers, the animal has become a symbol of both Indigenous resilience and food sovereignty. Now, buffalo are central to a new pilot program to improve food distribution on Native land."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Justice [12]
People & Population [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: ICT [28], 10/20/2023
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New York's Gas Stove Ban an 'Existential Threat,' Trade Group Lawsuit Says [29]

"Construction and gas trade groups have filed a lawsuit to block a law passed by New York officials that would ban furnaces and gas stoves in newly constructed buildings."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Earther [34], 10/20/2023
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UN Countries Agreed To Support Climate Reparations, Now Deadlocked On Details [35]

"The celebrated “loss and damage” fund is stalled over disagreements about who should pay in, who should receive funds, and the role of the World Bank."

Climate Change [30]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [37]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: Grist [39], 10/20/2023
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GOP AGs, Industry Ask For Emergency Supreme Court Stay Of Biden Smog Rule [40]

"A coalition of Republican attorneys general on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stay the federal “Good Neighbor” interstate smog rule while they appeal a lower court ruling."

Air [41]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [37]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: The Hill [42], 10/20/2023
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"‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Opens Across US (Finally!)" [43]

"Spellbinding, heartbreaking and exhaustingly researched, director Martin Scorsese’s long-gestating epic look into the mass murders of the Osage over oil rights in the 1920s opens Oct. 20 in wide release across the United States."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Justice [12]
Journalism & Media [44]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: ICT [45], 10/20/2023
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EPA Says Lead Emissions From Small Piston-Engine Aircraft Pose Health Danger [46]

"The U.S Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued a final determination declaring that emissions from aircraft that use leaded fuel pose a danger to public health, following years of study."

Chemicals [47]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Transportation [48]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Reuters [49], 10/19/2023
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"Drought Turns Amazonian Capital Into Climate Dystopia" [50]

"A withering drought has turned the Amazonian capital of Manaus into a climate dystopia with the second worst air quality in the world and rivers at the lowest levels in 121 years."

Air [41]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [36]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [14]
International [38]
South America [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 10/19/2023
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Analysis: Why Is Britain Retreating From Global Leadership On Climate Action? [54]

"While Britain has long been a leader in cutting emissions, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now implementing a stunning reversal of climate-friendly policies, with new plans to “max out” oil production. Business leaders have joined environmentalists in condemning the moves."

Climate Change [30]
Policy [55]
Public [14]
Europe [56]
Source: YaleE360 [57], 10/19/2023
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"How Tourism Threatens One Of The World’s Only Bioluminescent Bays" [58]

"Every year, tourists from across the globe flock to the south-west corner of Puerto Rico to witness a phenomenon found in only a few select locations worldwide."

Economy & Business [59]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [26]
Planning & Growth [60]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Guardian [61], 10/19/2023
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Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago [62]

"Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river. Today, many are still fighting to secure water."

Climate Change [30]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: ProPublica/HCN [63], 10/19/2023
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"Assisted Migration Helps Animals Adapt to Climate Change" [64]

"Extreme heat and weather are shifting the areas fit for habitation—and not just for humans. Climate change is turning other vulnerable species into refugees as well."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [36]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Sierra [65], 10/19/2023
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Clear-Cutting Near Watersheds Threatens Drinking Water Supplies: Greens [66]

"Water shortages in Oregon coastal cities could be prevented if clear-cutting forests around watersheds was eliminated, according to environmentalists".

Forests [19]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [67]
Source: Oregon Capital Chronicle [68], 10/19/2023
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Electric Grids Are a Hidden Weak Spot in World’s Climate Plans: Report [69]

"Even as clean energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles spread rapidly across the globe, most countries are falling perilously behind in building the power lines and electric grids needed to support them, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday in an extensive analysis."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Infrastructure [70]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: NYTimes [71], 10/19/2023
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