EJToday: Top Headlines

"Conspiracy Theories Falsely Link Wildfires To 'Smart Cities'" [9]

"Disinformation about deadly wildfires in the United States and Canada has run rampant across social media, with posts falsely blaming coordinated arson, lasers—and plans to develop "smart cities."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: AFP [18], 09/11/2023
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"Once-Abandoned Dogs Are Now Trained To Sniff Out Environmental Clues" [19]

"About 45 canines are part of Working Dogs for Conservation in various countries. Most of the dogs were rescued from shelters."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Washington Post [22], 09/11/2023
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"Hong Kong, Shenzhen Deluged By Heaviest Rain On Record" [23]

"The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong was drenched on Friday by the heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago, killing one person and injuring 83, media reported, as unusually wet weather caused by typhoons brought more disruption to southern China."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
Asia [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 09/08/2023
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Heat Brings Texas Grid Closest It Has Been To Outages Since 2021 Winter [27]

"Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: AP [31], 09/08/2023
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Refineries Emit Unsafe Levels Of Benzene Amid Insufficient EPA Action: IG [32]

"An internal watchdog is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step up its actions to address emissions of cancer-causing benzene, saying that oil refineries have been releasing unsafe levels of the substance."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [35]
Pollution [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/08/2023
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"EPA Updates Freedom of Information Act Rule With Focus on Equity" [39]

"The EPA has updated Freedom of Information Act regulations with its Phase II FOIA final rule, according to a Thursday news release."

Environmental Justice [35]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [41], 09/08/2023
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"Adriana Carillo’s Life’s Work Is To Find Migrants Lost In The Desert" [42]

"She and her team of volunteers brave extreme heat to search for people left behind on the perilous journey from Mexico to the U.S."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [35]
People & Population [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
International [17]
Mexico [44]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [45], 09/08/2023
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"Green Groups Sue, Say Farmers Are Drying Up Great Salt Lake" [46]

"The state of Utah is not doing enough to save its imperiled Great Salt Lake and stop an impending ecological collapse, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by national and western environmental groups."

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Source: NPR [49], 09/08/2023
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Firms Profit From Climate Disaster Clean-Up – While Investing In Fossil Fuels [50]

"Private equity firms are increasingly profiting from cleaning up climate disasters in the US, while failing to better protect workers and often also investing in the fossil fuels that are causing the climate emergency, new research has found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Justice [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
International [17]
Source: Guardian [52], 09/08/2023
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"A Scientist Manipulated Climate Data. Conservative Media Celebrated." [53]

"A climate scientist ignited controversy Tuesday when he claimed that he withheld key details of his wildfire research to fit “preapproved narratives” on climate risks in order to be published in one of the world’s most esteemed science publications."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [54]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: E&E News [55], 09/08/2023
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"Dynamite Use Sends Shockwaves Through Fishing Industries" [56]

"Using explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lanka and around the world it’s thriving as a quick and easy route to a lucrative haul".

Fish & Fisheries [57]
Food [58]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Guardian [59], 09/08/2023
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"As Fall Migration Arrives, Apps That ID Birds By Sound Have Taken Off" [60]

"I was sitting in solitude earlier this summer in an Adirondack chair in my backyard, when I realized I wasn’t as alone as I’d thought. Thanks to the app I’d just downloaded on my phone — the popular and free Merlin Bird ID — I learned just from listening that I was surrounded by more than a dozen species of birds."

Biodiversity [20]
Consumer [34]
Natural Resources [14]
Technology [61]
Wildlife [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: AP [63], 09/08/2023
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"Biden To Cancel ANWR Leases, Expand Arctic Drilling Protections" [64]

"Nearly three years after the Trump administration sold the first-ever oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House Wednesday canceled those leases in a huge blow to pro-oil Alaskans."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [54]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
Alaska and Hawaii [65]
Source: E&E News [66], 09/07/2023
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"African Leaders Call For New Global Taxes To Fund Climate Change Action" [67]

"African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at November's COP28 summit."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [51]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [54]
Laws & Regulations [40]
People & Population [43]
Public [16]
International [17]
Africa [68]
Source: Reuters [69], 09/07/2023
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Why Extreme Heat Is So Dangerous For Those With Schizophrenia [70]

"On July 12, 2022, Stephan Goodwin left his home with a drawstring bag and a gallon of water, fleeing the voices in his head. He never came back."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [35]
People & Population [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [37]
International [17]
Source: Washington Post [71], 09/07/2023
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