EJToday: Top Headlines

"A Deadly Tick-Borne Epidemic Is Raging" [9]

"The boy came home from school weakened by fever, his ears burning-hot. ... Then, the telltale red spots appeared on his hands. But none of the doctors in this rural community along Mexico’s Pacific coast recognized the warning sign for one of the most lethal infectious diseases in the Americas — Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A week later, the boy was dead."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mexico [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 08/30/2023
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"For Migrating Birds, It’s the Flight of Their Lives" [16]

"America’s birds are in trouble. Since 1970, nearly 3 billion birds have vanished from the skies over North America. Most of those losses have been in migratory species, which may breed in the United States or Canada in the summer before heading elsewhere for the winter."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 08/30/2023
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"Storm Idalia To Intensify Into Major Hurricane Ahead Of Florida Landfall" [21]

"Tropical Storm Idalia was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane on Monday as it crawled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast as officials issued evacuation orders and urged residents to make preparations ahead of an expected Wednesday morning landfall."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 08/29/2023
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"How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Hurting The Energy Transition" [27]

"After agreeing in 2009 to phase out dirty energy subsidies, G20 nations pumped $1.4 trillion into supporting fossil fuel use in 2022 - money that should be redeployed to support a shift into renewables, analysts say".

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Government [30]
Public [12]
International [19]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [31], 08/29/2023
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Geothermal: The Race To Tap a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet [32]

"The United States has enough geothermal energy to power the entire country. Some are trying to unlock it by using techniques from the fracking boom."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [33], 08/29/2023
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"Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says" [34]

"The finding doesn’t have the force of law, but is notable because it is based on one of the most widely accepted international treaties."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [12]
International [19]
Source: NYTimes [37], 08/29/2023
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"Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Biden Administration Oil Leases In Gulf" [38]

"A coalition of environmental groups sued the Biden administration over its upcoming oil and gas lease sale, which will auction off 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [39], 08/29/2023
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"Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Permit Invalidated By US Appeals Court" [40]

"A U.S. appeals court on Friday canceled a license granted by a federal agency to a company to build a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in western Texas, which the Republican-led state has argued would be dangerous to build in one of the nation's largest oil basins.

A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacked the authority under federal law to issue permits for private, temporary nuclear waste storage sites.
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [41]
Waste [42]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 08/29/2023
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How an Oil Giant Took Over Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture [45]

"When Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s Vicki Hollub introduced the idea of “net zero oil” two years ago, few outside the chief executive officer’s inner circle knew what she meant."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Journalism & Media [46]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Green [47], 08/29/2023
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US Inches Closer To Breaking Russian Monopoly On Rare And Necessary Fuel [48]

"The Putin government's control over a special nuclear fuel has rattled the West's atomic industry. New deals show the U.S. is finally trying to catch up."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: HuffPost [49], 08/29/2023
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"How The ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Could Pose The Next Economic Threat" [50]

"All across the country, downtowns, office spaces and shopping centers are at risk of becoming ground zero for a new economic hazard: the urban doom loop. The fear is that a commercial real estate apocalypse could spiral out and slow commerce, wrecking local tax revenue in the process."

Economy & Business [28]
Infrastructure [51]
Planning & Growth [52]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [53], 08/29/2023
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"If South Africa Ends Lion Breeding, What to Do With Captive Cats?" [54]

"In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Wildlife [18]
Public [12]
Africa [55]
Source: YaleE360 [56], 08/29/2023
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"Tropical Storm Idalia Expected To Hit Florida As Hurricane" [57]

"Tropical Storm Idalia has formed in the Caribbean and could strengthen into a hurricane, bringing high winds and storm surges to Cuba and Florida later this week."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: Reuters [58], 08/28/2023
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"After America’s Summer Of Extreme Weather, ‘Next Year May Well Be Worse’" [59]

"It’s been a strange, cruel summer in the United States. From the dystopian orange skies above New York to the deadly immolation of a historic coastal town in Hawaii, the waning summer has been a stark demonstration of the escalating climate crisis – with experts warning that worse is to come."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [60], 08/28/2023
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Ecuador’s Government Plans to Keep Drilling in National Park, Despite Vote [61]

"After Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted to ban new oil wells in a prized national park, the government challenged the legitimacy of the referendum and said it would continue drilling."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [17]
Public [12]
South America [62]
Source: YaleE360 [63], 08/28/2023
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