EJToday: Top Headlines

"PFAS May Be Contaminating Drinking Water For Up To 27% Americans – Study" [9]

"PFAS may be contaminating drinking water for up to 70% of about 140 million people in the US who draw water from the nation’s aquifers via private or public wells, a new federal government study estimates. The findings show a potential impact on about 95m people, or 27% of the nation’s population."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 11/14/2024
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Extreme Weather Ramping Up Toxic Nitrate Pollution In Groundwater: Study [17]

"Climate-driven extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and intense precipitation, may be accelerating the pace at which toxic nitrates are polluting groundwater, a recent study has found."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [20], 11/14/2024
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New Jersey Will Issue Drought Warning After Dry October As Wildfires Rage [21]

"With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey will issue a drought warning, a step that could eventually lead to mandatory water restrictions if significant rain doesn’t fall soon."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: AP [27], 11/14/2024
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Dust Storm Reduces Visibility, Causes Pileup On Central Calif. Highway [28]

"A powerful dust storm known as a haboob caused a vehicle pile-up on a central California highway, sending several people to hospitals with minor injuries, authorities said."

Air [29]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [30]
Public [14]
California [31]
Source: AP [32], 11/14/2024
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Scientists Report Another Bump Upward In Annual Carbon Emissions [33]

"Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Pollution [12]
Science [35]
Public [14]
International [36]
Source: AP [37], 11/13/2024
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"Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies" [38]

"America’s oil industry released its wish list for the incoming Trump administration on Tuesday, a five-point plan that would eliminate many of the Biden administration’s most far-reaching efforts to reduce climate pollution and limit the warming that is driving ever more destructive and deadly extreme weather."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 11/13/2024
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"Lee Zeldin Knows How to Defend Trump. Will He Defend the Environment?" [41]

"When he ran for governor of New York two years ago, fellow Republicans privately exhorted former Representative Lee Zeldin to distance himself from Donald J. Trump and his debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. He leaned in instead, most likely dooming any chance of his winning in a Democratic-leaning state."

Environmental Politics [39]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [42], 11/13/2024
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Despite Promise, Biden BLM Keeps OKing Plans To Cut Down Old Forests [43]

"In 2022, President Joe Biden announced a new effort to protect old forests, which are key to the fight against climate change. But it hasn’t made much of a difference."

Environmental Politics [39]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ProPublica/OPB [45], 11/13/2024
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"Cop29 Host Azerbaijan Hits Out At West In Defence Of Oil And Gas" [46]

"The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s UN climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry on Tuesday."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [39]
Journalism & Media [47]
Public [14]
International [36]
Source: Reuters [48], 11/13/2024
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"Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0" [49]

"Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight."

Activism [50]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 11/13/2024
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"EPA Implements Climate Law’s Methane Fee As Republicans Plan Repeal" [53]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule Tuesday that implements a charge for oil and gas companies that release too much of the planet-warming gas methane."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [54], 11/13/2024
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"Trump Considers ‘Energy Czar’ Post" [55]

"President-elect Donald Trump is considering appointing a White House “energy czar” to coordinate the incoming administration’s energy policies across the administration, according to two people with knowledge of the transition."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [56], 11/13/2024
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"U.S.-Mexico Water Agreement Might Bring Relief To Parched South Texas" [57]

"The amendment to a 1944 treaty will help Mexico catch up with its water deliveries to the U.S. and might help Rio Grande Valley farmers devastated by low rainfall."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [22]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [59]
Mexico [60]
Source: Texas Tribune [61], 11/13/2024
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"Where The Trees Once Stood" [62]

"There’s a tranquility to western North Carolina’s forests. The quiet here is part of the reason Leo Temko and Janice Barnes chose a hillside northeast of Asheville as an escape from New York City, where they spend half their time."

Biodiversity [63]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Forests [24]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [64]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Washington Post [66], 11/13/2024
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"Trump Taps Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin As EPA Chief" [67]

"President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped former representative Lee Zeldin of New York to serve as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a crucial role that will oversee the rollbacks of dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental policies."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [68], 11/12/2024
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