EJToday: Top Headlines

"Why The Return Of Sea Otters To Canada’s West Coast Is Making Waves" [9]

"The group of otters floats between amber stalks of kelp, preening their coats and foraging for urchins. Sheltered in a natural bay off Haida Gwaii, one of the most unforgiving coastlines on the west coast of Canada, the skittish mammals are hidden – from the fast-moving currents, and from groups that have pledged to shoot them on sight."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
Canada [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 12/01/2023
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Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Disease Fight [20]

"The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [23]
People & Population [24]
Public [17]
International [25]
Africa [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 12/01/2023
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"Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges" [28]

"As the world’s leaders gather this week at a major summit to discuss ways to address the effects of global warming, one of the greatest obstacles they face is disinformation." "Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Science [32]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: NYTimes [33], 12/01/2023
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"Oregon’s Drinking Water Is at Risk From Clearcutting" [34]

"The forests that blanket the foothills of the Coast Range are crucial to holding onto freshwater and keeping it drinkable. But for years, local residents have suspected that clearcutting by private logging companies in the area has endangered their precious freshwater resource. Now, a new joint report from NASA and Oregon-based nonprofit Oregon Wild confirms coastal residents’ observations and echoes their concerns."

Forests [35]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Source: Sierra [38], 12/01/2023
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"As Temperatures Rise, Dengue Fever Spreads and Cases Rise" [39]

"With temperatures and rainfall increasing, the mosquitoes that carry dengue viruses are extending their range. More than 4.5 million cases have been reported this year, and global climate models project an additional 2 billion people could be at risk of infection by 2080."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [23]
Public [17]
International [25]
Source: YaleE360 [40], 12/01/2023
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German Court Upholds Wiretaps Of Climate Activists' Calls To Press [41]

"A court in Bavaria has ruled that police were right in wiretapping phone calls between members of the Last Generation climate activist group and journalists."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
Europe [42]
Source: DW [43], 12/01/2023
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"Next Thanksgiving, Smokey Bear Should Talk About Climate Change" [44]

"Call me basic, but I love waking up on Thanksgiving morning and watching the Macy’s parade. Without fail, I’m enthralled by the pageantry and comforted by the tradition: the floats, the crowds, the Broadway dance numbers. Santa Claus. The last few years, though, one element has bothered me."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Forests [35]
Journalism & Media [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: LA Times [45], 12/01/2023
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US Will Protect Wolverines As Climate Change Melts Their Mountain Refuges [46]

"The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists’ warnings that climate change will likely melt away the rare species’ snowy mountain refuges and push them toward extinction."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: AP [47], 11/30/2023
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"Vice President Harris Will Attend COP28 Climate Conference In Dubai" [48]

"Vice President Kamala Harris will join the U.S. delegation to Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said Wednesday."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [36]
International [25]
Source: AP [49], 11/30/2023
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"This Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Is the Next Carbon Bomb" [50]

"Calcasieu Pass 2 threatens local communities and global climate targets". "On the Louisiana coast, in Cameron Parish, plans are underway to build a massive, 550 acre, $10 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal called CP2 that would ship up to 24 million tons of gas each year, mostly to foreign markets."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [36]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Sierra [52], 11/30/2023
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"The $500,000 Fight To Protect A Muskoka Wetland" [53]

"Very few of Ontario’s quickly vanishing marshes and swamps are safe from development. A group of citizens managed to preserve one, but they also found deep flaws in the system".

Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [17]
Canada [18]
Source: The Narwhal [54], 11/30/2023
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The Love Story Of An Endangered Tree And The Little Bird Who Eats Its Seeds [55]

"The balance of an ecosystem hangs on the survival of a scraggly mountain tree. In northwest B.C., ecologists are facing climate change, droughts and wildfires as they work to protect whitebark pine and the species that rely on it".

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [35]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
Canada [18]
Source: The Narwhal [56], 11/30/2023
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"In Reversal, Mexico Calls For Moratorium On International Deep-Sea Mining" [57]

"On Nov. 21, Mexico became the latest nation to call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in international waters."

Chemicals [58]
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [59]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [60]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
International [25]
Mexico [61]
Source: Mongabay [62], 11/30/2023
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"A Roll Of The Dice: The Unknown Threat Of Exposure To Chemical Mixtures" [63]

"Shortly after entering the field of public health in the early 1970s, Stephen Lester learned there was one thing he should steer clear of studying: how exposure to multiple chemicals at once might be devastating human health."

Chemicals [58]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [36]
Source: HuffPost [64], 11/30/2023
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"‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Drinking Water Sources Across England" [65]

"Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” have been detected in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies, with 11,853 samples testing positive, something experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by."

Chemicals [58]
Consumer [66]
Environmental Health [23]
Pollution [60]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [17]
Europe [42]
Source: Guardian [67], 11/30/2023
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