EJToday: Top Headlines

As Climate-Fed Weather Disasters Hit More Farms, Crop Insurance Costs Soar [9]

"Critics of the federal program say it encourages more carbon-intensive farming and are calling for Congress to lower subsidies for big, wealthy producers."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 09/11/2023
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"Can Golf Cure Its Water Addiction?" [17]

"Drought is making it harder for golf lovers to justify the game’s copious use of water".

Water & Oceans [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [19], 09/11/2023
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Experts Warn of ‘Denialism Comeback’ Ahead of November’s Climate Talks" [20]

"Even amid a disaster-filled summer marked by record heat, climate misinformation continues to spread online at alarming rates. Some experts fear it could slow progress at COP28."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Science [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 09/11/2023
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Water Hookups Come To Alaska Yup’ik Village; Residents Ditch Honey Buckets [25]

"Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday riding a four-wheeler along the muddy roads of this small Yup’ik village on southwestern Alaska’s vast Kuskokwim River, looking for human waste."

Environmental Health [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Source: AP [31], 09/11/2023
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Trump Border Wall Caused Major Cultural And Environmental Harm: Watchdog [32]

"The construction of former President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border desecrated Indigenous cultural sites, hurt wildlife, destroyed vegetation, dried up key water resources, exacerbated the risk of flooding and triggered erosion that has left mountain slopes “unstable and at risk of collapse,” according to a new report."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Studies [35]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [29]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [36]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [37], 09/11/2023
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"Conspiracy Theories Falsely Link Wildfires To 'Smart Cities'" [38]

"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 [11]
Disasters [12]
Forests [39]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [28]
Science [23]
Public [14]
International [40]
Source: AFP [41], 09/11/2023
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"Once-Abandoned Dogs Are Now Trained To Sniff Out Environmental Clues" [42]

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

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Studies [35]
Public [14]
International [40]
Source: Washington Post [43], 09/11/2023
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"Hong Kong, Shenzhen Deluged By Heaviest Rain On Record" [44]

"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 [11]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [14]
Asia [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 09/08/2023
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Heat Brings Texas Grid Closest It Has Been To Outages Since 2021 Winter [47]

"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 [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Health [26]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: AP [50], 09/08/2023
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Refineries Emit Unsafe Levels Of Benzene Amid Insufficient EPA Action: IG [51]

"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 [52]
Consumer [53]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [34]
Pollution [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [54], 09/08/2023
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"EPA Updates Freedom of Information Act Rule With Focus on Equity" [55]

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

Environmental Justice [34]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [57], 09/08/2023
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"Adriana Carillo’s Life’s Work Is To Find Migrants Lost In The Desert" [58]

"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 [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [34]
People & Population [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
International [40]
Mexico [60]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [61], 09/08/2023
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"Green Groups Sue, Say Farmers Are Drying Up Great Salt Lake" [62]

"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 [10]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Laws & Regulations [56]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [63]
Source: NPR [64], 09/08/2023
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Firms Profit From Climate Disaster Clean-Up – While Investing In Fossil Fuels [65]

"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 [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Justice [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [40]
Source: Guardian [66], 09/08/2023
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"A Scientist Manipulated Climate Data. Conservative Media Celebrated." [67]

"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 [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Science [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [68], 09/08/2023
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