EJToday: Top Headlines

Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in ‘Weak’ Hurricanes: Study [9]

"In a large proportion of the metropolitan areas along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, at least half of the hospitals are at risk of flooding even from relatively weak hurricanes, a new study found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Health [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 09/30/2022
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Experts Decry ‘Funny Math’ Of Plastic Industry ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims [17]

"Environmental experts say there’s a strong possibility that a federal bill will be introduced in the U.S. that seeks to strengthen an industry known as “advanced recycling,” or “chemical recycling.” While proponents of advanced recycling tout it as a solution to the ever-growing plastic pollution issue, critics say that it’s not recycling at all, but a highly polluting incineration process that converts plastic into fuel."

Air [18]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Mongabay [23], 09/30/2022
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US Strikes Partnership With Pacific Island Leaders At Historic Summit [24]

"The United States said at a summit with Pacific island leaders that it had agreed on a partnership for the future with them and held out the prospect of “big dollar” help to a region where it hopes to stem China’s expanding influence."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [27]
Australia & Oceania [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 09/30/2022
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Corps Plans Underwater Levee To Stem Saltwater in La. Drinking Water [30]

"Saltwater moving up the Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in Plaquemines Parish, triggering a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to build an underwater levee in the channel."

Infrastructure [13]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Nola.com [32], 09/30/2022
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"Veteran Service Officer: Be Wary Of Camp LeJeune Ads" [33]

"We've all see the ads on television or social media in the last few weeks. If you or your family were stationed in Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987, you may have been exposed to drinking water that was heavily contaminated with toxins," one ad reads. "You may be able to qualify for significant compensation for your medical costs or lost loved ones.""

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New Philadelphia Times-Reporter [36], 09/30/2022
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Arizona Tribe And Biologists Rescue The Apache Trout From Near Extinction [37]

"The White Mountain Apache reservation stretches across about 1.24 million acres in eastern Arizona, rising at its highest point to 11,000 feet above sea level. It is the only place in the world where the state fish of Arizona lives in its natural habitat ."

Fish & Fisheries [38]
People & Population [39]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Arizona Republic [41], 09/30/2022
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"Maps Show How Millions Of People Have Moved Into Hurricane Ian’s Path" [42]

"As Stephen Strader has watched Hurricane Ian barreling toward Florida’s west coast, he cannot stop thinking about all that lies in its path."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Planning & Growth [43]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [44], 09/29/2022
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"Key Takeaways From Biden's Conference On Hunger And Nutrition In America" [45]

"President Biden pushed for Congress to permanently extend the child tax credit, raise the minimum wage and expand nutrition assistance programs to help reduce hunger rates as he opened the second-ever conference on food insecurity and diet-related diseases. But the administration faces a sharp uphill battle."

Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [20]
Food [47]
Laws & Regulations [35]
People & Population [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [48], 09/29/2022
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"Mexico Is World's Deadliest Spot For Environmental Activists" [49]

"Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for environmental and land defense activists, according to a global survey released Wednesday, and the Yaqui Indigenous people of northern Mexico are still mourning the killing of water-defense leader Tomás Rojo found dead in June 2021."

Activism [50]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [14]
Mexico [51]
Source: AP [52], 09/29/2022
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"Pivotal Supreme Court Term Begins With WOTUS War" [53]

"After a summer marked by massive upheavals to abortion access, gun safety and climate regulation, the Supreme Court’s newly empowered six-justice conservative majority appears poised to undercut longstanding approaches to environmental protection and racial equity."

Laws & Regulations [35]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [54], 09/29/2022
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"Federal Court Finds 3rd Iowa Ag-Gag Law Unconstitutional" [55]

"A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, finding once again that the law passed last year violates free speech rights in the U.S. Constitution."

Agriculture [56]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [57]
Source: AP [58], 09/29/2022
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"An Explosive Problem: The Radford Arsenal’s Toxic Operations" [59]

"At military bases across the country, the Department of Defense (DoD) has for decades relied on a practice known as open burn/open detonation (OB/OD) to destroy excess, unserviceable, or obsolete military munitions, including small arms cartridges, rockets, mortars, missiles, and other items."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [34]
Military [60]
Pollution [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Ctr. for Progressive Reform [61], 09/29/2022
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"Polluted Communities Need Bigger Role in Settlements, EPA Says" [62]

"The EPA is encouraging companies and other defendants accused of air and water pollution, as well as other environmental crimes, to gather input from affected communities about what beneficial projects residents might want as part of a legal deal."

Environmental Justice [63]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [64], 09/29/2022
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"The CDC Is Looking Into A Stomach Bug Outbreak At The Grand Canyon" [65]

"Hundreds of visitors to the Grand Canyon over the summer were sickened by a norovirus, which prompted the CDC to take a look at it."

Environmental Health [34]
Natural Resources [66]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [67], 09/29/2022
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"Zoonotic Diseases Like COVID-19 And Monkeypox Will Become More Common" [68]

"Cases of monkeypox are on the rise in the U.S., with about 67,600 global cases, including about 25,500 in the U.S. Simultaneously, the world is still facing a COVID-19 pandemic, despite the number of cases tapering off. Researchers say these types of viruses, known as zoonotic diseases, or ones that spread between humans and animals, will become increasingly commonplace as factors such as the destruction of animal habitats and human expansion into previously uninhabited areas intensify."

Biodiversity [69]
Environmental Health [34]
Forests [70]
Wildlife [71]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: NPR [72], 09/29/2022
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