EJToday: Top Headlines

UAE's Jaber Says Oil, Industrial Firms To Commit To Decarbonization At COP28 [9]

"More than 20 firms across the oil and gas sector and heavy industry have agreed to commit to curb emissions at the UN's COP28 climate summit, with more expected to join the group before the conference, its president said on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 10/03/2023
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Enviros Demand Emergency Rules To Protect Rare Whales From Ship Collisions [16]

"A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups filed their petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sept. 28 in an effort to protect the North Atlantic right whale."

Activism [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Transportation [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [24], 10/03/2023
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"What A Chicken-Size Bird Can Tell Us About A Shrinking Prairie" [25]

"There’s a stretch of Kim Shade’s ranch in the North Dakota Badlands where he used to look for a peculiar long-billed bird from the seat of his saddle. Now, all he sees there is a road leading to an oil rig."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [29], 10/03/2023
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At Canada's Largest Atlantic Puffin Colony, Chicks Are Dying Of Starvation [30]

"Lack of food, warming ocean threaten seabird populations".

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Canada [31]
Source: CBC News [32], 10/03/2023
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"Jimmy Carter Closes In On Decades-Long Goal: Eradicating Guinea Worm" [33]

"Former president has played pivotal role in fight against neglected tropical diseases."

Activism [17]
Environmental Health [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
International [14]
Africa [37]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [38], 10/03/2023
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"Truck Stops Upgrade to Recharge Electric Vehicles (and Their Drivers)" [39]

"Highway travel centers are adding amenities like restaurants and dog parks to accommodate the expanded dwell time of electric vehicle owners."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [35]
Transportation [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [40], 10/03/2023
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"Fat Bear Week 2023 Is Upon Us. Here’s What You Need To Know." [41]

"It’s the most wonderful time of the year — Fat Bear Week 2023 is here. The annual competition, hosted by the Katmai National Park and Preserve, pits brown bears against each other in a virtual bracket as they stock up for hibernation."

Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [44], 10/03/2023
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Climate Change Means New York City's Flooding Is 'New Normal,' Governor Says [45]

"Torrential downpours that caused flash flooding in New York City on Friday reflect a "new normal" due to the effects of climate change, New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned on Saturday, as the city began drying out after one of its wettest days ever."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [46]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 10/02/2023
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Illinois: "5 Dead After Crash, Chemical Leak In Downstate Teutopolis" [49]

"Five people were killed in a multi-vehicle crash that included a tanker truck carrying a toxic chemical that spilled Friday night, triggering a large temporary evacuation near downstate Effingham. The truck was holding 7,500 gallons of anhydrous ammonia, of which about 4,000 gallons spilled, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [50]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [34]
Pollution [36]
Transportation [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [52], 10/02/2023
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"Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress" [53]

"Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [34]
Technology [54]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: NYTimes [55], 10/02/2023
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Things To Know About Klamath River Dam Removal, Largest In US History [56]

"The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border. The project will remove four dams on the Klamath River. Work has already begun on removing the smallest of the four dams."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
California [57]
Northwest (OR WA) [58]
Source: AP [59], 10/02/2023
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"‘My Body Was Poisoned’: Biden’s Lead Pipe Removal Plan Faces Hurdles" [60]

"A string of unexpected impediments could delay the administration’s timeline on an issue that is central to its effort to address racial disparities."

Chemicals [50]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [61]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: NYTimes [62], 10/02/2023
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Onondaga Nation Take Centuries-Old Land Rights Case To International Panel [63]

"The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once thousands of square miles in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse. ... So now the nation is presenting its case to an international panel."

Activism [17]
Environmental Justice [61]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [14]
Source: AP [64], 10/02/2023
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When Kula Needed Water To Stop Wildfire, It Got A Trickle. Same Elsewhere. [65]

"Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze."

Disasters [46]
Forests [66]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [67], 10/02/2023
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"Warmer Mediterranean Threatens Spain's Mussel Farms" [68]

"Rising sea temperatures are killing mussels in Spain's Ebro delta and shellfish output is also suffering from Greece to Canada".

"EBRO DELTA, Spain - Mussel farmer Xavier Cabrera held out a handful of dry, dead mussels from his shellfish farm on the coast of the Ebro Delta, 100 miles (160 km) south of Barcelona. "Let's hope this isn't our future," he said ruefully.

A summer heatwave in the Mediterranean region killed off about 80% of the seed mussels - the tiny young that were going to be next year's harvest - and the little that was left of this year's production.
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
International [14]
Europe [69]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [70], 10/02/2023
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