EJToday: Top Headlines

"New York Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Environmental Bond Act" [9]

"The $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Energy, Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act was overwhelmingly passed by voters — and lawmakers said it will not result in a tax increase."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Source: Albany Times Union [15], 11/10/2022
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"Midterms Updates: No Signs of ‘Red Wave’ as Race for Congress Remains Tight" [16]

"Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat, beat Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, flipping a Senate seat. J.D. Vance won for Republicans in Ohio. But control of the House and Senate still hangs in the balance."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 11/09/2022
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U.S. Has A Plan To Raise Cash For Developing Nations. Some Are Skeptical [20]

"John Kerry, the country’s climate envoy, was expected to announce the carbon offset plan on Wednesday. Payments from companies would go to countries struggling to adopt renewable energy."

Climate Change [10]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 11/09/2022
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Who’s Driving Climate Change? New Data Catalogs 72,000 Polluters and Counting [23]

"A nonprofit backed by Al Gore and other big environmental donors says it can track emissions down to individual power plants, oil fields and cargo ships."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [26], 11/09/2022
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"After Decades of Resistance, Rich Countries Offer Direct Climate Aid" [27]

"Several European leaders at COP27 announced funds to help poor nations recover from loss and damage caused by climate change. The United States was silent."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [28]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [29], 11/09/2022
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"Treaty Against Fossil Fuels Floated at UN Climate Summit" [30]

"The world should confront climate change the way it does nuclear weapons, by agreeing to a non-proliferation treaty that stops further production of fossil fuels, a small island nation leader urged Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: AP [32], 11/09/2022
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"UN Experts Urge Stringent Rules To Stop Net Zero Greenwash" [33]

"Companies pledging to get their emissions down to net zero better make sure they’ve got a credible plan and aren’t just making false promises, U.N. experts said in a report Tuesday urging tough standards on emissions cutting vows."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Journalism & Media [34]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: AP [35], 11/09/2022
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Egypt’s COP27 App Poses ‘High Level’ Threat to Protesters, Experts Say [36]

"Egypt’s official COP27 app poses a “credible” threat “at the highest level” to any mobile device that downloaded it, a coalition of cybersecurity and disinformation experts warned early Tuesday morning."

Climate Change [10]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 11/09/2022
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Enviros Challenge Proposed Plastics ‘Advanced Recycling’ Plant in Pa. [38]

"A Philadelphia environmental group has filed an appeal to block a proposed $1.1 billion “advanced” plastics recycling plant in rural Pennsylvania after the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, exempted the facility from having to obtain a solid waste permit."

Air [39]
Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [41]
Pollution [25]
Waste [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 11/09/2022
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"Cholera's Return To Lebanon Exposes Clean Water Crisis" [45]

"Water and sanitation services are buckling after years of economic meltdown, with many people unable to afford safe alternatives".

Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [41]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [13]
Middle East [48]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [49], 11/09/2022
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"A Planned Restart of a Crab Harvest Pits Conservation Against Industry" [50]

"For the first time in 10 years, a fisheries regulator is poised to restart the harvest of female horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay, a policy change that conservationists say will threaten the survival of the Atlantic species of the red knot, an imperiled shorebird."

Biodiversity [51]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [43]
Source: NYTimes [53], 11/09/2022
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"Developing Countries ‘Will Need $2Tn A Year In Climate Funding By 2030’" [54]

"About $2tn (£1.75tn) will be needed each year by 2030 to help developing countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the effects of climate breakdown, new data suggests."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [17]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Guardian [55], 11/08/2022
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Climate Change Threatening ‘Things Americans Value Most’ -- U.S. Report [56]

"Climate change is unleashing “far-reaching and worsening” calamities in every region of the United States, and the economic and human toll will only increase unless humans move faster to slow the planet’s warming, according to a sprawling new federal report released Monday.
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [46]
Economy & Business [11]
Food [57]
Forests [58]
Infrastructure [59]
Natural Resources [60]
People & Population [61]
Planning & Growth [62]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [63]
Water & Oceans [47]
Wildlife [64]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [65], 11/08/2022
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"How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming" [66]

"Developing nations are reducing their debt by pledging to protect their resources in financial deals that could give them a bigger role in the fight against climate change."

Biodiversity [51]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Natural Resources [60]
Water & Oceans [47]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [67], 11/08/2022
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"Will CITES Finally Act To Protect Rosewood This Month? (Commentary)" [68]

"CITES COP-19 starts in mid-November 2022 and is likely going to be a decisive meeting for the protection of species such as rosewood.

Both CITES and Madagascar have banned the export of rosewood and ebony, but there appears to be no end to the illegal trade, and the fate of nearly 40,000 illegally-exported rosewood logs seized in Singapore, Kenya and Sri Lanka in 2014 is still uncertain.
Biodiversity [51]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [58]
Wildlife [64]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Mongabay [69], 11/08/2022
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