EJToday: Top Headlines

"Inside The Complex Effort To Rid Maui Of Toxic Fire Debris And Rubble" [9]

"One of the most complicated wildfire cleanup missions in recent memory is now underway on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where fleets of workers and equipment are being shipped to the island while officials plot how to carefully but quickly remove hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic debris."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [16]
Source: Washington Post [17], 09/29/2023
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"Toxic Labor" [18]

"A warming planet is creating a booming and loosely-regulated disaster restoration industry fueled by immigrant labor. Without protection, workers are exposed to lethal toxins making them sick long after the cleanup."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [20]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [23], 09/29/2023
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"Inside The Rough-And-Tumble Race To Clean Up America’s Abandoned Oil Wells" [24]

"With a little art, a little science, and a lot of luck, the niche well-plugging industry is hoping to pick up steam."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [27], 09/29/2023
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"Shutdown Could Hinder Infrastructure Projects, Permits" [28]

"Concerns are mounting over impacts of a possible federal government shutdown on critical infrastructure projects and permitting activities."

Disasters [12]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [30]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [33], 09/28/2023
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Britain Approves New North Sea Oil Drilling, Pleasing Industry Not Greens [34]

"Britain on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a major oil and gas project in the North Sea, ignoring warnings from scientists and the United Nations that countries must stop developing new fossil fuel resources if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
Europe [35]
Source: AP [36], 09/28/2023
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Biden Vetoes GOP Bills Undo Endangered Species Protections For Bat, Chicken [37]

"President Biden on Tuesday vetoed a Republican-led attempt to ax endangered species protections for the long-eared bat and the lesser prairie-chicken."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [39]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [32]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [41], 09/28/2023
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"Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind" [42]

"That black stuff spilling off railcars is a threat to public health and waterways across the United States".

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [20]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Sierra [44], 09/28/2023
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Report Clears Alberta Officials After Oilsands Leak Went Unreported For 9 Months [45]

"A review commissioned by the board of directors at the Alberta Energy Regulator says there are no concerns with the way the organization handled seepage and a subsequent spill at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta."

Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [20]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
Canada [47]
Source: The Narwhal [48], 09/28/2023
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Biden Declares Emergency, Pipeline Planned As Salt Threatens Drinking Water [49]

"The White House declared an emergency Wednesday for four Louisiana parishes threatened by salt intrusion in drinking water and officials warned that barges would be insufficient to deal with the problem on the east bank of New Orleans and Jefferson, prompting an urgent plan to build a pipeline."

Consumer [50]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [52], 09/28/2023
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"Houston OKs $5M To Relocate Residents Near Polluted Union Pacific Yard [53]

"Houston officials on Wednesday approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [29]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: AP [55], 09/28/2023
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"Industrial Air Pollution Battle Set to Move Beyond Smokestacks" [56]

"Advocates and communities pushing for increased air pollution monitoring at industrial facilities are stretching the limits of long-standing emission control requirements that have largely stopped at smokestacks."

Activism [57]
Air [58]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [20]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [59], 09/28/2023
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"PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Harming Wildlife The World Over: Study" [60]

"While the health impacts of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, or PFAS, are well known in humans, a new study reports how they affect a wide range of wildlife species."

Biodiversity [39]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [14]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
International [61]
Source: Mongabay [62], 09/28/2023
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"Barely Making It: A Conversation With ‘Eight Bears’ Author Gloria Dickie" [63]

"Despite the conservation gains made by iconic bear species like the giant panda and the brown bear, most bear species remain at risk." "Gloria Dickie is an award-winning journalist who has documented the state of the world’s eight remaining bear species in a compelling new book, “Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future.”

Biodiversity [39]
Journalism & Media [64]
Natural Resources [32]
Wildlife [40]
Public [15]
International [61]
Source: Mongabay [65], 09/28/2023
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"‘Staggering’ Green Growth Gives Hope For 1.5C, Says Global Energy Chief" [66]

"The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Public [15]
International [61]
Source: Guardian [67], 09/27/2023
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"‘We Can’t Drink Oil’: How A 70-Year-Old Pipeline Imperils The Great Lakes" [68]

"Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water".

Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [69]
Canada [47]
Source: Guardian [70], 09/27/2023
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