EJToday: Top Headlines

UK Environment Agency Refuses To Reveal Possible Conflicts Of Interest [9]

"The Environment Agency is refusing to provide campaigners with details of potential conflicts of interests with water companies held by its directors across England."

Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
Europe [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 07/02/2024
- Read more about UK Environment Agency Refuses To Reveal Possible Conflicts Of Interest [9]
Plastics Firms Blocked Bans And May Have Broken US Laws – Study [20]

"Companies have spent decades obstructing efforts to take on the plastics crisis and may have breached a host of US laws, a new report argues."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 07/02/2024
- Read more about Plastics Firms Blocked Bans And May Have Broken US Laws – Study [20]
"Court Halts Biden Pause On New Gas Exports" [28]

"A federal court has halted the Biden administration’s pause on new approvals for natural gas exports. Judge James Cain, a Trump appointee in Louisiana, approved a request from Republican-led states to lift the pause while the litigation against it plays out."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [31], 07/02/2024
- Read more about "Court Halts Biden Pause On New Gas Exports" [28]
Calif. Communities Win ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Referendum [32]

"The oil industry withdrew its $40 million campaign to kill a historic law to protect neighborhoods from oil drilling’s toxic effects, but is threatening to challenge the measure in court."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
California [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 07/02/2024
- Read more about Calif. Communities Win ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Referendum [32]
Biden OSHA Inching Closer To A Heat Standard For Workers As Election Looms [35]

"The long-awaited rule could be finalized before November, but it faces political hurdles either way."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [37]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Grist [38], 07/02/2024
- Read more about Biden OSHA Inching Closer To A Heat Standard For Workers As Election Looms [35]
"To Foil a Deadly Pest, Scientists Aim for a Beetle-Resistant Ash Tree" [39]

"Emerald ash borer beetles have killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in the U.S. Now, researchers are nurturing ash that can withstand the insects, in the hope of producing resistant seeds that would ensure a future for trees that are a crucial part of Eastern forests."

Biodiversity [40]
Disasters [36]
Forests [41]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: YaleE360 [43], 07/02/2024
- Read more about "To Foil a Deadly Pest, Scientists Aim for a Beetle-Resistant Ash Tree" [39]
"Here’s What the Court’s Chevron Ruling Could Mean in Everyday Terms" [44]

"The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to limit the broad regulatory authority of federal agencies could lead to the elimination or weakening of thousands of rules on the environment, health care, worker protection, food and drug safety, telecommunications, the financial sector and more."

Climate Change [29]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [45]
Government [46]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [16]
Science [47]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [48]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [49], 07/01/2024
- Read more about "Here’s What the Court’s Chevron Ruling Could Mean in Everyday Terms" [44]
Beryl, Earliest Category 4 Hurricane On Record, Imperils Caribbean [50]

"The "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Hurricane Beryl barrelled across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday afternoon toward the Caribbean's Windward Islands, where it is expected to bring life-threatening winds and flash flooding on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [36]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Central America & the Caribbean [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 07/01/2024
- Read more about Beryl, Earliest Category 4 Hurricane On Record, Imperils Caribbean [50]
Court Won't Block Rule On La. Plant's Likely Cancer-Causing Emissions [53]

"A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has refused to block a new federal rule requiring Denka Performance Elastomers to dramatically limit the release of chloroprene, a likely cancer-causing chemical, within 90 days or shut down its LaPlace plant."

Air [54]
Chemicals [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [56], 07/01/2024
- Read more about Court Won't Block Rule On La. Plant's Likely Cancer-Causing Emissions [53]
"Seine Water Pollution Levels Well Above Limits One Month Before Games" [57]

"Water pollution levels in Paris' River Seine remain much higher than allowed for bathing, data showed on Friday, one month before the Olympics in which the capital's landmark waterway is meant to be one of the swimming venues."

Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
International [58]
Europe [18]
Source: Reuters [59], 07/01/2024
- Read more about "Seine Water Pollution Levels Well Above Limits One Month Before Games" [57]
"Chart: Aluminum Has A Big CO2 Problem. Here’s How To Clean It Up" [60]

"Pots and pans, soda cans, skyscrapers, laptops, even solar panels — all these things share a common ingredient in aluminum. The material is ubiquitous and useful, but the process of making and recycling it is a major source of planet-warming pollution."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Canary Media [61], 07/01/2024
- Read more about "Chart: Aluminum Has A Big CO2 Problem. Here’s How To Clean It Up" [60]
Floods, Widespread Heat Waves Are Undermining U.S. Transportation Systems [62]

"The severe floods sweeping through the Midwest are a potent example of how extreme weather damages the transportation arteries we all rely on."

Climate Change [29]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [10]
Infrastructure [30]
Transportation [63]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 07/01/2024
- Read more about Floods, Widespread Heat Waves Are Undermining U.S. Transportation Systems [62]
"Climate Change Gets Short Shrift In Presidential Debate" [65]

"Over more than an hour and a half of back-and-forth, climate change got just a couple minutes of airtime during a CNN-hosted debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump on Thursday."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Grist [66], 07/01/2024
- Read more about "Climate Change Gets Short Shrift In Presidential Debate" [65]
"Countries Pushing To Reach WTO Fishing Deal Next Month, Documents Show" [67]

"Dozens of countries have voiced their support for concluding in the next few weeks World Trade Organization negotiations on cutting harmful fishing subsidies that contribute to overfishing, two documents showed on Friday."

Biodiversity [40]
Economy & Business [10]
Fish & Fisheries [68]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
International [58]
Source: Reuters [69], 07/01/2024
- Read more about "Countries Pushing To Reach WTO Fishing Deal Next Month, Documents Show" [67]
"Maps Show Dengue Fever Risk Areas As CDC Warns Of Global Case Surge" [70]

"As dengue cases break international records, U.S. health officials warned doctors Tuesday to be alert for the mosquito-borne virus, prompting questions about where exactly the disease has been detected."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [58]
Source: CBC News [71], 07/01/2024
- Read more about "Maps Show Dengue Fever Risk Areas As CDC Warns Of Global Case Surge" [70]

Pages