EJToday: Top Headlines

"Senate GOP Blocks Bill To Protect Journalists After Trump Opposes It" [9]

"Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law – a move that comes in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump opposing the measure."

Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: CNN [14], 12/11/2024
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Trump DOJ Ignored Some Policies When Seizing Reporters’ Phone Records: IG [15]

"Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records or emails of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected."

Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [16], 12/11/2024
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"Celebrities And Coastal Residents Flee From Wind-Driven Wildfire In Malibu" [17]

"Thousands of Southern California residents were under evacuation orders and warnings Tuesday as firefighters battled a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu that burned near celebrities’ seaside mansions, horse farms and Pepperdine University, where students watched as flames raced down hillsides and the sky turned deep red."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Forests [20]
People & Population [21]
Public [12]
California [22]
Source: AP [23], 12/11/2024
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Trump Names Price For Avoiding All Environment Regulations: $1 Billion [24]

"President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he planned to expedite federal regulatory approvals, including all environmental permits, for any company or individual proposing to invest $1 billion or more in a construction project."

Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Environmental Studies [29]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: HuffPost [31], 12/11/2024
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"Monarch Butterflies To Be Listed As A Threatened Species In US" [32]

"U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [18]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [37], 12/11/2024
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2nd-Warmest November Means 2024 Is Likely To Be Earth’s Hottest Year: Report [38]

"Earth just experienced its second-warmest November on record — second only to 2023 — making it all but certain that 2024 will end as the hottest year ever measured, according to a report Monday by European climate service Copernicus."

Climate Change [18]
Public [12]
International [39]
Source: AP [40], 12/11/2024
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"Chinese Gold Mining Threatens A Protected UN Heritage Site In Congo" [41]

"Nestled in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn’t be operating in at all - the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an endangered World Heritage site."

Biodiversity [34]
Forests [20]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [12]
International [39]
Africa [42]
Source: AP [43], 12/11/2024
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"Bird Flu In California Child Linked To Virus In Dairy Cows, CDC Says" [44]

""Federal disease trackers reported Tuesday that the first child diagnosed with bird flu in an ongoing U.S. outbreak was infected with a virus strain moving rapidly through dairy cattle, even though there is no evidence the youngster was exposed to livestock or any infected animals."

Agriculture [33]
Environmental Health [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [22]
Source: Washington Post [45], 12/11/2024
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"Chemical Fire at Atlanta-Area Plant Sparks Local Movement Against BioLab" [46]

"Skin rashes, breathing difficulties and “generational rage” led residents to join a nationwide push against companies accused of endangering health and the environment."

Activism [47]
Chemicals [48]
Environmental Justice [49]
Pollution [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: Capital & Main [51], 12/11/2024
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Polluted Communities Gasp As California Struggles With Diesel Truck Ban [52]

"Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring and their exhaust spewing into the air."

Activism [47]
Air [53]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [49]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [30]
Public [12]
California [22]
Source: CalMatters [54], 12/11/2024
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"Biden Moves Ahead With Drilling In Wildlife Refuge But Minimizes Acreage" [55]

"The Bureau of Land Management is required to auction off opportunities to drill in the Alaska wildlife refuge by the end of this year under 2017’s Tax Cuts and Job Act."

Biodiversity [34]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [56]
Source: The Hill [57], 12/10/2024
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Biden Names National Monument At Notorious Native American Boarding School [58]

"President Biden on Monday formally designated the former site of a notorious boarding school for Native American children as a national monument, issuing a formal apology for the practice of forcibly removing children to such schools."

Environmental Justice [49]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: The Hill [60], 12/10/2024
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TCE: "All Uses of 'Camp Lejeune Solvent' to Be Phased Out by EPA Rule" [61]

"All consumer, industrial, and commercial uses of trichloroethylene would be phased out under a rule the EPA issued Monday for a solvent the agency has long recognized could be harmful when released into the air and water or onto the land."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 12/10/2024
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Harmful ‘Neonics,’ Pesticides Are Common In Minnesota Waterways [63]

"A common pesticide coating on corn and soybean seeds has leached into Minnesota waterways, threatening pollinators and aquatic ecosystems, according to a report released this week by the environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [64]
Source: Minnesota Reformer [65], 12/10/2024
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Advocates Demand FDA Ban Red Dye 3, A Cancer-Causing Food Additive [66]

"In the waning days of the Biden administration, a long-fought battle over a cancer-causing food additive is again in the spotlight as consumer advocacy groups and lawmakers demand federal regulators ban Red Dye No. 3, a chemical used to give popular candies, foods and drinks their cherry-red colors."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Health [27]
Food [67]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The New Lede [68], 12/10/2024
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