EJToday: Top Headlines

"Texas Likely Undercounting Heat-Related Deaths" [9]

"Deaths from heat are notoriously difficult to quantify because of how complex and subjective the process is. It leaves officials with an incomplete picture of who heat kills."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 08/15/2024
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Podesta Concerned Over ‘Problematic’ Elements Of Permitting Reform Bill [19]

"White House climate adviser John Podesta raised concerns about some elements of a bipartisan bill aimed at speeding up the nation’s energy projects Tuesday — and declined to say whether President Biden would sign it."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [25], 08/15/2024
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"Biden To Designate National Monument At Site Of Illinois Race Riot" [26]

"President Biden will designate a national monument this week at the site of racist mob violence in 1908 in Springfield, Ill., the White House confirmed Wednesday."

Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: The Hill [30], 08/15/2024
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UK Firm Violating Toxic Pollutant Limits At Louisiana Wood Pellet Facilities [31]

"British energy giant Drax Global, already under scrutiny for running afoul of environmental laws in multiple states, has disclosed to the state of Louisiana that its wood pellet production facilities emit hazardous air pollutants above their permitted limits."

Biodiversity [32]
Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [22]
Forests [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
International [37]
Source: AP [38], 08/15/2024
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Protecting Ecologically Rich Alabama Delta From Development, Climate Change [39]

"The Mobile-Tensaw Delta — a lush, vibrant and surprisingly intact over 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes, marshland, hardwood stands and rivers — is teeming with more aquatic species than almost anywhere in North America."

Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: AP [43], 08/15/2024
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"This Oil Tycoon Brings In Millions For Trump, And May Set His Agenda" [44]

"After Donald Trump asked the oil industry to contribute $1 billion to his presidential campaign in April, oil baron Harold Hamm immediately started working the phones."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [45]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [46], 08/14/2024
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Ernesto Nears Hurricane Strength As It Skirts Puerto Rico [47]

"Tropical Storm Ernesto is edging closer to becoming a dangerous hurricane early Wednesday as it skirts Puerto Rico, unleashing flooding rainfall and heavy winds that could strike a sweeping blow to the island’s ailing power infrastructure."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: CNN [48], 08/14/2024
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"Extreme Heat Poses New Challenge For Aid Agencies In Gaza" [49]

"In Gaza, the sky is full of menace. As well as the missiles that rain down on schools and shelters, the brutal rays of the sun have made the summer unbearable for those struggling to survive in a ravaged landscape of ruins and rubble."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [27]
Infrastructure [23]
Military [50]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [15]
Middle East [51]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [52], 08/14/2024
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"Parts of Canada’s Boreal Forest Are Burning Faster Than They Can Regrow" [53]

"The delicate balance of one of the planet’s largest natural systems for storing carbon depends on the humble black spruce tree."

Biodiversity [32]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [34]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [15]
International [37]
Canada [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 08/14/2024
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"DC Circuit Rebuffs Bid To Block EPA Chemical Emissions Crackdown" [56]

"A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit from petrochemical manufacturers against an EPA rule that targets cancer-causing emissions from chemical plants."

Air [57]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [58], 08/14/2024
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"Salmon Farms in Patagonia Face Growing Opposition" [59]

"The Chilean industry’s expansion has drawn repeated challenges from environmentalists and Indigenous people of the region, and prompted calls for a moratorium."

Biodiversity [32]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [15]
South America [60]
Source: NYTimes [61], 08/14/2024
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Environmental Justice Sets Harris Apart From Biden And Draws GOP Fire [62]

"Vice President Kamala Harris has spent more than a decade advocating for Black, Hispanic and impoverished communities struggling with pollution — an insurgent segment of the environmental movement that never entirely warmed up to President Joe Biden."

Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Politico [63], 08/14/2024
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What Happens When A So-Called Climate Solution Risks Your Community’s Safety? [64]

"In the St. Charles Parish neighborhood, only a tall green chain-link fence stands between a block of homes and the future site of a facility that may, among other things, store carbon in efforts to limit planetary heating."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Vox [65], 08/14/2024
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"US To Expand Bird-Flu Testing Of Beef In Slaughterhouses" [66]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will expand bird-flu testing of beef entering the food supply as part of its response to the ongoing outbreak among dairy cattle, adding that U.S. beef and dairy products remain safe to consume."

Agriculture [67]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [68]
Government [45]
Science [69]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [70], 08/14/2024
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"Trump On Climate Change: ‘You’ll Have More Oceanfront Property’" [71]

"Former President Trump on Monday night said climate change is not “the biggest threat” and claimed it would create “more oceanfront property.”

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Journalism & Media [72]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [73]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [74], 08/14/2024
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