EJToday: Top Headlines

"WHO Raises Alarm On Disease In Flood-Hit Areas Of Pakistan" [9]

"The World Health Organization raised the alarm Saturday about a “second disaster” in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Asia [15]
Source: AP [16], 09/19/2022
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"Feds Raid Oil & Gas Polluter's Offices" [17]

"Agents from the DOI and EPA raided the offices of QuarterNorth Energy, which has been shirking its cleanup responsibilities, this week."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Earther [22], 09/19/2022
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Fossil Firms Seek To Expand Own Free Speech - Limit It For Citizens [23]

"As oil companies push to criminalize dissent, they’re also making the case that climate denialism is protected speech, not fraudulent advertising."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Science [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Intercept [27], 09/19/2022
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Regulators Let Oil Companies Gulp California's Dwindling High-Quality Water [28]

"California’s oil industry uses hundreds of millions of gallons of freshwater a year in a state with none to spare. Most of that water is used in Kern County, where communities have long lacked affordable, safe drinking water."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
California [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 09/19/2022
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"Iraq's Political Stalemate Pushes Climate Action To Backseat" [31]

"A political crisis has left Iraq without a functional government and unable to act on worsening climate change impacts".

Climate Change [10]
Government [32]
Public [14]
Middle East [33]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [34], 09/19/2022
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"Flight of the Condors" [35]

"Once pushed to the brink of extinction, condors are soaring in Northern California skies again with the help of an Indigenous tribe and a team of scientists."

Biodiversity [36]
Wildlife [37]
Public [14]
California [29]
Source: Washington Post [38], 09/19/2022
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"Senate Democrats Set Action On Kigali Climate Treaty" [39]

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday moved to take up the so-called Kigali Amendment next week, putting the chamber on track to ratify its first climate treaty in decades."

Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [41], 09/16/2022
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"Biden Plans Floating Platforms To Expand Offshore Wind Power" [42]

"The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to develop floating platforms in the deep ocean for wind towers that could power millions of homes and vastly expand offshore wind in the United States."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [43], 09/16/2022
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In Study of Pakistan’s Floods, Scientists See Climate Change at Work [44]

"A growing field called attribution science is helping researchers rapidly assess the links between global warming and weather disasters."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [45]
Public [14]
Asia [15]
Source: NYTimes [46], 09/16/2022
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"The Titans of Plastic" [47]

"Pennsylvania becomes the newest sacrifice zone for America’s plastic addiction."

Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [20]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: EHN [50], 09/16/2022
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"Community Spread Of Polio Prompts CDC Wastewater Surveillance" [51]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to test wastewater to detect the polio virus in communities at highest risk for the life-threatening and potentially disabling illness."

Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [52], 09/16/2022
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"States Balk at Permitting Plan’s ‘National Interest’ Power Lines" [53]

"The Biden administration’s efforts to speed permitting of some electric transmission lines by declaring “national interest” corridors—and unlocking $2 billion in the new climate law—face opposition from state utility officials who want to retain authority to make final decisions."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [54], 09/16/2022
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"Boil-Water Notice Lifted In Jackson, Mississippi, After Nearly 7 Weeks" [55]

"After nearly seven weeks of being forced to boil their water before drinking it or using it to brush teeth, people in Mississippi’s largest city were told Thursday that water from the tap is safe to consume — but Jackson’s water system still needs big repairs that the mayor says the cash-strapped city cannot afford on its own."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [56]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Source: AP [58], 09/16/2022
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"New Atlas of Bird Migration Shows Extraordinary Journeys" [59]

"A bay-breasted warbler weighs about the same as four pennies, but twice a year makes an extraordinary journey. The tiny songbird flies nearly 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers) between Canada’s spruce forests and its wintering grounds in northern South America."

Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [60]
Journalism & Media [25]
Natural Resources [61]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [37]
Public [14]
International [62]
Source: AP [63], 09/16/2022
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New Docs Show Oil Companies Slow-Rolling, Overselling Climate Initiatives [64]

"Congressional Democrats presented fresh evidence Thursday which they say proves that oil companies are continuing to mislead the public on climate change and undercut global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [65]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Science [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 09/16/2022
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