EJToday: Top Headlines

Record Highs Expected To Fall As Southwest US Bakes In Early Heat Wave [9]

"The first heat wave of the season has arrived earlier than usual across much of the U.S. Southwest, with dangerously hot conditions that produced triple-digit temperatures on Tuesday. Forecasters say temperatures are likely to top 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) in some areas by Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: AP [17], 06/05/2024
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"Modi Will Feel the Heat in a Third Term. And Not Just Politically." [18]

"Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist prime minister who claimed victory Tuesday for a third five-year term, will face major challenges fueled by climate change. India, the world’s most populous country, is also among the most vulnerable to climate hazards."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [19]
People & Population [20]
Public [13]
Asia [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 06/05/2024
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"Sanctioned Tankers Pose Rising Environmental Risk In Mediterranean" [23]

"Unregulated tankers sidestepping Western sanctions are posing a bigger risk to the Mediterranean region and Greece is undertaking more protective measures to safeguard its coast, the country's shipping minister told Reuters on Tuesday."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
Europe [31]
Middle East [32]
Source: Reuters [33], 06/05/2024
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"Are Extreme Floods The New Normal For Germany?" [34]

"In southern Germany, dams have burst after days of heavy rainfall, flooding towns and forcing thousands to evacuate. Are floods becoming more severe, and how can Germans better prepare?"

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
Europe [31]
Source: DW [36], 06/05/2024
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"A Billionaire-Backed City Promises to Be a Green Urban Paradise" [37]

"But it may not be what it appears"

"A plan to develop a new city northeast of San Francisco has been seven years in the making, but until recently, the details were largely kept under wraps. Now that the plans are public—and the proposal has garnered enough signatures to make it onto the November ballot for voter consideration—residents and activists are squaring off to defeat what the developers promise will be a kind of green urban paradise.
Activism [38]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [39]
Infrastructure [35]
Journalism & Media [40]
Natural Resources [27]
Planning & Growth [41]
Public [13]
California [15]
Source: Sierra [42], 06/05/2024
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"Quieting the Global Growl" [43]

"Underwater noise from ships has gotten louder, reshaping marine ecosystems and the lives of animals that depend on sounds to eat, mate, and navigate. Can ships ever pipe down?"

Biodiversity [44]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [45]
Canada [46]
Source: Hakai [47], 06/05/2024
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"Abnormally Dry Canada Taps U.S. Energy, Reversing Usual Flow" [48]

"Lower-than-normal rain and snow have reduced Canada’s hydropower production, raising worries in the industry about the effects of climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Canada [46]
Source: NYTimes [49], 06/05/2024
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Can Mexico's Sheinbaum, Climate Scientist, Shake Lopez Obrador's Oil Legacy? [50]

"Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, an accomplished climate scientist, could struggle to fulfill her environmental pledges after she sailed to victory, in part, on the popularity of a predecessor who doubled down on fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [13]
Mexico [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 06/05/2024
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First-in-US Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Comes to Massachusetts [53]

"FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — After years of planning and months of drilling, a first-in-the-nation, neighborhood-scale geothermal heating and cooling project came online here on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Infrastructure [35]
Technology [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 06/05/2024
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"Oral History Project Preserves Black and Indigenous Food Traditions" [57]

"The Heirloom Gardens Project records the stories of elders and honors both long-held expertise and culturally meaningful foods."

Agriculture [58]
Biodiversity [44]
Consumer [59]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [60]
Forests [61]
Journalism & Media [40]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [62]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: Civil Eats [64], 06/05/2024
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"Trump Eyes Cutting Interior, ‘Environment Agencies’" [65]

"Former President Donald Trump said he wants to cut the Interior Department if he returns to the White House, and indicated “environmental agencies” more broadly are also on the chopping block."

Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [66]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [67]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [68], 06/04/2024
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Vermont Enacts 1st State Law Requiring Oil Companies Pay For Climate Damage [69]

"Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [70]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [55]
Source: AP [71], 06/04/2024
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"Electricity From Coal Is Pricey. Should Consumers Have to Pay?" [72]

"Environmental groups are making a new economic argument against coal, the heaviest polluting fossil fuel. Some regulators are listening."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [70]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [19]
Pollution [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [73], 06/04/2024
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"A Climate Scientist Is Voted President of an Oil Country. Now What?" [74]

"Mexico is the world’s 11th-largest oil producer. It has been gripped by a deadly heat wave. Now, it’s elected as its president a woman with a rare pedigree: a left-of-center climate scientist with a doctorate in energy engineering named Claudia Sheinbaum."

Environmental Politics [19]
Public [13]
Mexico [51]
Source: NYTimes [75], 06/04/2024
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"Atlanta Remains Under State Of Emergency Amid Ongoing Water Troubles" [76]

"Atlanta remains under a state of emergency Monday as it battles disruptions to its water service that began last week, leaving a swath of a major city under boil-water advisories and highlighting the pervasiveness of problems caused by America’s aging infrastructure."

Consumer [59]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
Source: CNN [77], 06/04/2024
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