EJToday: Top Headlines

"Politics, Climate Conspire as Tigris and Euphrates Dwindle" [9]

"Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
Middle East [13]
Source: AP [14], 11/23/2022
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"How Vulnerable Countries Finally Got A Fund For Climate Damage" [15]

"The world’s most climate-threatened countries won an historic first at climate talks here Sunday — securing a fund that would pay them for the damage wrought by global warming. But the victory came at a price."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: E&E News [19], 11/22/2022
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"Coal Emissions On Pace For Record-Setting 2022" [20]

"Global emissions associated with coal burning are on track to hit a new record in 2022, underscoring the challenge of phasing out the world’s most carbon-intensive fuel."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: E&E News [21], 11/22/2022
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"Democratic Gains Embolden State Lawmakers Eyeing Climate Action" [22]

"Newly elected Democratic lawmakers are planning bolder climate action in states where their party wrested legislative majorities and governors’ mansions from Republicans."

Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [25], 11/22/2022
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"In War-Torn States Hurt By Climate, Scant Hope For New Funds" [26]

"In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes. .... But they have little or no access to climate financing."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Military [29]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: AP [30], 11/22/2022
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"EPA, Watchdog Clash Over Water Cyberthreats" [31]

"EPA and the agency’s inspector general are at odds over whether federal oversight is sufficient to ensure U.S. water operators are protected against hackers and other saboteurs."

Consumer [32]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [17]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [35]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [37], 11/22/2022
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"U.S. Approves Aid to Extend Life of California Nuclear Plant" [38]

"California’s last nuclear power plant received a $1.1 billion federal grant on Monday as the state seeks to extend the plant’s operations — currently set to end in 2025 — to meet electricity demand at a time of intensifying climate events."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Public [12]
California [40]
Source: NYTimes [41], 11/22/2022
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"Car Tire Chemicals Are Killing Salmon And Steelhead" [42]

"The chemical 6PPD, added to tires to prevent degradation, is causing a “complete breakdown of the blood brain barrier” in fish, a new study found."

Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [33]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: EHN [45], 11/22/2022
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"Analysis: First U.S. Coral Insurance Marks The Rise Of The Reef Brigades" [46]

"Conservation group The Nature Conservancy's vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army of snorkellers and divers deployed when tropical storms and hurricanes damage reefs."

Economy & Business [47]
Natural Resources [48]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [24]
Alaska and Hawaii [49]
Source: Reuters [50], 11/22/2022
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"Growing Storms Push Shrinking La. Insurers Into Failure" [51]

"More than a year after Hurricane Ida swept across Louisiana, the Category 4 storm is triggering a property-insurance crisis in the state that has bankrupted 11 insurance companies and will force some homeowners to pay annual premiums of nearly $18,000."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [47]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: E&E News [53], 11/22/2022
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"How The Forest Dies" [54]

"The Amazon is going dry. In one parched corner, a desperate wait for water is only just beginning."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Forests [55]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
South America [56]
Source: Washington Post [57], 11/22/2022
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"In a First, Rich Countries Agree to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations" [58]

"After 30 years of deadlock, a new U.N. climate agreement aims to pay developing countries for loss and damage caused by global warming. But huge questions remain about how it would work."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [17]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [59], 11/21/2022
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"'Landmark Vote' Gives Boost To Threatened Sharks" [60]

"More than 50 species of sharks are to be given protection from over-exploitation in what's being seen as a milestone for shark conservation."

Biodiversity [61]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: BBC News [62], 11/21/2022
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Black Communities In Louisiana Far More Exposed To Industrial Pollution [63]

"Louisiana communities containing industrial plants and high percentages of Black residents experienced seven to 21 times more toxic air emissions than similar locations with higher percentages of White residents, according to a new study by researchers with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic."

Air [64]
Chemicals [43]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [28]
Pollution [35]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Nola.com [65], 11/21/2022
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Investigations Of Chemical Incidents Hampered By Board's Staff Shortages: IG [66]

"Staffing shortages and infighting among a dwindling number of decision-makers are hampering investigations of chemical fires, explosions and other petrochemical industry accidents in Louisiana and across the country, according to a new federal inspector’s report."

Chemicals [43]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [17]
Pollution [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Nola.com [67], 11/21/2022
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