EJToday: Top Headlines

‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword [9]

"At a conference in Seattle this summer, Coca-Cola set up shop in an exhibition hall to show off one of its most recent sustainability initiatives. A six-foot-tall interactive jukebox invited passersby to listen to “recycled records” — seven audio tracks that, according to Coca-Cola, represent the world’s first album made with recordings of the plastic recycling process."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Grist [17], 08/14/2023
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Bear Known As 'Hank The Tank' To Sanctuary After Breaking Into 21 Homes [18]

"The large female, now called Henrietta, will live out her days at the Wild Animal Refuge in Colorado."

"A female black bear who wildlife authorities say broke into at least 21 California homes has been relocated to an animal sanctuary in Colorado.

Henrietta is now getting used to her new digs at the Wild Animal Refuge near Springfield, according to a Facebook post shared Friday.
Wildlife [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [20], 08/14/2023
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"Maui Fires: Hawaii Death Toll Hits 55, Recovery To Take Years" [21]

"Maui's wildfires have killed at least 55 people, a toll expected to rise, and unleashed destruction on the resort town of Lahaina that will take many years and billions of dollars to rebuild, Hawaiian officials said on Thursday."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Forests [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 08/11/2023
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"White House Seeks $12B To Refill The Nearly Broke Disaster Fund" [27]

"President Joe Biden is asking Congress to approve $12 billion in emergency spending to replenish the nearly broke federal fund that helps communities and individuals recover after major disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [30], 08/11/2023
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Battle Rages Over Trump ‘Sweetheart Deal’ With Giant Water District [31]

"Critics call it a “sweetheart deal” between the Trump administration and the Central Valley’s largest agricultural water district, and they claim it unfairly lines the pockets of major farm owners while imperiling California salmon and other fish species."

Laws & Regulations [29]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [33]
Source: LA Times [34], 08/11/2023
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"Host of U.N. Climate Summit Moves To 'Counteract All Negative Press'" [35]

"The United Arab Emirates has hired a strategic communications firm to “counteract all negative press and media reports” about its role in hosting the next United Nations climate summit, known as COP28, according to federal disclosure filings reviewed by The Climate 202."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [36]
Middle East [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 08/11/2023
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$2.9 billion Mississippi River Diversion Job Will Make 21 Sq. Mi. Of Land [39]

"Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday morning officially broke ground on Louisiana's most ambitious wetlands-restoration effort yet at a ceremony near Ironton on the west bank of the Mississippi River."

Infrastructure [40]
Natural Resources [41]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [43], 08/11/2023
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"Opinion: Why Haven’t We Made It Safer to Breathe in Classrooms?" [44]

"Two years ago, we got a chance to assure parents and teachers, in any future epidemic, that the air in classrooms was safer, making it easier for children to attend school in person and avoid learning loss and isolation."

Air [45]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [48]
Technology [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [50], 08/11/2023
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"Putin Profits Off US And European Reliance On Russian Nuclear Fuel" [51]

"The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [46]
Military [52]
Natural Resources [41]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [36]
Source: AP [54], 08/11/2023
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Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water, Sewage Treatment Plants Across US [55]

"The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days last month. And it was before the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Now a coming rainstorm can stir panic."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [46]
Infrastructure [40]
Pollution [48]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [56], 08/11/2023
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WV Leaders Fight Pollution Standards Amid Health Risks From Coal Plants [57]

"Asthma and low life expectancy are highly prevalent in communities around West Virginia’s coal-fired power plants, federal data show."

Air [45]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [58]
Pollution [48]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail [60], 08/11/2023
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US Commits To Releasing More Endangered Red Wolves Into The Wild [61]

"The U.S. government will settle a lawsuit with conservation groups and commit to releasing more endangered red wolves into the wilds of North Carolina, where nearly three dozen of the canine species are believed to still run free."

Biodiversity [62]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [41]
Wildlife [19]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: AP [63], 08/11/2023
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At Least 36 Killed on Maui as Fires Burn Through Hawaii; Thousands Flee [64]

"Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at least 36 people in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [46]
Forests [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [25]
Source: AP [65], 08/10/2023
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"First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers" [66]

"As the war in Ukraine disrupts the global grain market, a volatile climate leaves Kansas on track to harvest its smallest wheat crop in decades."

Agriculture [67]
Climate Change [22]
Food [68]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [36]
Source: NYTimes [69], 08/10/2023
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"Severe Thunderstorms In First Half Of 2023 Caused Record Amount In Damages" [70]

"Severe thunderstorms in the first half of 2023 caused a record amount in insured losses, underscoring the impact of climate change on extreme weather events, according to new research for the Swiss Re Group."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [28]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [36]
Source: The Hill [71], 08/10/2023
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