EJToday: Top Headlines

Record-Breaking Seafood Production Must See ‘Blue Transformation’: FAO [9]

"Nearly one in four people across the planet don’t have access to a nutritious diet. But the latest “State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture” (SOFIA) report by the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) outlines a “blue transformation” with the potential to take the edge off critical food security issues."

Fish & Fisheries [10]
Food [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Mongabay [14], 07/12/2022
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First Climate Agreement To Center Indigenous Voices Gains Support [15]

"The Escazú Agreement establishes the relationship between human rights and environmental protections. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urged its member states to adopt it".

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: ICT [19], 07/12/2022
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"Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bid To Block All-Electric Building Codes" [20]

"Citing the need to fight climate change, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday vetoed Republican-penned legislation to stop municipalities from adopting building codes that prohibit natural gas hookups."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Source: AP [24], 07/12/2022
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"Green Groups Push Senate To Confirm EPA Enforcement Chief" [25]

"Environmental groups are pushing for the confirmation of a leader for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement team, arguing that filling the vacancy will help mitigate climate change."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [27], 07/12/2022
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"Texas Grid Avoids Blackouts With Voluntary Cutbacks Amid Scorching Heat" [28]

"Texas's power grid operator held off from imposing rolling blackouts on Monday using voluntary cutbacks and appeals to conserve energy as scorching triple-digit temperatures hit much of the state."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 07/12/2022
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"Biden and NASA Share First Webb Space Telescope Image" [32]

"In a brief event at the White House on Monday evening, President Biden unveiled an image that NASA and astronomers hailed as the deepest view yet into our universe’s past."

Science [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [34], 07/12/2022
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"Yosemite Wildfire Is Latest Threat To Giant Sequoia Trees" [35]

"The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees."

Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [29]
Forests [37]
Public [12]
California [38]
Source: AP [39], 07/11/2022
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"EPA Seen as Prepared for Big Challenges Ahead of Carbon Rules" [40]

"The EPA’s lawyers and rule writers face challenges as they work to finalize incoming carbon rules that avoid running afoul of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on power plant emissions, but the long runway up to the decision gave the agency adequate time to prepare, court watchers say."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [41]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 07/11/2022
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"Biden Admin Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project" [43]

"The Biden administration took a key step toward approving a huge oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, angering environmental activists who said allowing it to go forward would make a mockery of President Biden’s climate-change promise to end new oil leases."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 07/11/2022
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"Wild Species Relied On By Billions At Risk, Report Warns" [46]

"Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy. But a new United Nations-backed report says that overexploitation, climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing one million species towards extinction."

Biodiversity [36]
Consumer [47]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: AP [48], 07/11/2022
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"Summer In America Is Becoming Hotter, Longer And More Dangerous" [49]

"Wildfires had been burning for weeks, shrouding Reno, Nev., in harmful smoke, when Jillian Abney and her eight-year-old daughter Izi drove into the Sierras last year in search of cleaner air. The eerie yellow haze that filled the sky had brought summer to an abrupt halt, canceling all of the season’s usual delights."

Climate Change [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [50], 07/11/2022
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"Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record In Brazil" [51]

"Deforestation of the Amazon hit a new record during the first half of 2022, the Brazilian Space Agency reported Friday, deepening concerns that the vast rainforest’s critical role in protecting the planet’s health will be irreparably damaged."

Agriculture [52]
Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [29]
Natural Resources [53]
Wildlife [54]
Public [12]
International [13]
South America [55]
Source: Washington Post [56], 07/11/2022
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Peter Dykstra Column: "Climate Change Denial And Me" [57]

"Since the 1990’s, I’ve had a front row seat for TV news's abject failure in covering climate change."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [58]
Science [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: EHN [59], 07/11/2022
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DOE Unveils $40M For Electricity, Weatherization In Low-Income Communities [60]

"The Biden administration on Friday announced more than $40 million in funds toward weatherization and electrification of low-income areas."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [17]
Infrastructure [61]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [62], 07/11/2022
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"A Whale Feeding Frenzy in Antarctica Signals a Conservation Success" [63]

"Once hunted to the brink of extinction, fin whales in the Southern Ocean have rebounded and returned to their historic feeding grounds, according to a new survey."

Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [53]
Water & Oceans [64]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: NYTimes [65], 07/11/2022
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