EJToday: Top Headlines

"Federal Cyber Mandate Looms For Local Water Systems" [9]

"EPA is set to unveil a new federal mandate requiring states to expand inspections of about 1,600 water systems to include cybersecurity threats, according to a senior administration official."

Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 08/31/2022
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"Maine Supreme Court Revives Contentious Transmission Project" [17]

"Maine’s highest court ruled today that a 2021 ballot initiative seeking to block construction of a 145-mile transmission line was unconstitutional, potentially reviving efforts to build a high-profile project that would carry Canadian hydropower to New England."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Canada [21]
Source: E&E News [22], 08/31/2022
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"Climate Envoy John Kerry Seeks Restart to US Emissions Talks With China" [23]

"John Kerry, the Biden administration’s special presidential envoy for climate, has praised China’s efforts at tackling global warming and urged Beijing to resume suspended talks on the issue, even as tensions flare with Washington over the status of Taiwan."

Climate Change [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Asia [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 08/31/2022
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"The Botanic Matchmakers that Could Save Our Food Supply" [26]

"Undomesticated plants could help their farmed cousins adapt to climate stresses, but that requires tracking them down around the world while also “decolonizing botany.”"

Agriculture [27]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 08/31/2022
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B.C. First Nations Appeal Court Ruling In Attempt To Restore The Nechako R. [30]

"Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations have been fighting for the health of the watershed for over a decade. A dam operated by Rio Tinto Alcan and regulated by the province continues to devastate sturgeon and salmon populations".

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Justice [32]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Canada [21]
Source: The Narwhal [34], 08/31/2022
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"Bible Demands Action On Climate Change, Evangelicals Say In New Report" [35]

"The National Association of Evangelicals has unveiled a sweeping report on global climate change, laying out what its authors call the “biblical basis” for environmental activism to help spur fellow evangelicals to address the planetary crisis."

Religion, Faith and Spirituality [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [37], 08/31/2022
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"Zombie Ice From Greenland Will Raise Sea Level 10 Inches" [38]

"Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday."

Climate Change [18]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: AP [39], 08/30/2022
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"EPA Tells 15 States They Missed Air Pollution Plan Deadline" [40]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued notices to 15 states for failure to submit plans for air pollution reduction, four months after a lawsuit on the matter from a coalition of environmental groups."

Air [41]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [43], 08/30/2022
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A Melting Glacier, An Imperiled City And A Farmer’s Fight For Climate Justice [44]

"A Peruvian farmer is suing one of Europe’s biggest emitters. The case could set a precedent for holding polluters accountable for harm to the planet."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
International [28]
South America [46]
Source: Washington Post [47], 08/30/2022
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"When an Oil Well Is Your Neighbor" [48]

"Three years ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to safeguard the health and safety of people living near oil and gas operations, but change hasn’t come. Millions still live near noxious oil and gas rigs, many long exempt from air pollution rules, as scientific evidence of their harm mounts."

Air [41]
Chemicals [49]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Pollution [42]
Public [14]
California [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 08/30/2022
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"FERC Endorses Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project" [52]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has advanced the nation’s largest dam-removal project, which could restore flowing water to more than 400 miles of the Klamath River near the California-Oregon line."

Agriculture [27]
Environmental Studies [53]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Public [14]
California [50]
Northwest (OR WA) [54]
Source: E&E News [55], 08/30/2022
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"Some Cities Could Be Left Behind On Lead Pipe Replacements" [56]

"In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground. That’s important because lead pipes contaminate drinking water. After the lead crisis in Flint, officials in Michigan accelerated efforts to locate their pipes, a first step toward removal."

Chemicals [49]
Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [57], 08/30/2022
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Remote Mine Could Foretell the Future of America’s Electric Car Industry [58]

"TAMARACK, Minn. — In this isolated town of about 100 people, dozens of employees are at work for Talon Metals, drawing long cylinders of rock from deep in the earth and analyzing their contents. They liken their work to a game of Battleship — each hole drilled allows them to better map out where a massive and long-hidden mineral deposit is lurking below."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Natural Resources [59]
Transportation [60]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [61]
Source: NYTimes [62], 08/30/2022
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"Over Caves and Over Budget, Mexico’s Train Project Barrels Toward Disaster" [63]

"Pitched as a way to develop the country’s poorest region, the Maya Train is threatened by a ballooning budget and rushed construction over fragile terrain. But Mexico’s president has refused to slow it down."

Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [64]
Forests [65]
Infrastructure [11]
Transportation [60]
Public [14]
Mexico [66]
Source: NYTimes [67], 08/30/2022
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"Mississippi’s Largest City In Water Crisis As Treatment Plant Fails" [68]

"The governor of Mississippi urged residents of Jackson, the state’s capital and largest city, not to drink the water there — if they still had access to it — warning that running water would soon be unavailable as the city’s long-struggling treatment plant failed."

Disasters [69]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [70]
Source: Washington Post [71], 08/30/2022
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