EJToday: Top Headlines

Reprocessing Colorado Mining Town’s Waste Could Bring Profit, Risk [9]

"Rust-colored piles of mine waste and sun-bleached wooden derricks loom above the historic Colorado mountain town of Leadville — a legacy of gold and silver mines polluting the Arkansas River basin more than a century after the city’s boom days."

Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: AP [19], 09/17/2024
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"The Mayflies Are Sending Us A Warning About Urban Wildfires" [20]

"A tiny, vibrant world thrives along the rocky bottom of most streams. As sunlight filters through the water, mayfly nymphs, no larger than your fingernail, cling to algae-coated cobbles. Six spindly legs anchor them against the current, while feathery gills wave gently, drawing oxygen from the flowing water."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [27], 09/17/2024
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"Pipeline Explosion Sends A Towering Pillar Of Flame Over Houston’s Suburbs" [28]

"A massive pipeline fire sent a pillar of flame towering over some Houston suburbs on Monday as first responders evacuated a surrounding neighborhood and tried to keep more nearby homes from catching on fire."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: AP [31], 09/17/2024
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Swimming Banned After Medical Waste Washes Ashore In Md., Va. And Del. [32]

"Officials warned people to stay out of the ocean at several beaches in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia after they said medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washed ashore. The source of the waste was under investigation."

Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: AP [34], 09/17/2024
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In Portland, Thousands Gather To Marvel At Migrating Birds’ Nightly Routine [35]

"The Vaux's Swift is a tiny bird – some people call it “a cigar with wings.” But every fall these little birds make a big trip, from summer breeding grounds in the Pacific Northwest down to their winter home in Central and South America. Along the way, many of them roost as a big flock in chimneys up and down the west coast. And their murmurations in the air – and simultaneously dive together into chimneys – are so spectacular that they draw crowds."

Activism [36]
Biodiversity [21]
Infrastructure [37]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [38]
Wildlife [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [39]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
Source: NPR [41], 09/17/2024
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"‘Water Is Coming.’ Floods Devastate West and Central Africa" [42]

"Flooding caused by heavy rains has left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [43]
Source: NYTimes [44], 09/16/2024
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Another Midwest Drought Causes Shipping Headaches on the Mississippi River [45]

"Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [11]
Infrastructure [37]
Natural Resources [13]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 09/16/2024
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Trump Threatens To End Calif. Wildfire Aid Unless Newsom Changes Water Policy [49]

"Former President Trump threatened to withhold federal aid to battle California wildfires, should he be reelected, if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) does not change a policy that protects an endangered species of fish."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [50]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [51]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [39]
Source: The Hill [52], 09/16/2024
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"Court Blocks Implementation Of Biden’s Methane Prevention Rule In 5 States" [53]

"A federal judge has blocked in five states the implementation of a Biden administration rule that aims to cut methane emissions and conserve natural gas produced on federal lands."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [51]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [54], 09/16/2024
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Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Didn't. [55]

"Seven years ago, Oregon’s biggest natural gas company set out to convince lawmakers and residents that an abundant new source of green energy was out there, just waiting to be tapped."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [50]
Journalism & Media [56]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
Source: ProPublica [57], 09/16/2024
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"Operation To Tow Stricken Tanker And Avert Spill Starts In Red Sea" [58]

'The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday."

Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Middle East [59]
Source: Reuters [60], 09/16/2024
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Never Heard Of This ‘Forever Chemical’? Scientists Say It’s Everywhere. [61]

"New attention to trifluoracetic acid, or TFA, underscores the game of whack-a-mole that scientists and communities face with forever chemicals."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [62], 09/16/2024
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DC Circuit Lets EPA Rework ‘Good Neighbor’ Rule Halted By Supreme Court [63]

"A federal appeals court is giving EPA a second chance to justify its rule targeting smog-forming pollution that crosses state lines after the Supreme Court froze the regulation in June."

Air [64]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [65]
Laws & Regulations [51]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [66], 09/16/2024
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"Missouri Bird Flu Case Raises Prospect of Human Transmission" [67]

"Someone who lived with a Missouri resident infected with bird flu also became ill on the same day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday. The disclosure raises the possibility that the virus, H5N1, spread from one person to another, experts said, in what would be the first known instance in the United States."

Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [43]
Source: NYTimes [68], 09/16/2024
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One Company Works To Fix Unavailable EV Charging Stations [69]

"Kameale Terry saw it coming before almost anyone else did. She realized the expanding network of electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S. would need a workforce to maintain it."

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [70]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [37]
Transportation [47]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [39]
Source: AP [71], 09/16/2024
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