EJToday: Top Headlines

"Uncontrolled Logging Puts New Sahel Reforestation Projects At Risk" [9]

"Reforestation projects to restore degraded lands in Chad and Cameroon, like the “Great Green Wall” and the “Reforestation 1400” projects, are facing increasing pressure from logging activity."

Forests [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
Africa [14]
Source: Mongabay [15], 10/10/2023
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"How Incarcerated People Are Helping To Restore A Fragile Ecosystem" [16]

"In prisons across Western states, incarcerated people are raising tens of thousands of plants to restore sagebrush habitat, a vanishing ecosystem home to the iconic endangered greater sage-grouse and hundreds of other species."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [18]
Forests [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [20], 10/10/2023
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Indigenous Peoples Day: A Day Of Celebration, Protest And Reclaiming History [21]

"From Alcatraz Island to a park in New York City, Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience on Monday with ceremonies, dances and speeches."

Environmental Justice [22]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [23], 10/09/2023
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"Newsom Signs First-In-The-Nation Corporate Climate Disclosure Bills" [24]

"Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Saturday that would require large corporations operating in the state to disclose both their carbon footprints and their climate-related financial risks starting in 2026."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [29]
Source: Politico [30], 10/09/2023
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Millions Of Children Displaced Due To Worsening Extreme Weather Events [31]

"Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [32]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: AP [34], 10/09/2023
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"EPA Objects To Air Quality Permit Issued To US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works" [35]

"The Environmental Protection Agency objected to an air quality permit issued to U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, a move advocates say will protect Mon Valley residents from emissions of harmful air pollutants. The EPA filed the objection under the grounds that the permit — which was issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in November — did not comply with the Clean Air Act."

Air [36]
Environmental Health [37]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [28]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [39], 10/09/2023
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Politicians Say Florida News Site Lets Them Buy Coverage. Is Your State Next? [40]

"Political strategist Eunic Epstein-Ortiz arrived in Florida from New York in 2017 to help a major labor union turn out voters for the following year. She recalls being pleasantly surprised by the positive coverage the campaign received from Florida Politics.

The website is Florida's answer to Politico: It illuminates developments on politics and policy for insiders and news buffs, and it influences what other outlets report about the state. And it reflects the drive of its founder, Peter Schorsch.
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Politics [41]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: Floodlight/NPR [43], 10/09/2023
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Gas Storage Plant and New Pipeline Disrupt Life for Texas Black Community [44]

"The environmental health crisis ruminating in Houston’s Southwest Crossing neighborhood is the product of climate change and an unstable energy grid."

Activism [45]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [32]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Health [37]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [28]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Capital B [48], 10/09/2023
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"Climate Fund Donations Underwhelm Ahead Of COP28" [49]

"A climate fund conference in Bonn has failed to attract enough pledges to meet the UN's target. The money is meant for developing countries that need to adapt to climate change."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Justice [22]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: DW [50], 10/09/2023
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"In Baltimore, Yellow Buses Are Going Green" [51]

"Cities all over the country are beginning to transition their school bus fleets to electric — a boon for the climate, and for students’ health."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Environmental Health [37]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [28]
Technology [52]
Transportation [53]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Grist [54], 10/09/2023
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"Mega CAFOs on the Chesapeake" [55]

"Chicken farms housing millions of animals threaten a fragile ecology"

"On a drizzly day in May, Maria Payan walked along a country road in Somerset County, Maryland, near her home. On one side of the road was a white house with a peaked roof and an American flag flying from the porch; a ride-on toy tractor was parked by the front steps. On the other, a row of six long, windowless metal buildings housed tens of thousands of chickens. “Oh, the smell is so bad,” Payan said. “Can you imagine living with this every day?”
Agriculture [56]
Air [36]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [57]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Sierra [58], 10/09/2023
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"What Will It Take To Make Traditional Foods Thrive Again?" [59]

"Skeena River sockeye have declined 75% since 1913. Woodland caribou have declined by more than half in the past century. But with the right resources, First Nations are bringing ancestral foods back from the brink".

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Justice [22]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Food [61]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Wildlife [62]
Public [13]
Canada [63]
Source: The Narwhal [64], 10/09/2023
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"Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have Few Protections" [65]

"Tens of millions of Americans are struggling to cope with soaring temperatures. OSHA is developing new workplace safety standards, but they are not yet complete."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [66], 10/06/2023
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September Set Records And Was So Hot Scientists Call It ‘Mind-Blowing’ [67]

"After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [37]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: AP [68], 10/06/2023
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"Appeals Court Gives Connecticut Win In Climate Fight With Exxon" [69]

"In a win for local governments suing oil and gas majors over climate change, a federal appeals court Wednesday became the seventh to reject the industry’s bid to move a lawsuit to federal court."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [70]
Source: E&E News [71], 10/06/2023
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