EJToday: Top Headlines

"Host of U.N. Climate Summit Moves To 'Counteract All Negative Press'" [9]

"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 [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Middle East [16]
Source: Washington Post [17], 08/11/2023
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$2.9 billion Mississippi River Diversion Job Will Make 21 Sq. Mi. Of Land [18]

"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 [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [23], 08/11/2023
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"Opinion: Why Haven’t We Made It Safer to Breathe in Classrooms?" [24]

"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 [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [29]
Technology [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [31], 08/11/2023
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"Putin Profits Off US And European Reliance On Russian Nuclear Fuel" [32]

"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 [33]
Environmental Health [26]
Military [34]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [36], 08/11/2023
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Rising Flood Risks Threaten Many Water, Sewage Treatment Plants Across US [37]

"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 [10]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [26]
Infrastructure [19]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [39], 08/11/2023
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WV Leaders Fight Pollution Standards Amid Health Risks From Coal Plants [40]

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

Air [25]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [29]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail [43], 08/11/2023
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US Commits To Releasing More Endangered Red Wolves Into The Wild [44]

"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 [45]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [46]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: AP [47], 08/11/2023
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At Least 36 Killed on Maui as Fires Burn Through Hawaii; Thousands Flee [48]

"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 [10]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [26]
Forests [49]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Source: AP [51], 08/10/2023
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"First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers" [52]

"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 [53]
Climate Change [10]
Food [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [55], 08/10/2023
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"Severe Thunderstorms In First Half Of 2023 Caused Record Amount In Damages" [56]

"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 [10]
Disasters [38]
Economy & Business [57]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: The Hill [58], 08/10/2023
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After Decades, Tribe's Vision For A New Marine Sanctuary Coming True [59]

"The central California coast, with its rugged beaches and kelp forests, draws a lot of visitors for its scenic beauty. For the Chumash people, the coastline means a lot more.

"Almost all the places people like to go to are our sacred sites," says Violet Sage Walker, chairwoman of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council. "We've been going there and praying and doing ceremony there for 20,000 years."
Environmental Justice [27]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [41]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [61]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [62]
Source: NPR [63], 08/10/2023
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Scientists Look Beyond Climate Change And El Nino For Other Heating Factors [64]

"Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Pollution [29]
Science [65]
Public [13]
International [15]
Source: AP [66], 08/10/2023
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"White House Unveils New Tracking Tool For Heat-Related Illnesses" [67]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday launched a new information system to map emergency medical services (EMS) responses to heat-related illness across the country."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [68], 08/10/2023
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Millions Struggle To Pay AC Bills In Heat Waves. Federal Aid Reaches Few. [69]

"Bobbie Boyd is in a losing battle against near triple-digit temperatures in northwest Arkansas. Her window air conditioner runs nonstop and the ballooning electric bill carves about $240 out of her $882-a-month fixed income. So the 57-year-old cuts other necessities."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [70], 08/10/2023
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"What New Data Reveal About How Hurricanes Kill" [71]

"On Tuesday, new research released by the National Hurricane Center underscored the threat posed by water in hurricanes — finding that over the past decade, rainfall flooding has accounted for nearly 60% of all U.S. deaths from tropical cyclones."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [72], 08/10/2023
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