EJToday: Top Headlines

"More Than 900 Widely Used Chemicals May Increase Breast Cancer Risk" [9]

"Ninety percent of the chemicals identified as potential breast carcinogens in a new study are found in everyday products in homes and workplaces."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [15], 01/10/2024
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"Norway Moves to Allow Seabed Mining Exploration" [16]

"The Norwegian Parliament voted on Tuesday to authorize the opening of parts of the Norwegian Sea to seabed mining exploration, a move that reflects rising international demand for the metals needed to build batteries for electric vehicles worldwide."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
Europe [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 01/10/2024
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"Scientists Are Turning to Invisible Microbes to Support Animal Conservation" [26]

"Understanding animal and environmental microbiomes could be the key to successfully reintroducing captive animals to the wild".

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Science [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Sierra [30], 01/10/2024
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"Sperm Whales Live In Culturally Distinct Clans, Research Finds" [31]

"Sperm whales live in clans with distinctive cultures, much like those of humans, a study has found."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [32]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [29]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 01/10/2024
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In Remote Corner Of Calif., Roaming Dog Packs Leave Trail Of Blood And Terror [35]

"Drive down any of the long, rutted back roads of Anza, a dusty Riverside County community, and it won’t take long before you feel like you’ve fallen off the grid."

Biodiversity [27]
Wildlife [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [37], 01/10/2024
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"The Dark Side of Bright Nights" [38]

"Light can be deadly. Many animals and plants are threatened by artificial light. Numerous organisms have found their evolutionary niche in the dark of night, and now have to adapt to bright nights."

Biodiversity [27]
Infrastructure [39]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [22]
Technology [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [33]
Source: DW [41], 01/10/2024
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"How to Love an Oyster" [42]

"The Pacific coast’s only native oyster is making a comeback, but it still needs a little help from its friends."

Biodiversity [27]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
Source: Hakai [44], 01/10/2024
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"Supreme Court Rejects Pebble Mine, Climate And Water Cases" [45]

"The Supreme Court has rebuffed a plea by the state of Alaska to revisit a federal veto of a massive mine, an attempt by oil companies to extract themselves from a climate lawsuit and a petition from West Coast farmers seeking more water from the Klamath River Basin."

Climate Change [17]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [46], 01/09/2024
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Appeals Court Reinstates 2 Iowa 'Ag-Gag' Laws Banning Trespass On Hog Farms [47]

"Iowa Republicans scored a big win in their yearslong battle with animal rights group as a federal appeals court reversed prior decisions striking down two state laws aimed at activists who target livestock feedlots and other agribusinesses to expose alleged animal abuses."

Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Source: Des Moines Register [50], 01/09/2024
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Earth Shattered Global Heat Record In ’23 And Flirts With Warming Limit [51]

"Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday."

Climate Change [17]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: AP [52], 01/09/2024
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"Cop29 Host Azerbaijan To Hike Gas Output By A Third Over Next Decade" [53]

"Azerbaijan, which is hosting this year’s UN climate talks, plans to increase its fossil fuel production by a third over the next decade, according to an analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [32]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: Guardian [54], 01/09/2024
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Where Has All The Honey Gone? Scientists Explain Declining Yields [55]

"It’s a question that has bedeviled beekeepers across the US in recent years: where has all the honey gone? Scientists now say they have some answers as to why yields of honey have declined, pointing to environmental degradation that is affecting all sorts of bees, and insects more generally."

Agriculture [56]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Studies [57]
Food [58]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [59], 01/09/2024
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"Mass Layoffs At Pioneering Nuclear Startup" [60]

"NuScale is the second major U.S. reactor company to cut jobs in recent months."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [62], 01/09/2024
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"How Terrestrial Turds Lead to Marine Maladies" [63]

"Diseases from land animals are killing marine mammals at an alarming rate. Can we stem the flow of feces?"

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Hakai [64], 01/09/2024
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"Trump Leans Into Climate Denialism" [65]

"The former president is doing little to temper his stance on climate change as he makes a third run for the White House, say experts and supporters."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [32]
Science [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [66], 01/09/2024
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