EJToday: Top Headlines

"ExxonMobil Boosts Fossil Fuel Commitment With Pioneer Buyout" [9]

"ExxonMobil has sealed a $59.5 billion (€56 billion) deal to acquire shale oil giant Pioneer Natural Resources, the companies announced on Wednesday, marking the oil giant's biggest acquisition since the late 1990s buyout of Mobil by Exxon. ... It also demonstrates ExxonMobil's commitment to fossil fuels even as climate concerns become ever more pressing."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: DW [15], 10/12/2023
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"Island Nations Sign Climate Solidarity Declaration In Indonesia" [16]

"Dozens of island nations signed a declaration in Indonesia on Wednesday to boost solidarity and cooperation on fighting climate threats, including rising sea levels."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: AFP [21], 10/12/2023
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Kew’s ‘State of the World’s Plants and Fungi’ Report Warns Of Extinctions [22]

"The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi” report assesses our current knowledge of plants and fungal diversity, the threats they face and how to protect them. The report warns that many plant and fungal species, 45% of documented flowering plants and half of all analyzed fungi risk extinction (though less than 0.4% of identified fungi have been assessed for extinction to date)."

Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Mongabay [26], 10/12/2023
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FWS Creates 2 New Refuges In Tenn, Wyo. To Protect Toads, Bats, Salamanders [27]

"Two newly created national wildlife refuges in Tennessee and Wyoming will help protect habitats for threatened and endangered species such as toads, bats, shrimp and salamanders, federal officials say."

Biodiversity [23]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [29], 10/12/2023
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"As Climate Risks Mount, The Insurance Safety Net Is Collapsing" [30]

"Natural disasters now cost the U.S. insurance industry $100 billion a year. What happens when no one wants to pick up the tab?"

"This story is the first in a four-part Grist series examining how climate change is destabilizing the global insurance market. It is published in partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [31], 10/12/2023
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"Massive Prehistoric Solar Storm Is Warning For Earth, Researchers Say" [32]

"The night sky lit up so bright that some people thought it was morning. Gold miners in the Rocky Mountains woke up at 1 a.m. to make breakfast and start their day. Birds began singing as if the sun had already risen."

Natural Resources [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Science [34]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Washington Post [35], 10/12/2023
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"How Climate Change Is Threatening Your Beer" [36]

"Climate change is making it harder to grow hops, a key ingredient in beer".

Agriculture [37]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [38]
Food [39]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Washington Post [40], 10/12/2023
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Groups Ask EPA To Intervene In An Alabama Water System Plagued By Leaks [41]

"Environmental groups have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene in a south Alabama water system they said has been plagued by leaks, contamination and financial mismanagement, endangering residents in the low-income community."

Environmental Justice [18]
Infrastructure [42]
Pollution [43]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: AP [46], 10/11/2023
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"Gene Editing Offers Chickens Some Protection Against Bird Flu - Study" [47]

"Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential strategy to reduce the spread of the deadly virus."

Agriculture [37]
Biodiversity [23]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [48]
Natural Resources [25]
Science [34]
Technology [49]
Wildlife [50]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [51], 10/11/2023
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Tensions Rise in Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to US [52]

"In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution."

Agriculture [37]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [25]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mexico [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 10/11/2023
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Pennsylvania Community Sues to Stop Disposal Well for Toxic Fracking Waste [55]

"Attorneys representing Plum Borough and an environmental group opposed to fracking said in arguments on Tuesday before Commonwealth Court in Pittsburgh that a proposed second “injection” well for disposing of toxic fracking wastewater would violate the borough’s zoning code."

Activism [56]
Chemicals [57]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [48]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [58]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 10/11/2023
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Vessel Strikes on Whales Are Increasing With Warming. Can Ships Slow Down? [60]

"Rising ocean temperatures and marine heat waves are pushing whales closer to busy shipping lanes. Flexible speed reduction areas could help prevent ship collisions, scientists say."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [10]
Transportation [61]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 10/11/2023
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Watchdog Group Warns Of Big Ongoing Flaw In A Montreal Ozone Treaty [63]

"Findings by the Environmental Investigation Agency point to a perceived loophole in the Montreal Protocol".

Air [64]
Chemicals [57]
Environmental Health [48]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [43]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Washington Post [65], 10/11/2023
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Fungal Networks Could Help Make The Planet More Resilient To Climate Change [66]

"A team of scientists loaded into a gray minivan in this capital city earlier this year and drove for hundreds of miles west through the Kazakh steppe — a vast region marked by endless open plains of grass, abandoned farms and flower-filled meadows."

Agriculture [37]
Biodiversity [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Science [34]
Public [13]
International [20]
Source: Washington Post [67], 10/11/2023
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Major CO2 Pipeline Project On Hold While Company Reevaluates In 5 States [68]

"OMAHA, Neb. — Navigator CO2 Ventures announced Tuesday that it is putting on hold one of the two biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects in the Midwest so it can reassess the project.

The company withdrew its application for a key permit in Illinois and said it it was putting all its permit applications on hold. The decision comes after South Dakota regulators last month denied a permit.
Chemicals [57]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [69], 10/11/2023
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