EJToday: Top Headlines

DOI Names Former Site Of Texas ‘Mexican School’ As Newest National Park [9]

"The Biden administration has named the site of the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a segregated school for Mexican American children, as the country’s newest national park, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday."

Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 07/19/2024
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"The People Who Feed America Are Going Hungry" [17]

"Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [10]
Food [21]
People & Population [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [23]
Source: Grist [24], 07/18/2024
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"With Sewage Gushing Into Sea, US and Mexican Border Towns Plead For Help" [25]

"Each day, millions of gallons of sewage cascade through a canyon and into the Pacific Ocean just south of the U.S.-Mexican border. As any surfer in San Diego knows, summer swells that come from the south will push the toxic brew north."

Environmental Health [20]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [23]
Mexico [29]
Source: Reuters [30], 07/18/2024
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"Prisoners Are Uniquely Vulnerable to Extreme Heat and Flooding" [31]

"Why were two prisons built in a lakebed in the first place?"

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [10]
People & Population [22]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [23]
Source: Sierra [33], 07/18/2024
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UK: "Meet the Labour Government’s New Climate Team" [34]

"Introducing the key politicians tasked with delivering the government’s energy transformation plans – and the jobs at the top of their intrays."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [35]
Public [14]
Europe [36]
Source: DeSmog [37], 07/18/2024
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Biden BLM To Add Protections Against Drilling In Alaska Petroleum Reserve [38]

"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit oil and gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [40]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [42], 07/18/2024
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"Record Salmon Migration Runs Into Hot Water" [43]

"Rising water temperatures in the Columbia River Basin are raising questions about whether fishery managers must take new steps to save the imperiled fish."

Climate Change [19]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [23]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 07/18/2024
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"'Oven On Wheels': US Amazon Drivers Roast Before 'Prime Day' Rush" [47]

"With the U.S. sizzling under heatwaves, Amazon drivers struggle to keep cool and brace for a rush of packages around Prime Day".

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [48], 07/18/2024
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"DR Congo Conflict Fuels Forest Loss" [49]

"Under the denuded slopes of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, traders in Kibati town bartered over sacks of charcoal, a product of deforestation that an ongoing conflict has pushed to unprecedented levels, the United Nations says."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Forests [50]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
Africa [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 07/18/2024
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"Sandstorms: What Are They, And Why Are They More Frequent?" [53]

"They bring traffic to a standstill, spread diseases and can be life-threatening. DW looks at how sandstorms form and why are they becoming more frequent."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
International [54]
Source: DW [55], 07/18/2024
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"Rescuing Kelp Through Science" [56]

"Breakthrough genetic research at a Massachusetts lab could save the world’s vanishing kelp forests—and support American kelp farming, too."

Agriculture [18]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Food [21]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [54]
Source: Civil Eats [57], 07/18/2024
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"What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment" [58]

"If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A."

Biodiversity [59]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [54]
Source: NYTimes [60], 07/17/2024
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"How J.D. Vance Stacks Up On Energy, Environment Issues" [61]

"Former President Donald Trump has picked Sen. J.D. Vance — an author and former venture capitalist who has been dismissive of climate change concerns but outspoken on rail safety — to be his vice presidential running mate."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [62], 07/17/2024
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"UN Sees Geoengineering As A New Risk To Nature" [63]

"The Environment Programme report focuses on potential dangers to the planet, from disease to unlivable places."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Studies [40]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [27]
Technology [64]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
International [54]
Source: E&E News [65], 07/17/2024
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Bioplastics Are Poorly Defined And Regulated, And Possibly Toxic: Report [66]

"The lack of federal regulations and clear definitions for bioplastics make it increasingly difficult to determine whether or not they are a safe alternative to traditional plastics, according to a new report from Beyond Plastics."

Chemicals [67]
Consumer [68]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [27]
Technology [64]
Waste [69]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: EHN [70], 07/17/2024
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