EJToday: Top Headlines

"The Enduring Influence Of “The Day After Tomorrow,” 20 Years Later" [9]

"It has been 20 years since we first saw the paleo-climatologist Jack Hall, played by Dennis Quaid, standing at a railing overlooking a command center at NOAA and asking his colleagues the question that baffled them: “What about the North Atlantic Current?”"

Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [14], 05/31/2024
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"EPA Union Deal to Shield Science From Politics as Election Looms" [15]

"The EPA’s biggest union said on Wednesday it had ratified a new contract with the agency, winning scientific integrity protections for the first time."

Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [17]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Science [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [20], 05/30/2024
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"The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty" [21]

"With another hot summer looming, Mexico is behind on its water deliveries to the United States, leading to water cutbacks in South Texas. A little-known federal agency has hit a roadblock in its efforts to get Mexico to comply."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Mexico [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 05/30/2024
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"Indian Capital Swelters As Temperature Hits All-Time High Of 52.9 Celsius" [31]

"Delhi recorded an all-time high temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday as extreme heat conditions gripped the north and western parts of India, causing students to faint in schools and drinking water taps to dry up."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Health [32]
People & Population [33]
Public [12]
Asia [34]
Source: Reuters [35], 05/30/2024
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"How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists" [36]

"Subpoenaed emails reveal the ways fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they often succeed."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Drilled [38], 05/30/2024
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"Water and Cooperation Breathe New Life Into Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges" [39]

"Agriculture drained this ecosystem. Now, under the specter of future drought, the same systems have started to bring back both water and wildlife."

Agriculture [22]
Biodiversity [40]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
California [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
Source: The Revelator [44], 05/30/2024
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"Trump Reboot Would Threaten Pipeline Methane Rule" [45]

"The Biden administration has pushed back its timeline for finishing a rule cracking down on pipeline leaks until next year, leaving it more vulnerable if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [46]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [47], 05/30/2024
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"From Protest To Power: Greta's Eco-Warriors Run For EU Office" [48]

"Inspired by school-strike leader Greta Thunberg, 20-something eco-warriors - with campaigns launched from Paris to Prague - are swapping banners for ballots in their war on climate change."

Activism [49]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [12]
International [51]
Europe [52]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [53], 05/30/2024
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"More Than Dirt" [54]

"Mayor Eric Adams scrapped New York City’s compost project. Here’s what will be lost."

Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [26]
Waste [55]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [56]
Source: Civil Eats [57], 05/30/2024
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"Schools In 47 States To Get EPA Funds For Clean Buses" [58]

"EPA announced this week that it has awarded about $900 million to school districts across the country to buy clean school buses. The money will come in the form of rebates to participating school districts, and it will help pay for about 3,400 buses in 531 school systems in 47 states, plus the District of Columbia and several tribal regions and U.S. territories."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [25]
Transportation [59]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [60], 05/30/2024
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UK: "How Reviving Medieval Farming Offers Wildlife An Unexpected Haven" [61]

"Agriculture is often seen as the enemy of biodiversity, but in an excerpt from her new book Sophie Yeo explains how techniques from the middle ages allow plants and animals to flourish".

Agriculture [22]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [26]
Technology [62]
Wildlife [41]
Public [12]
Europe [52]
Source: Guardian [63], 05/30/2024
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"EPA Accused Of ‘Egregious’ Misconduct In PFAS Testing Of Pesticides" [64]

"Documents obtained from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate the agency may have presented false information to the public about testing for harmful contaminants in pesticides, according to allegations being made by a watchdog group and a former EPA research fellow."

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [65]
Environmental Health [32]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [46]
Science [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [66], 05/29/2024
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Climate Aid Program Funneling Billions Of Dollars Back To Rich Countries [67]

"Wealthy countries sent climate funding to the developing world in recent years with interest rates or strings attached that benefited the lending nations, a Reuters data analysis found."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [68]
Environmental Justice [69]
Public [12]
International [51]
Source: Reuters [70], 05/29/2024
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"Lawyers to Plastics Makers: Prepare for ‘Astronomical’ PFAS Lawsuits" [71]

"At an industry presentation about dangerous “forever chemicals,” lawyers predicted a wave of lawsuits that could dwarf asbestos litigation, audio from the event revealed."

Chemicals [65]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [68]
Environmental Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [46]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [72], 05/29/2024
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Is US Offshore Wind Dead In The Water — Or Just Poised For The Next Big Gust? [73]

"The Biden Administration wants to boost offshore wind. But other forces, including cost, political opposition and disinformation, have slowed adoption."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [68]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Floodlight [74], 05/29/2024
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