EJToday: Top Headlines

"Ohio Fails to Pass Restrictions on College Teaching About Climate Policies" [9]

"Ohio lawmakers have failed, at least for now, to pass a bill that would exert control over discussion of “controversial beliefs” about climate policies in college classrooms."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 12/04/2023
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US Proposes Plan To Help The Snow-Dependent Canada Lynx Amid Warming [19]

"U.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to help the snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century."

Biodiversity [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [23], 12/04/2023
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"‘Game Changer’: EPA Rule Would Force Removal Of America’s Lead Pipes" [24]

"EPA is calling on utilities to eliminate the largest source of lead contamination in drinking water with a proposal to require removal of all lead pipes within the next decade."

Chemicals [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [31], 12/01/2023
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"Climate Summit Approves a New Fund to Help Poor Countries" [32]

"A new fund to help vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters should be up and running this year, after diplomats from nearly 200 countries on Thursday approved a draft plan on the first day of a United Nations global warming summit."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
International [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 12/01/2023
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"Hundreds Of New Oil And Gas Projects Approved Despite Climate Crisis" [36]

"More than 400 oil and gas projects were approved globally in the last two years despite calls to abandon all new hydrocarbon development, new figures showed as the UN COP28 climate talks opened Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Public [15]
International [34]
Source: AFP [37], 12/01/2023
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"Why The Return Of Sea Otters To Canada’s West Coast Is Making Waves" [38]

"The group of otters floats between amber stalks of kelp, preening their coats and foraging for urchins. Sheltered in a natural bay off Haida Gwaii, one of the most unforgiving coastlines on the west coast of Canada, the skittish mammals are hidden – from the fast-moving currents, and from groups that have pledged to shoot them on sight."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Justice [39]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
Canada [41]
Source: Guardian [42], 12/01/2023
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Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Disease Fight [43]

"The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [27]
People & Population [45]
Public [15]
International [34]
Africa [46]
Source: NYTimes [47], 12/01/2023
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"Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges" [48]

"As the world’s leaders gather this week at a major summit to discuss ways to address the effects of global warming, one of the greatest obstacles they face is disinformation." "Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [14]
Public [15]
International [34]
Source: NYTimes [49], 12/01/2023
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"Oregon’s Drinking Water Is at Risk From Clearcutting" [50]

"The forests that blanket the foothills of the Coast Range are crucial to holding onto freshwater and keeping it drinkable. But for years, local residents have suspected that clearcutting by private logging companies in the area has endangered their precious freshwater resource. Now, a new joint report from NASA and Oregon-based nonprofit Oregon Wild confirms coastal residents’ observations and echoes their concerns."

Forests [51]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
Source: Sierra [53], 12/01/2023
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"As Temperatures Rise, Dengue Fever Spreads and Cases Rise" [54]

"With temperatures and rainfall increasing, the mosquitoes that carry dengue viruses are extending their range. More than 4.5 million cases have been reported this year, and global climate models project an additional 2 billion people could be at risk of infection by 2080."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [27]
Public [15]
International [34]
Source: YaleE360 [55], 12/01/2023
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German Court Upholds Wiretaps Of Climate Activists' Calls To Press [56]

"A court in Bavaria has ruled that police were right in wiretapping phone calls between members of the Last Generation climate activist group and journalists."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
Europe [57]
Source: DW [58], 12/01/2023
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"Next Thanksgiving, Smokey Bear Should Talk About Climate Change" [59]

"Call me basic, but I love waking up on Thanksgiving morning and watching the Macy’s parade. Without fail, I’m enthralled by the pageantry and comforted by the tradition: the floats, the crowds, the Broadway dance numbers. Santa Claus. The last few years, though, one element has bothered me."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [44]
Forests [51]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: LA Times [60], 12/01/2023
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US Will Protect Wolverines As Climate Change Melts Their Mountain Refuges [61]

"The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists’ warnings that climate change will likely melt away the rare species’ snowy mountain refuges and push them toward extinction."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [62], 11/30/2023
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"Vice President Harris Will Attend COP28 Climate Conference In Dubai" [63]

"Vice President Kamala Harris will join the U.S. delegation to Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [34]
Source: AP [64], 11/30/2023
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"This Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Is the Next Carbon Bomb" [65]

"Calcasieu Pass 2 threatens local communities and global climate targets". "On the Louisiana coast, in Cameron Parish, plans are underway to build a massive, 550 acre, $10 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal called CP2 that would ship up to 24 million tons of gas each year, mostly to foreign markets."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Source: Sierra [67], 11/30/2023
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