EJToday: Top Headlines

New York Attorney General Argues for Limiting Green Amendment's Reach [9]

"Residents say a hazardous waste incinerator’s emissions violate their new constitutional right to a “healthful environment.”"

Air [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Source: The Intercept [18], 11/15/2023
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Toxic Gunk Cleansed From South Carolina's Congaree River 13 Years Later [19]

"Thirteen years after a kayaker reported stepping into a stinging patch of muck in the Congaree River, contractors have cleaned up the toxic mess that covered a stretch of the river bottom below the Gervais Street bridge in Columbia, South Carolina."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [15]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: The State [23], 11/15/2023
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"US Supreme Court Denies Request By Oil Firms To Halt Coastal Erosion Suit" [24]

"The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request by BP, Shell and Hilcorp oil companies to block the start of a state court lawsuit filed by Cameron Parish seeking as much as $7 billion in compensation for coastal erosion damages."

Biodiversity [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [29], 11/15/2023
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"Thousands Of Eastern Oregonians Face Crisis Of Contaminated Well Water" [30]

"Groundwater pollution in Umatilla and Morrow counties is growing worse, leading to dangerous levels of nitrates in water pumped up from what used to be safe wells."

Agriculture [31]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Source: KGW [34], 11/15/2023
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"Opinion: Uncounted Emissions: The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuel Exports" [35]

"Oil, gas, and coal exports are not counted when countries tally their greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. This allows wealthy nations to report progress on emissions reduction goals, while shipping their fossil fuels — and the pollution they produce — overseas."

Climate Change [36]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
International [38]
Source: YaleE360 [39], 11/15/2023
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"Scientists Say Health Should Be The Core Of Global Plastic Treaty" [40]

"More than 20 international scientists put forth a plan today to encourage world leaders to put human health at the center of global plastic treaty negotiations taking place this week in Nairobi, Kenya."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [42]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
International [38]
Source: EHN [43], 11/15/2023
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"Dominica Set To Open World’s First Reserve Centered Around Sperm Whales" [44]

"The tiny island nation of Dominica has announced that it will create a 788-square-kilometer (304-square-mile) reserve to protect endangered sperm whales."

Biodiversity [25]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [46]
Source: Mongabay [47], 11/15/2023
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‘The Science Is Irrefutable’: US Warming Faster Than Global Average: Report [48]

"The US is warming faster than the global average and its people are suffering “far-reaching and worsening” consequences from the climate crisis, with worse to come, according to an authoritative report issued by the US government."

Climate Change [36]
Disasters [49]
Economy & Business [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Guardian [50], 11/14/2023
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"Over 60 Countries Back Deal To Triple Renewable Energy This Decade" [51]

"More than 60 countries have said they back a deal spearheaded by the European Union, United States and United Arab Emirates to triple renewable energy this decade and shift away from coal, two officials familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday."

Climate Change [36]
Environmental Politics [42]
Public [16]
International [38]
Source: Reuters [52], 11/14/2023
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"Don’t Offend Monarchs, UAE Tells Reporters Ahead Of Climate Talks" [53]

"The United Arab Emirates quietly established sweeping restrictions on the hundreds of journalists expected to visit the country for international climate talks later this month. Now, the UAE says it was a mistake."

Climate Change [36]
Environmental Politics [42]
Journalism & Media [37]
Public [16]
International [38]
Source: Politico [54], 11/14/2023
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How Much Can Trees Fight Climate Change? Massively, but Not Alone: Study [55]

"Restoring global forests where they occur naturally could potentially capture an additional 226 gigatons of planet-warming carbon, equivalent to about a third of the amount that humans have released since the beginning of the Industrial Era, according to a new study published on Monday in the journal Nature."

Climate Change [36]
Forests [56]
Public [16]
International [38]
Source: NYTimes [57], 11/14/2023
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"Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?" [58]

"California’s ancient sequoias — some of which have stood more than 1,000 years — are facing an existential threat from increasingly intense wildfires linked to climate change. But federal efforts to thin forests to reduce fire risks are drawing pushback from conservation groups."

Climate Change [36]
Disasters [49]
Forests [56]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
California [59]
Source: YaleE360 [60], 11/14/2023
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Harvest Of Horseshoe Crabs, For Medicine And Bait, Limited To Protect Bird [61]

"Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird."

Biodiversity [25]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Source: AP [64], 11/14/2023
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"Wood Pellet Giant Enviva Discloses a Financial Crisis" [65]

"A financial crisis has enveloped Enviva, the Maryland-based company that’s been harvesting large swaths of forest in the Southeast United States to make wood pellets for electricity production in the United Kingdom and Europe." "The company’s stock price plunged as its new interim CEO announced financial losses. Environmentalists had long questioned a business model they said was based on greenwashing."

Climate Change [36]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Forests [56]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Europe [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 11/14/2023
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Desperate For Water, Desert City Hopes To Build Pipeline To Calif. Aqueduct [68]

"After decades of unrestricted pumping in the rain-starved northwestern corner of the Mojave Desert, the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin Authority has the distinction of managing one of the most critically overdrawn aquifers in California."

Agriculture [31]
Environmental Politics [42]
Military [69]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
California [59]
Source: LA Times [70], 11/14/2023
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