EJToday: Top Headlines

"Climate Action At COP26 Could Save Millions Of Lives, WHO Says" [6]

"The World Health Organization and about three-quarters of global health care workers on Monday called on governments to step up climate action at the COP26 global climate conference, saying it could save millions of lives a year."

Agriculture [7]
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Reuters [14], 10/12/2021
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Indigenous Activists Demonstrate on Climate In Front of White House [15]

"Casey Camp-Horinek, a tribal elder from White Eagle, Okla., and environmental ambassador for the Ponca Nation, marched in the front of a crowd of hundreds headed toward the White House on Monday and held up her fist."

Activism [16]
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
People & Population [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 10/12/2021
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"Can the World’s Most Polluting Heavy Industries Decarbonize?" [22]

"The production of steel, cement and ammonia emit about one-fifth of all human-caused CO2. Technologies are emerging to decarbonize these industries, but big challenges remain."

Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Technology [25]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 10/12/2021
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Research Finds 'Suite Of Chemicals' In Vape Liquids, Some Unsafe [27]

"They are flavoured, colourful and popular with teenagers, but new Australian research is discovering mounting evidence that vapes are also unsafe to use."

Air [28]
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [10]
Pollution [31]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Australian ABC [32], 10/12/2021
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Outcry After Federal Agents Kill 8 Wolf Cubs Adopted By Idaho School [33]

"Conservationists in Idaho are speaking out against the “inhumane” killings of eight wolf pups that were part of a pack adopted by a high school since 2003."

Agriculture [7]
Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Politics [18]
Wildlife [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [36], 10/12/2021
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Major Climate Action at Stake in Fight Over Twin Pending Bills [37]

"Legislation aimed at infrastructure and social programs also includes big changes in energy, transportation and disaster preparation. They would amount to the most significant climate action ever taken by the United States."

"WASHINGTON — President Biden has framed this moment as the country’s best chance to save the planet.
Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [40], 10/11/2021
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UN Urges Nations To Spend More On Species Protection As New Talks Begin [41]

"The global community must invest much more and raise the scale and speed of its pledges to protect nature and prevent species loss, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday on the eve of a new round of global biodiversity talks."

Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Wildlife [35]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Reuters [42], 10/11/2021
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"Gas Prices, Europe's Energy Crunch Threaten Biden Climate Push" [43]

"Allies of the oil and coal industry have seized on energy crises overseas and rising gasoline prices in the U.S. to counter President Joe Biden’s plans to combat climate change and force a rapid shift to renewable power."

Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [44], 10/11/2021
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"Chicago EPA Office To Be Led By Evanston Politician Debra Shore" [45]

"Debra Shore, who has served as an elected commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District since 2006, will head the six-state Midwest headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in Chicago, the Sun-Times has learned."

Environmental Politics [18]
Government [46]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
Source: Chicago Sun-Times [48], 10/11/2021
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"EPA Grants Petitions to Stem Climate Pollutants in Future Rules" [49]

"The EPA will begin crafting rules to transition certain sectors way from using hydrofluorocarbons, a move authorized by legislation to phasedown the use of the potent greenhouse gas."

Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [50], 10/11/2021
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"Impact Of Forest Thinning On Wildfires Creates Divisions" [51]

"Firefighters and numerous studies credit intensive forest thinning projects with helping save communities like those recently threatened near Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, but dissent from some environmental advocacy groups is roiling the scientific community."

Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [52], 10/11/2021
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Biden DOE Announces Goal Of 5 Million Homes Powered By Community Solar [53]

"The Department of Energy on Friday announced a target of the equivalent of five million homes powered by community solar energy by 2025."

Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [46]
Infrastructure [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [54], 10/11/2021
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"In Secret Tapes, Palm Oil Execs Disclose Corruption, Brutality" [55]

"Global Witness, an environmental and human rights organization, sent undercover investigators to get the scoop"

"The police drove into the village of Watwat in SUVs during a rainstorm. It was late on a July night in 2019, and they’d come through the rainforest, armed with guns and metal bars.

Men and teenage boys were dragged out of bed, beaten and thrown into the mud. Some were arrested, held for weeks and interrogated about vandalizing palm trees, according to an investigative report by the advocacy group Global Witness.
Activism [16]
Agriculture [7]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [8]
Forests [56]
Natural Resources [57]
Public [12]
Australia & Oceania [58]
Source: Washington Post [59], 10/11/2021
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Top UN Panel Votes to Recognize Human Right to a Clean Environment [60]

"The United Nations’ top human rights body voted Friday to adopt a resolution recognizing the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment."

Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
People & Population [19]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 10/11/2021
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"Beyond Coal: End To Deforestation Sought At COP26 Climate Summit" [62]

"World leaders attending the COP26 U.N. climate summit should focus not only on abandoning fossil fuels but also on setting ambitious goals to end deforestation - and expand funding and rules to drive forest protection, environmentalists are urging."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [56]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [63], 10/11/2021
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