EJToday: Top Headlines

"Whole Foods Decision To Pull Lobster Divides Enviros, Politicians" [9]

"Environmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end retail giant Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster."

Biodiversity [10]
Consumer [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Food [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Source: AP [19], 11/28/2022
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"Swedish Activists Sue State Over Its Climate Policies" [20]

"Hundreds of activists, among them Greta Thunberg, marched through the Swedish capital to a court Friday to file a lawsuit against the Swedish state for what they say is insufficient climate action."

Activism [21]
Climate Change [22]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
Europe [23]
Source: AP [24], 11/28/2022
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"The Colorado River Compact Turns 100 Years Old. Is It Still Working?" [25]

"The agreement didn’t consider the needs of Native Americans, Mexico or ecosystems. Since its signing, the river has dropped, demand has skyrocketed and states have failed to agree on how to share it."

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 11/28/2022
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Corn Nourishes Hopi Identity, but Climate-Driven Drought Stresses Tribe [32]

"Most Hopi grow corn with only the precipitation that falls on their fields, but two decades of drought have some of them testing the waters of irrigation and hoping they can preserve other customs with their harvests."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [22]
Food [13]
People & Population [33]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [34]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 11/28/2022
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Enviros Urge Md. Gov.-Elect Moore to Roll Back State Fossil Subsidies [37]

"The advocates say they are “appalled” by Maryland Energy Administration grants aimed at promoting and expanding natural gas infrastructure in the state."

Activism [21]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 11/28/2022
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"Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest" [42]

"Scientists are unearthing a quiet truth about the woods: Where trees grow, or don’t, depends in part on the quirky decisions of small mammals."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [22]
Forests [43]
Natural Resources [44]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [45]
Source: NYTimes [46], 11/28/2022
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"Who Were the Worst Climate Polluters in the US in 2021?" [47]

"The worst of the worst included a coal-fired power plant in Alabama, a coal mine in Pennsylvania and a nylon plant in Florida, recent EPA data shows."

Climate Change [22]
Pollution [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 11/23/2022
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"How China, The World’s Top Polluter, Avoids Paying For Climate Damage" [50]

"United Nations still considers China, now the world’s second-largest economy and biggest annual polluter, a developing country".

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [16]
International [45]
Source: Washington Post [51], 11/23/2022
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"Uncertainties About Climate Compensation Fund Trigger Skepticism" [52]

"A newly agreed “loss and damage” fund in which developed countries would pay for climate damages suffered by vulnerable developing counterparts lacks both details and actual funding, raising question about whether it’s merely a symbolic breakthrough."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [16]
International [45]
Source: The Hill [53], 11/23/2022
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"UN Climate Boss Settles For No Cuts On Emissions" [54]

"Given an energy crisis in Europe and progress made in helping climate victims, the new climate chief for the United Nations said he’ll settle for a lack of new emissions-cutting action coming out of the now-concluded climate talks in Egypt.."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [16]
International [45]
Source: AP [55], 11/23/2022
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Longer Australian Bushfire Seasons, More Wild Weather Seen As Climate Warms [56]

"Australia's climate conditions will worsen in the years ahead, two national agencies said on Wednesday, warning of quicker changes in weather patterns and more frequent extreme climate events."

Climate Change [22]
Public [16]
Australia & Oceania [57]
Source: Reuters [58], 11/23/2022
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"Vietnam Boosts Coal Use Plan For 2030 As G7 Climate Offer Stalls" [59]

"Vietnam has increased its coal power target for 2030 under a revised draft energy plan, government documents seen by Reuters show, while renewables goals were scaled back, in a potential blow to rich nations' funding initiatives for cleaner energy."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Public [16]
Asia [60]
Source: Reuters [61], 11/23/2022
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"U.S. Aims To Sanction Brazil Deforesters, Adding Bite To Climate Fight" [62]

"The United States is looking to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, using penalties such as Magnitsky sanctions to tackle climate change more aggressively, U.S. sources and officials told Reuters."

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
South America [63]
Source: Reuters [64], 11/23/2022
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"Public Utility To Pipe Water To Residents Of ‘Gasland’ Town" [65]

"A new water line will deliver something that residents of a rural Pennsylvania community have gone without for the last 14 years — a clean, reliable supply of drinking water — after a public utility on Tuesday released the first details of a plan to mitigate the damage that a gas driller is charged with causing."

Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [66]
Infrastructure [30]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Source: AP [67], 11/23/2022
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BLM Announces New Proposed Oil And Gas Lease Sales In Nevada, Utah [68]

"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Monday announced two proposed oil and gas lease sales for nearly 100,000 acres of land in Nevada and Utah."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [69], 11/23/2022
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