EJToday: Top Headlines

"MISO Approves Large Grid Expansion, Paving Way For Renewables" [9]

"The Midwest grid operator approved 18 new high-voltage transmission lines yesterday, setting the stage for adding 53 gigawatts of renewable energy to the grid. The decision marks the most U.S. power lines ever approved at once and was hailed by climate advocates as a model for the nation."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 07/27/2022
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"Audit: California Too Slow To Fix Contaminated Water Systems" [17]

"The water that comes out of the tap for more than 900,000 Californians is unsafe to drink and the state isn’t acting fast enough to help clean it up, state auditors said in a report released Tuesday."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
California [22]
Source: AP [23], 07/27/2022
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"Climate Disinformation Leaves Lasting Mark As World Heats" [24]

"In 1998, as nations around the world agreed to cut carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol, America’s fossil fuel companies plotted their response, including an aggressive strategy to inject doubt into the public debate."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Science [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [28], 07/27/2022
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"US Could Require Steps For Dams To Save Last Atlantic Salmon" [29]

"The federal government is conducting a review of four dams on a Maine river that could result in a lifeline for the last wild Atlantic salmon in the U.S."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: AP [32], 07/27/2022
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Oak Fire Tops 18,000 Acres, Destroys 41 Structures As Crews Battle Blaze [33]

"Since Friday, the Oak fire has consumed more than 18,000 acres of the sparsely populated mountain community. And by Tuesday morning, the blaze, located near Yosemite National Park, had destroyed 41 structures and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Forests [35]
Public [14]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [36], 07/27/2022
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"The Barbados Rebellion" [37]

"Caribbean nations are trapped between the global financial system and a looming climate disaster. One country’s leaders have been fighting to find a way out."
Climate Change [10]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [39], 07/27/2022
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"Papal Visit: 'It's Going To Take A Long Time'" [40]

"The Pope’s apology brings renewed calls for reconciliation, reparations".

Environmental Justice [41]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [42]
Public [14]
Source: ICT [43], 07/26/2022
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FPL Secretly Took Over A Florida News Site And Used It To Bash Critics [44]

"When Florida Power & Light faced a spate of bad publicity and political blowback, a small but ambitious news website called the Capitolist sprang to the public utility’s defense."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Source: McClatchy [46], 07/26/2022
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Is Calif. Carbon Capture Play a Climate Solution or a Ruse? [47]

"[As Californians] prepare to finalize a state climate plan that relies on CCS technology, some environmentalists are urging officials to abandon the idea. Instead of helping to wean California off fossil fuels, they say CCS will actually increase oil production."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [14]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [48], 07/26/2022
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"US To Plant 1 Billion Trees As Climate Change Kills Forests" [49]

"The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the U.S. West, as officials struggle to counter the increasing toll on the nation’s forests from wildfires, insects and other manifestations of climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Forests [35]
Natural Resources [50]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [51], 07/26/2022
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"Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us" [52]

"It keeps happening. Every summer, unprecedented heat surges through cities across the United States—in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio; and in Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. Last week, a heat wave melted records in Texas with unrelenting highs well into the 100s for days."

Climate Change [10]
Technology [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: TIME [54], 07/26/2022
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"Flooding Could Expose Toxic Soil In City Neighborhoods" [55]

"Climate change is surfacing industries’ toxic legacy in marginalized communities."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [41]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [57], 07/26/2022
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Pa. Just Lost A Key Tool To Address Its Abandoned Oil Well Problem [58]

""It’s a green light for the conventional oil and gas industry to continue to do what they’ve done, which is abandon these wells whenever they feel like it.""

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: Grist [60], 07/26/2022
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Atlanta Superfund Site Leaves Black Neighborhoods Wary of Gentrification [61]

"The EPA wants to test soil for lead contamination in two historically Black neighborhoods on Atlanta’s west side. Residents, eyeing the creep of gentrification, worry that the cleanup is part of an effort to push them out."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 07/26/2022
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"The Audacious PR Plot That Seeded Doubt About Climate Change" [63]

"Thirty years ago, a bold plan was cooked up to spread doubt and persuade the public that climate change was not a problem. The little-known meeting - between some of America's biggest industrial players and a PR genius - forged a devastatingly successful strategy that endured for years, and the consequences of which are all around us."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: BBC News [64], 07/26/2022
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