EJToday: Top Headlines

"Family, Friends Mourn British Journalist Killed In Brazil" [9]

"Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects on Sunday to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [14]
South America [15]
Source: AP [16], 06/27/2022
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"Summer Swelter: Persistent Heat Wave Breaks Records, Spirits" [17]

"From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more resembled the dog days of August."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: AP [21], 06/24/2022
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Biden Admin Tosses Trump Definition of ‘Habitat’ for Endangered Species [22]

"The Biden administration is throwing out the definition of “habitat” for endangered animals, returning to an understanding that existed before the government under President Donald J. Trump shrank the areas that could be protected for animals under threat of extinction."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Studies [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Wildlife [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 06/24/2022
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Haaland Lays Out Next Steps On Native Boarding Schools Probe, Legislation [28]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday outlined the next steps her department has planned to address the legacy of abuses at government-run schools for Indigenous children and legislation to examine the matter."

Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [31], 06/24/2022
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"Biden Teams With East Coast Governors To Boost Offshore Wind" [32]

"The White House on Thursday launched a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s plan for climate change."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [36], 06/24/2022
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"Biden’s Inner Circle Debates Future of Offshore Drilling" [37]

"President Biden’s top aides are weighing whether to ban new oil and gas drilling off America’s coasts, a move that would elate climate activists but could leave the administration vulnerable to Republican accusations that it is exacerbating an energy crunch as gas prices soar."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [38], 06/24/2022
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At Colorado River Delta, A Pulse Of Water Brings New Life [39]

"Beside a canal that runs through farmland, rushing water roared through an irrigation gate and flowed down a concrete culvert toward a wetland fringed with cottonwoods and willows."

Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [12]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mexico [41]
Source: LA Times [42], 06/24/2022
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"Trans Mountain Expansion a Money Loser for Taxpayers" [43]

"The soaring cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has pushed the uncompleted megaproject Ottawa bought to satisfy Alberta further into the red, says a report released Wednesday by the parliamentary budget officer."

Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Infrastructure [45]
Public [14]
Canada [46]
Source: The Tyee [47], 06/24/2022
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Fight To Crack Down On Air Pollution From Toronto’s Traffic Stalls [48]

"The air pollution flowing from vehicle exhaust pipes and the breakdown of rubber tires hangs over Toronto-area highways like a mostly invisible cloud."

Air [49]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [50]
Public [14]
Canada [46]
Source: The Narwhal [51], 06/24/2022
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"U.S. Monkeypox Response Mirrors Early Coronavirus Missteps, Experts Say" [52]

"Public health experts, including within the Biden administration, are increasingly concerned that the federal government’s handling of the largest-ever U.S. monkeypox outbreak is mirroring its cumbersome response to the coronavirus pandemic 2½ years ago, with potentially dire consequences."

Biodiversity [11]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [53], 06/24/2022
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"UN Rights Body Expert Says He Will Fight For Climate Refugees" [54]

"A newly appointed U.N. expert on climate change and human rights said he will fight for legal protection for people driven across international borders by extreme weather, drought and rising sea levels, he said on Thursday."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [18]
People & Population [30]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [55], 06/24/2022
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"Biden Gas Tax Call Lands With A Thud" [56]

"President Biden made his latest push to ease prices for Americans on Wednesday by calling for a gasoline tax holiday. But he faces an uphill climb on Capitol Hill to enact it as Democratic leaders gave the proposal a lukewarm reception."

Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [57], 06/23/2022
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"Biden Picks First Woman, Person Of Color As Science Adviser" [58]

"President Joe Biden nominated the former head of two federal science and engineering agencies to be his science adviser, who if confirmed by the Senate, will be the first woman, person of color and immigrant to hold that Cabinet-level position."

Environmental Politics [34]
Science [59]
Technology [60]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [61], 06/23/2022
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"Brazil's Lula Sets Out 'Net Zero Deforestation' Aim In Election Bid" [62]

"Brazil's former president and front-runner in October elections, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, would seek "net zero deforestation" in the country if elected, a political plan published Tuesday said."

Environmental Politics [34]
Forests [63]
Public [14]
South America [15]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [64], 06/23/2022
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Enviros, Property Owners Sue To Block $2.5-Billion Dam In Santa Clara Co. [65]

"As California endures water restrictions due to widespread drought, a proposed $2.5-billion reservoir expansion project in Santa Clara County promises to increase the amount of freshwater for more than a million people."

Activism [10]
Environmental Politics [34]
Environmental Studies [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
California [66]
Source: LA Times [67], 06/23/2022
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