EJToday: Top Headlines

"Lula Lays Out A Vision For Brazil And The Planet At COP 27" [6]

"Brazil’s incoming president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, laid out his vision for the world’s largest rainforest and the future of a warming planet before hundreds of supporters at annual climate talks here Wednesday."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: E&E News [12], 11/17/2022
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"US Regulators To Vote On Largest Dam Demolition In History" [13]

"The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could be close to reality Thursday as U.S. regulators vote on a plan to remove four aging hydro-electric structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river habitat to imperiled salmon."

Agriculture [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
California [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Source: AP [23], 11/17/2022
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"A New Analysis Shows A 'Crisis' Of Male Reproductive Health" [24]

"Global average sperm count is declining at a quicker pace than previously known, chemical exposure is a suspected culprit."

Chemicals [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: EHN [27], 11/17/2022
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Maine Lobster Losing ‘Sustainable’ Label Over Gear Risk To Whales [28]

"A major seafood guide announced Wednesday it no longer considers Maine’s famed lobsters sustainable, given that whales on the brink of extinction are dying after becoming entangled in fishing gear."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [31]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Source: Washington Post [33], 11/17/2022
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"Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost" [34]

"Habitat loss and food shortages have pushed bats into closer proximity to horses and humans, fueling Hendra virus spillover, a new study suggests."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Health [26]
Wildlife [31]
Public [10]
International [11]
Australia & Oceania [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 11/17/2022
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"Nigeria Floods 80 Times More Likely With Climate Change" [37]

"Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely because of climate change, a rapid analysis by international climate attribution experts found."

Climate Change [7]
Disasters [38]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
Africa [39]
Source: AP [40], 11/17/2022
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Study Touting Hydrogen Was Funded By Gas Interests, E-Mails Show [41]

A study supporting the use of hydrogen as a fuel -- a position favored by the gas industry -- was funded by natural gas interests -- documents reveal.

Climate Change [7]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [43]
Science [44]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [32]
International [11]
Source: Boston Globe [45], 11/17/2022
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US Coastlines Could See Sea Level Rise Of ONE Foot By 2050: NASA [46]

"Sea level along contiguous U.S. coastlines could rise as much as one foot about today's waterline by 2050, according to a new analysis of three decades of satellite observations."

Climate Change [7]
Disasters [38]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Daily Mail [47], 11/17/2022
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"Outdoor Afro: Celebrating Black Joy in Nature" [48]

"Black people like nature, too. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at outdoor magazines — at least not before Outdoor Afro got started."

Activism [49]
Consumer [50]
Diversity [51]
Environmental Justice [16]
Journalism & Media [52]
Natural Resources [30]
People & Population [53]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: The Revelator [54], 11/17/2022
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"A Clash Over Degrees: How Hot Should Nations Allow the Earth to Get?" [55]

"The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are hints of backsliding."

Climate Change [7]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: NYTimes [56], 11/16/2022
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"New Measure of Climate’s Toll: Disasters Are Now Common Across U.S." [57]

"The rising toll of climate change across the United States has been measured in lives lost, buildings destroyed and dollars spent on recovery. But a report released on Wednesday uses a different measure: Which parts of the country have suffered the greatest number of federally declared disasters?" "A new report found that 90 percent of all counties nationwide have suffered a major disaster since 2011."

Climate Change [7]
Disasters [38]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: NYTimes [58], 11/16/2022
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"Insurance Fund For Climate Impacts Announced At UN Talks" [59]

_{"The Group of Seven leading economies launched a new insurance system Monday to provide swift financial aid when nations are hit by devastating effects of climate change."}

Climate Change [7]
Disasters [38]
Public [10]
International [11]
Source: AP [60], 11/16/2022
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"Oil Pollution In Egypt Threatens One Of World's Few Thriving Coral Reefs" [61]

"As Egypt hosts world leaders to discuss action over climate change, an oil terminal is dumping toxic wastewater on the country's Red Sea coast, an investigation by BBC News Arabic has found. A rare form of coral, that offers hope for preserving ocean life as the planet warms, could be a casualty.:

Energy & Fuel [15]
Pollution [62]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
Middle East [63]
Source: BBC News [64], 11/16/2022
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Enviros Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Okefenokee Swamp Protections [65]

"The Southern Environmental Law Center is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its summer decision to remove Clean Water Act protections from almost 600 acres of wetlands next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge."

Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Source: Savannah Morning News [67], 11/16/2022
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"A Proposed Lithium Mine Presents A Climate Versus Environment Conflict" [68]

"As world leaders meet for another climate summit in Egypt, the U.S. is pushing to mine more lithium for electric vehicle batteries at home. EVs will help cut pollution from transportation, the nation's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But there's a tradeoff, as residents have learned near Charlotte, where a big open-pit mine is proposed."

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Public [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [69]
Source: NPR [70], 11/16/2022
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