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Heat And A Hurricane Hit U.S., Other Wild Weather Around The World [1]

"As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the U.S. South and West, the world is set for another week of wild weather that human-caused climate change makes more likely."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: AP [9], 07/09/2024
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Will the Coming Plastics Treaty Solve the Problem Or Enshrine It? [10]

A major intergovernmental gathering later this year will address plastic pollution, including in oceans. But an overview from our Issue Backgrounder notes that the likelihood of solving the problem may be small. One reason? Petrochemical industry lobbying. Another? The shifting world market for plastic waste. And there are more concerns, such as the effectiveness of incineration and chemical recycling techniques. More, including questions to ask, in Backgrounder.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Asia [23]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"Albuquerque Made Itself Drought-Proof. Then Its Dam Started Leaking." [24]

"Cities across the West rely on fragile water sources — and aging infrastructure."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [26]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: Grist [29], 07/08/2024
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"Gaining Ground on the East Coast’s Intracoastal Waterway" [30]

"Scientists hope a sediment-laying strategy can help preserve the marine highway while restoring marshlands."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [2]
Infrastructure [26]
Natural Resources [32]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Undark [33], 07/08/2024
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"Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty" [34]

"Allegations of possible payments to help secure votes. Claims of abuse of agency funds by top diplomats. A possible job offer to entice a candidate to withdraw from a race. These are not the shenanigans of a corrupt election in an unstable country. Rather, they are efforts in the seemingly genteel parlors of a United Nations-affiliated agency, meant to sway decisions related to the start of seabed mining of the metals used in electric vehicles."

Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [37]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
International [8]
Source: NYTimes [38], 07/08/2024
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Failed Minnesota Dam One of Nearly 200 Across Midwest in ‘Poor’ Condition [39]

"Especially in the Midwest, climate change presents a growing threat to the nation’s nearly 92,000 dams, many more than 100 years old, as heavy rainfall, flooding and other forms of extreme weather become more common and severe."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Infrastructure [26]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 07/08/2024
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‘Endangered’ USGS Pesticide Database Shows Wide Chemical Impact [41]

Pesticides are a major environmental and public health issue — harming vulnerable human populations, as well as contributing to declines in insect populations and even the birds that feed on them. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores an invaluable government database that reports estimates of county-level use of a wide array of these chemicals, but which recently faced severe cutbacks. Read more about the Pesticide National Synthesis Project.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [43]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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November 25, 2024 to December 1, 2024

UNEP Fifth Session (INC-5) on Plastic Pollution [44]

The United Nation Environment Programme's fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5), takes place in Busan, Republic of Korea.

News Events & Press Conferences [45]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [36]
Policy [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region: 
International [8]
Asia [23]

Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks [46]

"The world’s biggest banks and investors are continuing to funnel billions of dollars to carbon-intensive industrial livestock companies, undermining their own pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fueling an ongoing boom in meat and milk production that threatens global climate goals."

Agriculture [25]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [16]
Food [43]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 07/03/2024
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"Deadly Hurricane Beryl Churns Toward Jamaica, Causes 'Immense Destruction'" [48]

"Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday after battering smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and scientists cited human-caused climate change as the likely culprit for the storm's rapid strengthening."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Mexico [50]
Central America & the Caribbean [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 07/03/2024
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