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Rich People’s Swimming Pools Are Fueling Water Crises In Cities; Study [1]

"Rich elites are fueling water crises by using huge amounts of limited water resources on things like their private swimming pools, irrigating their gardens and washing their cars, a new study says, adding that their use of water could affect urban areas “at least as much as climate change or population growth.”

Environmental Justice [2]
People & Population [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 04/12/2023
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"A Jail For Wayward Polar Bears? You Must Be In Churchill, Canada…" [8]

"The 900 residents of the Manitoba town have learned to share their streets on the edge of the Arctic with the huge animals and the eager tourists who come to see them".

Biodiversity [9]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Wildlife [12]
Public [5]
Canada [13]
Source: Guardian [14], 04/11/2023
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E. Palestine Not Alone: Communities Around US Grapple With Toxic Exposure [15]

"A February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, shone a spotlight on the impact of toxic chemicals. But communities who are exposed to such chemicals on a more routine basis say they’re still waiting for the same level of recognition."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: The Hill [21], 04/10/2023
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April 21, 2023

#SEJ2023 Opening Plenary: Clean Energy and the Land — The High-Stakes Battle Over Climate Solutions [22]

Join the livestream of the #SEJ2023 opening plenary examining how confronting the climate crisis will require huge amounts of land and resources — for solar panels, wind turbines, power lines and mines that extract lithium, cobalt and antimony. 9:00-10:15 a.m. MT.

SEJ Regional Conferences [23]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [9]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Journalism & Media [25]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [3]
Planning & Growth [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]

"Groups Petition US EPA To Force Reporting Of Waste Incinerator Emissions" [28]

"Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel."

Air [29]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [19]
Waste [31]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [32], 04/04/2023
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"Unheralded Environmentalist: Jimmy Carter’s Green Legacy" [33]

"With the former president now in hospice care, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird looks back on Jimmy Carter’s environmental record in the White House — from his sweeping protection of Alaska’s wild lands to his efforts to push the nation toward renewable energy."

Biodiversity [9]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: YaleE360 [34], 04/03/2023
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"Horses Came To American West By Early 1600s, Study Finds" [35]

"A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s, earlier than many written histories suggest."

Biodiversity [9]
People & Population [3]
Wildlife [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [36], 03/31/2023
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"EPA Proposes to Add First-Ever Navajo Site to Superfund List" [37]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District to the Superfund National Priorities List, according to EPA Thursday. The site, located entirely on the Navajo Nation, holds over a hundred waste piles stemming from uranium mining, the agency said."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 03/31/2023
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"Elderly Swiss Women Bring European Court's First Climate Case" [41]

"Thousands of elderly Swiss women have joined forces in a groundbreaking case heard on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that their government's "woefully inadequate" efforts to fight global warming violate their human rights."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [3]
Public [5]
International [6]
Europe [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 03/30/2023
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April 12, 2023 to April 13, 2023

Webinar: Unfence the Future — Taking Down Fortress Conservation and Its Enduring Legacy [44]

The Natural History Museum, Survival International and CUNY Center for the Humanities invite you to a free two-day virtual symposium on the logic of fencing wilderness (“fortress conservation”) to expel perceived threats to ecological balance — from Indigenous Peoples to predator species.

Other Events [45]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [46]
Biodiversity [9]
Disasters [47]
Diversity [48]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [2]
Environmental Politics [30]
Forests [49]
Infrastructure [50]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [3]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [51]
Wildlife [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]

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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rich-people-s-swimming-pools-are-fueling-water-crises-cities-study [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [7] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/11/water-crisis-swimming-pool-cape-town/ [8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/jail-wayward-polar-bears-you-must-be-churchill-canada [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [14] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/10/a-jail-for-wayward-polar-bears-you-must-be-in-churchill-canada [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/e-palestine-not-alone-communities-around-us-grapple-toxic-exposure [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [21] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3939919-east-palestine-isnt-alone-communities-around-the-country-grapple-with-toxic-chemical-exposure/ [22] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej2023-opening-plenary-clean-energy-and-land-high-stakes-battle-over-climate-solutions [23] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/conferences/regional [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/groups-petition-us-epa-force-reporting-waste-incinerator-emissions [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [32] https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/groups-petition-us-epa-force-reporting-waste-incinerator-emissions-2023-04-03/ [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/unheralded-environmentalist-jimmy-carter-s-green-legacy [34] https://e360.yale.edu/features/jimmy-carter-environmental-legacy [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/horses-came-american-west-early-1600s-study-finds [36] https://apnews.com/article/horses-arrive-north-america-indian-indigenous-archaeology-ae077bba7a456cf6de7d655314fb8a0a [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-proposes-add-first-ever-navajo-site-superfund-list [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [40] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/epa-proposes-to-add-first-ever-navajo-site-to-superfund-list [41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/elderly-swiss-women-bring-european-courts-first-climate-case [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [43] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elderly-swiss-women-bring-european-courts-first-climate-case-2023-03-29/ [44] https://www.sej.org/calendar/webinar-unfence-future-taking-down-fortress-conservation-and-its-enduring-legacy [45] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/religion-faith-and-spirituality [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=150 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=147 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=148 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=149 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=152 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=153 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=154 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=155 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population?page=324