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Congress Members Want U.S. To Do More To Stop Record Tijuana Pollution [1]

"San Diego Congress members are calling on the U.S. State Department to press Mexico to address unprecedented levels of sewage pollution spilling over from Tijuana, causing unbearable rotten-egg odors for residents in the region."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [9]
Mexico [10]
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune [11], 09/04/2024
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"Biden’s Top Climate Negotiator to Visit China This Week" [12]

"John Podesta, President Biden’s top climate diplomat, is traveling to Beijing on Tuesday where he is expected to press Chinese leaders to make more ambitious plans to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Asia [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 09/04/2024
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Navajo Nation Strengthens Law On Transportation Of Uranium Across Its Land [17]

"The Navajo Nation has approved emergency legislation meant to strengthen a tribal law that regulates the transportation of radioactive material across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Pollution [5]
Waste [23]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: AP [25], 09/03/2024
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"The Rural Americans Too Poor for Federal Flood Protections" [26]

"On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.”"

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Daily Yonder/Climate Central [29], 09/03/2024
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"Countries Still Far Apart On COP29 Finance Goal" [30]

"With less than three months until this year's COP29 UN climate negotiations, countries remain far from agreement on the summit's biggest task: to agree a new funding target to help developing countries cope with climate change."

Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [7]
International [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 09/03/2024
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Making Sense of Jewish Perspectives on the Climate Story [33]

American Jews are heavily involved in climate action in both the political and civic realms. But current events in Israel and Gaza can make it hard for U.S. journalists to cover environmental stories important to Jews at home or abroad. Jewish freelancer Ethan Brown on differences and synergies between Israeli and American Jewish environmentalism and how to approach stories within each community.

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Activism [35]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [36]
Government [37]
Journalism & Media [38]
Military [39]
People & Population [28]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [40]
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National (U.S.) [8]
International [31]
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What Would Trump 2.0 Mean for the Environment? [42]

If former President Donald Trump recaptures the White House this fall, it would likely bring back a radical deregulatory, climate change-oblivious, fossil fuel-intensive environmental policy. But could the fallout be even greater? The new Issue Backgrounder examines how the Project 2025 agenda of Trump’s allies takes aim, in particular, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [43]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Policy [44]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region: 
International [31]
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Public [7]
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"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords." [45]

"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [13]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [48], 08/30/2024
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Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees. [49]

"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [50], 08/30/2024
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"Nonprofit Law Center Asks EPA to Take Over Water Permitting in N.C." [51]

"The unprecedented move highlights regulatory tensions between Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and an environmental rule-making commission controlled by appointees of Republican state legislative leaders."

Activism [35]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 08/29/2024
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