EJToday: Top Headlines

‘Weird’ Newspaper Shows Up In North Dakota Attacking Dakota Access Protests [9]

"The newspaper’s motto reads “Real data. Real value. Real news.” But there is nothing real about it."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [14]
Source: Floodlight [15], 11/06/2024
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"The World Promised to Tame Methane. Emissions Are Still Rising" [16]

"About 160 countries and 140 companies pledged to combat the potent greenhouse gas, yet releases from the fossil fuels sector remain near record highs."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [20]
Source: Bloomberg [21], 11/06/2024
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"Nearly All Of US States Are Facing Droughts, An Unprecedented Number" [22]

"Every US state except Alaska and Kentucky is facing drought, an unprecedented number, according to the US Drought Monitor."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [18]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [24], 11/06/2024
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Napa Valley Landfill Dumped Toxic Waste Into Waterways For Decades: Suit [25]

"A California landfill has been illegally dumping toxic waste into the Napa River for years, polluting waters that feed a valley known around the world for the quality of its vineyards, according to a federal lawsuit filed by landfill employees."

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [12]
California [29]
Source: The New Lede [30], 11/06/2024
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"Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards" [31]

"On a corner lot in Leimert Park in dusty South Los Angeles, not far from Obama and Crenshaw Boulevards, sits a curiosity that’s wildly different from all the neighboring grassy yards. Abundant and lush, it looks like a mash-up between a country idyll and something dreamed up by Dr. Seuss."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [32]
Food [33]
People & Population [34]
Public [12]
California [29]
Source: NYTimes [35], 11/06/2024
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"Trump Vows Anti-Reg Blitz" [36]

"Former President Donald Trump is promising a large-scale demolition of government regulations starting on Day One if he returns to the White House."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [39], 11/05/2024
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Tropical Storm Rafael Spins Toward The Cayman Islands As Cuba Prepares [40]

"A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica were issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen this week, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [41]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [42]
Source: AP [43], 11/05/2024
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Police In Brazil Indict Colombian Fish Trader In Journalist Killing [44]

"Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slaying of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday."

Activism [45]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [38]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [12]
South America [47]
Source: AP [48], 11/05/2024
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L.A. County Sues Pepsi And Coca-Cola Over Plastic Pollution [49]

"Los Angeles County has filed suit against the world’s largest beverage companies — Coca-Cola and Pepsi — claiming the soda and drink makers lied to the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and, as a result, left county residents and ecosystems choking in discarded plastic."

Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [50]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [12]
California [29]
Source: LA Times [52], 11/05/2024
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"EPA Paves The Way For Major Deepwater Oil Terminal" [53]

"The Department of Transportation is nearing a decision on a major oil export terminal planned for the Gulf of Mexico — and EPA isn’t standing in the way."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: E&E News [55], 11/05/2024
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"Invasive Species Spell Trouble for New York’s Beloved Tap Water" [56]

"Zebra mussels, hydrilla and now a waterflea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir."

Biodiversity [32]
Consumer [50]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [57]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [58]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 11/05/2024
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Pesticide PAC Money Surges Into States As Firms Seek To Limit Damage Awards [61]

"As pesticide companies struggle to cap legal payouts to plaintiffs who claim they were injured by Roundup and other products, money from two political committees affiliated with major pesticide manufacturers has surged into state-level politics."

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [26]
Consumer [50]
Economy & Business [62]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [38]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: U.S. RTK [63], 11/05/2024
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"Proposed Factory Farm Ban Divides California County" [64]

"When voters head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the next US president, residents of Sonoma County, California, will be asked to decide another contentious issue – they will be voting on a measure that would make their county the first in the nation to ban factory farms."

Agriculture [17]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [19]
Public [12]
California [29]
Source: The New Lede [65], 11/05/2024
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"New York City Tests A Solar-Powered Electric-School-Bus Microgrid" [66]

"Utility Con Edison and school-bus operator First Student see bus-charging depots equipped with solar and batteries as a win-win that supports the power grid."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [57]
Pollution [19]
Technology [67]
Transportation [68]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: Canary Media [69], 11/05/2024
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Threatened: Mexico City’s Floating Gardens Have Fed People For Centuries [70]

"Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family’s chinampa — one of the islands first built up by the Aztecs with fertile mud from the bottom of a lake that, later drained, would one day become Mexico City."

Agriculture [17]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [12]
Mexico [71]
Source: AP [72], 11/05/2024
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