EJToday: Top Headlines

"Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon" [9]

"Bangladesh, a river delta nation, is on the front line of climate change. Its coping strategies could offer lessons for the wider world."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Asia [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 06/26/2023
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"Big Snails Mean Bigger Problems for Florida" [19]

"Invasive giant African land snails have now popped up in three counties across the state, it's bad news for plants and people."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Earther [23], 06/26/2023
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"Supreme Court Rejects Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Trust Claim" [24]

"The U.S. Supreme Court said the United States is not required “to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe” because that provision is not explicitly stated in the Navajo Treaty of 1868, according to its ruling in a 5-4 vote in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, released Thursday."

Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: ICT [30], 06/23/2023
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"Ford Gets $9.2 Billion to Help US Catch Up With China’s EV Dominance" [31]

"A deep-pocketed US government program designed to finance futuristic energy businesses is issuing a conditional $9.2 billion loan to Ford Motor Co. for the construction of three battery factories." "It’s one of the biggest loans to a US carmaker in more than a decade – and a watershed moment in Biden’s $400 billion plan to go all in on green technologies."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Transportation [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Green [35], 06/23/2023
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"3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Suits" [36]

"The chemical and manufacturing giant 3M reached a $10.3 billion settlement on Thursday with U.S. cities and towns over their claims that the company contaminated drinking water with so-called forever chemicals used in everything from firefighting foam to nonstick coatings."

Chemicals [37]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [25]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NYTimes [40], 06/23/2023
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"US Lagging on Ocean Plastic Litter, OECD Says in Critical Report" [41]

"An international organization of democracies chastised the US on Thursday for its outsize contribution to marine plastic litter."

Chemicals [37]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Studies [42]
Pollution [39]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [44], 06/23/2023
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"Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome" [45]

"The Oregon county that includes Portland on Thursday filed a lawsuit against several fossil fuel companies and their business partners in an effort to hold them responsible for a deadly heat wave in 2021."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
Source: NYTimes [47], 06/23/2023
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"Meteorologist Who Was Threatened Over Climate Coverage to Leave Job" [48]

"The chief meteorologist of a television news station in Iowa said this week that he was leaving his job to start a career in science, citing in large part the post-traumatic stress disorder that he said he had suffered after he was threatened last year over his on-air coverage of climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [49]
Journalism & Media [50]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Source: NYTimes [53], 06/23/2023
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"Beijing Soars Above 41 Degrees Celsius, Smashes June Record" [54]

"The temperature in Beijing breached 41 degrees Celsius on Thursday and shattered the record for the hottest day in June as heatwaves that had seared northern China a week earlier returned to the Chinese capital."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [25]
Public [16]
Asia [17]
Source: Reuters [55], 06/23/2023
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EPA Hearing: "Can Louisiana Properly Regulate Carbon Capture Wells? [56]

"Louisiana’s ability to regulate carbon capture injection wells went before the court of public opinion Wednesday as proponents and critics of the burgeoning industry sparred at the first day of a three-day public comment marathon on the state’s bid to wrest control of the wells from the federal government."

Chemicals [37]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [49]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [57], 06/23/2023
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"Twelve New Kids’ Beach Reads to Inspire Action and Adventure" [58]

"Young readers can become archaeologists, seaweed harvesters, and Arctic explorers, all through the pages of books."

Environmental Studies [42]
Journalism & Media [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Canada [59]
Source: Hakai [60], 06/23/2023
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Just Two People – But Millions Of Inhabitants On Tiny Cornish Island [61]

"Looe Island is a case study in how to boost biodiversity, a place where the wardens, Claire Lewis and her partner, Jon Ross, are the only residents, alongside gulls, godwits and comma butterflies".

Biodiversity [20]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Europe [62]
Source: Guardian [63], 06/23/2023
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"Biden Admin To Strengthen Endangered Species Protections" [64]

"The Biden administration rolled out a package Wednesday to fortify protections for plants and animals at risk of going extinct, restoring Endangered Species Act provisions that were curtailed during the Trump administration."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [49]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [65]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [66], 06/22/2023
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"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave" [67]

"A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [25]
Infrastructure [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 06/22/2023
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Enviros Petition Biden To Crack Down On Methane Emissions From Landfills [69]

"More than a dozen environmental groups are asking the Biden administration to crack down on methane emissions from landfills."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Waste [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [70], 06/22/2023
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