EJToday: Top Headlines

"Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves" [9]

"Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to agree Friday on a roadmap for the creation of three new marine protected areas—a goal that has proven elusive for years."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [18]
Antarctica & Arctic [19]
Source: AFP [20], 06/26/2023
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"EPA Proposes Mercury Limits From Iron Ore Processing" [21]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comments until June 29 on proposed revisions to emission standards for mining operations that process taconite, a low-grade iron ore."

Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: ICT [24], 06/26/2023
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Fertilizer Giant Threw Fundraiser for Sponsor of FL ‘Radioactive Roads’ Bill [25]

"Tampa-based Fortune 500 fertilizer company Mosaic last month hosted and paid nearly $25,000 for a fundraising event for the state lawmaker who sponsored the controversial “radioactive roads” bill recently approved by the Florida Legislature."

Agriculture [26]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [31], 06/26/2023
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"‘Chronic Wasting Disease’ Found In Florida Deer For First Time" [32]

"A deadly disease that plagues deer was recently detected in the remains of a road-killed deer in Florida — marking the first known instance of the illness found in the state, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Thursday."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Studies [34]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: S Fl Sun-Sentinel [36], 06/26/2023
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Civil Eats: "Our Summer 2023 Food and Farming Book Guide" [37]

"As summer kicks off, Civil Eats recommends 31 new food and farming books."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [33]
Consumer [38]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [27]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Civil Eats [41], 06/26/2023
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"Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon" [42]

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

Agriculture [26]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [39]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Asia [43]
Source: NYTimes [44], 06/26/2023
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"Big Snails Mean Bigger Problems for Florida" [45]

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

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [33]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Earther [46], 06/26/2023
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"Supreme Court Rejects Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Trust Claim" [47]

"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 [27]
Environmental Justice [48]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [49]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Source: ICT [51], 06/23/2023
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"Ford Gets $9.2 Billion to Help US Catch Up With China’s EV Dominance" [52]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Transportation [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Bloomberg Green [54], 06/23/2023
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"3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Suits" [55]

"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 [56]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [57], 06/23/2023
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"US Lagging on Ocean Plastic Litter, OECD Says in Critical Report" [58]

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

Chemicals [56]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Studies [34]
Pollution [22]
Waste [59]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 06/23/2023
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"Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome" [61]

"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 [10]
Disasters [39]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Northwest (OR WA) [62]
Source: NYTimes [63], 06/23/2023
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"Meteorologist Who Was Threatened Over Climate Coverage to Leave Job" [64]

"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 [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [65]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [66]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [67]
Source: NYTimes [68], 06/23/2023
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"Beijing Soars Above 41 Degrees Celsius, Smashes June Record" [69]

"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 [10]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Environmental Health [27]
Public [17]
Asia [43]
Source: Reuters [70], 06/23/2023
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EPA Hearing: "Can Louisiana Properly Regulate Carbon Capture Wells? [71]

"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 [56]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [48]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [72], 06/23/2023
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