EJToday: Top Headlines

"Chamber Of Death’: Italian Tuna Fishers Fight To Preserve Ancient Tradition [9]

"A sustainable technique for catching tuna that goes back thousands of years is on the verge of extinction in Italy – but not for a lack of fish".

Fish & Fisheries [10]
People & Population [11]
Public [12]
Europe [13]
Source: Guardian [14], 02/16/2024
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US Government Ran Decade-Long Campaign Against The Anti-Pipeline Movement [15]

"Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets."

Activism [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Government [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Type Investigations [22], 02/16/2024
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Kentucky Senate Takes Aim At ‘Harassing’ Drones Photographing Livestock [23]

"A bill backed by Kentucky’s poultry industry and approved by the Senate Thursday would subject drone operators to new restrictions that opponents warn could help hide health and safety hazards in food production."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Kentucky Lantern [28], 02/16/2024
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When a Climate Denier Becomes Louisiana Governor: Landry’s First Month [29]

"In his first four weeks in office, Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has filled the ranks of state environmental posts with fossil fuel industry executives."

Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Floodlight [32], 02/16/2024
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Enviros Sue To Force Feds To Finalize Ship Speed Rules That Protect Whales [33]

"A coalition of environmental groups has sued the federal government to try to force the finalization of ship speed rules that the groups say are critically important to save a vanishing species of whale."

Biodiversity [25]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [37], 02/16/2024
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"Hope on the Halfshell" - Oyster Restoration Protects the Chesapeake Bay [38]

"The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has released a new report outlining how restoring the Bay’s native oyster populations could bolster climate resilience and community vitality."

Biodiversity [25]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Natural Resources [39]
Pollution [40]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: WBOC [42], 02/16/2024
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"Indigenous Languages Are Founts of Environmental Knowledge" [43]

"Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals, and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues".

Biodiversity [25]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [26]
Natural Resources [39]
People & Population [11]
Public [12]
International [45]
Source: Knowable [46], 02/16/2024
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"A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’" [47]

"Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could transform into grasslands or weakened ecosystems in the coming decades, a new study found, as climate change, deforestation and severe droughts like the one the region is currently experiencing damage huge areas beyond their ability to recover."

Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [48]
Forests [49]
Natural Resources [39]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [12]
South America [50]
Source: NYTimes [51], 02/15/2024
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"Farmers, Tribes Reach ‘Historic’ Klamath River Deal" [52]

"The Interior Department on Wednesday announced an armistice in the battle over the Klamath River, unveiling an agreement between farmers reliant on the waterway for irrigation and tribal nations seeking to restore the region’s fisheries."

Agriculture [24]
Environmental Politics [31]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [39]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
Source: E&E News [56], 02/15/2024
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Giant Baytown Refinery Complex Wants To Expand Amid Community Backlash [57]

"Exxon’s Baytown complex in the Houston-area has the third largest oil refinery in the U.S. and is requesting permit renewal for its olefins plant despite repeated violations to the Clean Air Act."

Air [58]
Chemicals [59]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [60]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [40]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Source: EHN [62], 02/15/2024
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"Anxiety Builds As Deadline For Biden Rules Nears" [63]

"The administration is facing a deadline this spring to finalize rules to ensure that they’re shielded from procedural rollbacks in the event that Republicans take hold of Congress and the White House next year."

Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [64], 02/15/2024
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"The East Coast Is Sinking" [65]

"New satellite-based research reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise. A major culprit: overpumping of groundwater."

Natural Resources [39]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [66], 02/15/2024
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"Google To Share Oil And Gas Methane Leaks Spotted From Space" [67]

"Google and environmental group Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday unveiled a partnership to expose sources of climate-warming emissions from oil and gas operations that will be detected from space by a new satellite."

Activism [16]
Air [58]
Chemicals [59]
Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Pollution [40]
Technology [68]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [45]
Source: Reuters [69], 02/15/2024
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"In $100 Million Colorado River Deal, Water and Power Collide" [70]

"The new owners of the water right intend to make no changes to its flow, leasing it to the hydropower plant currently using it and then sending it downstream to communities, farmers and fish in western Colorado."

Agriculture [24]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 02/15/2024
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As Carbon-Intensive Farms Grow, Vilsack Urges Climate Action [72]

"The new Census of Agriculture shows carbon-intensive farms and large, factory-scale animal operations are only getting bigger."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [73], 02/15/2024
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