EJToday: Top Headlines

Western Monarch Butterfly Count Hits Five-Year High – For Now [9]

"The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California rebounded to more than 247,000 a year after fewer than 2,000 appeared, but the tally remained far below the millions that were seen in the 1980s, leaders of an annual count said on Tuesday."

Biodiversity [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [14], 01/26/2022
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"High Court Drops ‘Earthquake’ on Federal Water Protections" [15]

"The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to deal federal wetland and waterway safeguards a near-fatal blow by hearing arguments to limit the scope of the EPA’s power under the Clean Water Act, attorneys say."

Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [23], 01/25/2022
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"Heavy Smog Blankets Beijing Ahead Of Olympics" [24]

"With less than two weeks to go until the Opening Ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese government said it is battling “extremely unfavorable” weather to clear the city’s skies of hazardous smog."

Air [25]
Pollution [21]
Public [12]
International [26]
Source: Washington Post [27], 01/25/2022
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ConocoPhillips’ Arctic Oil Plan Is a Defining Moment for Joe Biden [28]

"After the Trump administration rushed through the Willow project in its waning days, a federal judge temporarily halted development pending additional review. Environmentalists want Biden to kill Willow once and for all."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 01/25/2022
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"Aerial Surveys Detect Dozens Of Methane 'Super-Emitters' In Permian" [32]

"Around 30 oil and gas facilities across the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico spewed large amounts of methane for three years, emitting the equivalent annual climate pollution from half a million cars, according to a report released on Monday."

Air [25]
Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Pollution [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Reuters [34], 01/25/2022
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"Minnesota Court Orders Review Of Water Permit For Polymet Mine" [35]

"The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday ordered state regulators to reconsider a wastewater permit that was granted to PolyMet Mining Corp (POM.TO) to build an open-pit copper mine, though judges rejected six other challenges to the permit from environmentalists."

Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 01/25/2022
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"How Biden Could Close Coal Plants Without CO2 Regulations" [38]

"EPA is preparing to Supreme Court-proof President Biden’s ambitions for a carbon-free power grid by looking beyond direct greenhouse gas regulation and relying on the knock-on effect of stricter air, waste and water rules."

Climate Change [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [39], 01/25/2022
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"Trump EPA Chief's Bid For Top Virginia Environmental Post Likely Doomed" [40]

"Democratic state senators in Virginia are signaling that they have the votes to block Andrew Wheeler, Donald Trump’s controversial second head of the Environmental Protection Agency and a former coal lobbyist, from becoming the state’s top environmental official."

Environmental Politics [41]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: HuffPost [43], 01/25/2022
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California Rooftop Solar War Heats Up As Regulators Pull Reform Proposal [44]

"Ballot initiatives to protect the current system, which state regulators say steals from the poor to benefit the rich, are filed for 2022 election".

Consumer [45]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
California [46]
Source: San Jose Mercury News [47], 01/25/2022
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"Can They Go Home Again?" [48]

"The Marshall Fire destroyed the Colorado subdivision of Sagamore. Homeowners weigh how to build back -- and whether they will feel safe."

Climate Change [29]
Consumer [45]
Disasters [49]
People & Population [50]
Planning & Growth [51]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [52], 01/25/2022
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"Why California’s ‘Great Bacon Crisis’ Has Yet To Arrive" [53]

"The pork industry claimed new animal welfare rules would bring chaos to the supply chain. Proponents say they need to get with the program".

Agriculture [54]
Consumer [45]
Food [55]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
California [46]
Source: Guardian [56], 01/25/2022
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Bloated Costs Take Over Georgia Nuclear Plant; Fight Looms Over Who Pays [57]

"Vogtle’s two new nuclear reactors are six years late and at least $16 billion over their original budget. The plant will have no direct carbon footprint, but critics say there are much cheaper ways to reduce emissions."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [58]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 01/24/2022
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"Shell CCS Plant Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It's Captured" [60]

"A new report provides some damning new math on one of the oil giant's much-hyped CCS projects."

"Oil companies love to tell the world about the super cool technologies that have that will allow us to keep burning fossil fuels without cooking the climate. But those technologies are largely bullshit.
Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [41]
Environmental Studies [61]
Journalism & Media [62]
Public [12]
Canada [63]
Source: Earther [64], 01/24/2022
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"US, Colorado Reach Proposed Settlement In 2015 Mine Spill" [65]

"Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute over who’s responsible for continuing cleanup at a Superfund site that was established after a massive 2015 spill of hazardous mine waste that fouled rivers with a sickly yellow sheen in three states and the Navajo Nation."

Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [66], 01/24/2022
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"NYC, Others Join White House Building Efficiency Partnership" [67]

"The White House unveiled a partnership on Friday with 33 state and local governments to make the nation’s buildings more efficient."

Climate Change [29]
Infrastructure [68]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [51]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [69], 01/24/2022
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