EJToday: Top Headlines

Drought, Disease Killed 36.3 Million Trees In California Last Year [9]

"Roughly 36.3 million dead trees were counted across California in 2022, a dramatic increase from previous years that experts are blaming on drought, insects and disease, according to a report by the U.S. Forest Service."

Climate Change [10]
Forests [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [14]
Source: LA Times [15], 02/08/2023
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"How Tensions With Russia Are Jeopardizing Key Arctic Research" [16]

"With the Ukraine war, international collaborations with Russia on Arctic research and governance have been strained or broken off. This loss of critical cooperation is compromising efforts to confront mounting environmental risks in the Arctic, from shrinking sea ice to pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [17]
Military [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [21]
Antarctica & Arctic [22]
Source: YaleE360 [23], 02/08/2023
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Pair Is Charged With Plotting to ‘Destroy Baltimore’ by Attacking Grid [24]

"Federal law enforcement officials have arrested two people accused of conspiring to “completely destroy Baltimore” in what they described on Monday as a racist plot to demolish the power grid in a predominantly Black city."

Disasters [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 02/07/2023
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"Toxic Fumes Are Released From Burning Train That Derailed in Ohio" [32]

"A rail operator on Monday released toxic fumes from several derailed train cars that it said were at risk of exploding in East Palestine, Ohio, after the authorities ordered residents on both sides of the state’s border with Pennsylvania to evacuate to avoid a deadly threat."

Chemicals [33]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [34]
Infrastructure [27]
Pollution [35]
Transportation [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 02/07/2023
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"Census: Disasters Displaced More Than 3 Million Americans In 2022" [39]

"More than 3 million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the past year because of a natural disaster, according to a new Census Bureau tally that marks a rare federal effort to assess the uprooting caused by hurricanes, floods and other events."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
People & Population [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [41], 02/07/2023
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"Nevada Monument Will Shield Sacred Tribal Land — From Renewables" [42]

"For years now, Native American tribes have sought more protections for the federal lands in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada that are central to their core beliefs about creation. But advocates say the effort took on new urgency as renewable energy developers eyed pieces of the same land for projects that could fit into the Biden administration’s push for clean electricity."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [44]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [19]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: E&E News [48], 02/07/2023
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"Essential Insects In East Asia Have Declined Massively, Study Finds" [49]

"Cabbage moths, corn borers and other plant-eating insects crucial to ecosystems have declined dramatically in East Asia over the past two decades — along with dragonflies and other predator insects that eat them, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances."

Biodiversity [50]
Public [13]
International [21]
Asia [51]
Source: Washington Post [52], 02/07/2023
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Coal Ash Along Shores of Great Lakes Threatens Water as Residents Protest [53]

"More than 100 coal ash waste sites, many unregulated, sit just feet from the Great Lakes, raising concerns for nearby communities and the 30 million people who rely on the lakes for drinking water."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [34]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 02/07/2023
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"Climate Denial Campaign Goes Retro With New Textbook" [55]

"This week, the [Heartland Institute] sent copies of its book “Climate at a Glance” to 8,000 middle and high school teachers across the country, in order to provide them, it says, with “the data to show the earth is not experiencing a climate crisis.”"

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [44]
Environmental Studies [17]
Journalism & Media [56]
Science [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Grist [57], 02/07/2023
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"Some Corals Are More Heat Resistant Than Thought" [58]

"The vast genetic diversity of corals means there are some that may survive warming waters. Now scientists just need to find them."

Biodiversity [50]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [17]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: Eos [59], 02/07/2023
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"Making Sense of Menhaden" [60]

"In the Chesapeake Bay, a fight is raging over a little fish with an outsized importance."

"Over the week of July 4, 2022, people flocking to Chesapeake Bay’s Virginia coast were met at the water’s edge by hordes of ghastly visitors: schools of hand-sized silver menhaden washed up by the thousands, their carcasses floating in the surf in the summer’s heat. By the week’s end, as the fish liquefied in a dumpster at a nearby wharf, circulating petitions were gaining signatures.
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Hakai [62], 02/07/2023
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"Battling Lava and Snowstorms to Keep a Climate Project Alive" [63]

"Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano."

Science [20]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [64], 02/07/2023
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50-Car Hazmat Train Derailment Causes Big Fire, Evacuations In Ohio [65]

"A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and charred mass of boxcars and flames Saturday as authorities launched a federal investigation and monitored air quality from the various hazardous chemicals in the train."

Chemicals [33]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [34]
Infrastructure [27]
Pollution [35]
Transportation [36]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: AP [66], 02/06/2023
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"At Least 24 Dead In Chile As Wildfires Expand; Foreign Help On The Way" [67]

"Firefighters were battled dozens of raging wildfires in Chile on Sunday, seeking to gain control of one of the country’s worst natural disasters in years as the death toll rose to at least 24 with nearly 1,000 more injured."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
Forests [11]
Public [13]
South America [68]
Source: Reuters [69], 02/06/2023
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U.S. Includes Dam Emissions in UN Climate Reporting for the First Time [70]

"For the first time, the U.S. government in 2022 included methane emissions from dams and reservoirs in its annual report of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to the Inventory of Greenhouse Gases and Sinks required by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: The Revelator [71], 02/06/2023
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