EJToday: Top Headlines

"Extreme Weather Caused 18 Disasters In US Last Year, Costing $165Bn" [9]

"The US endured a particularly painful year as communities wrestled with the growing impacts of the climate crisis, with 18 major disasters wreaking havoc across the country as planet-heating emissions continued to climb."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [15], 01/11/2023
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The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars [16]

"For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [22], 01/11/2023
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"UN Says Ozone Layer Slowly Healing, Hole To Mend By 2066" [23]

"Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says."

Air [24]
Chemicals [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [27]
Public [13]
International [28]
Source: AP [29], 01/10/2023
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Grijalva Blasts House Rules Package For Making Public Land Transfers Easier [30]

"The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee blasted a provision in the proposed House rules package that would make it easier to transfer public lands, calling it an indication the new GOP majority intends to pursue a broadly pro-industry agenda."

Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [31], 01/10/2023
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"EPA, Pipeline Operator Reach Deal To Clean Up Kansas Spill" [32]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with a pipeline operator to clean up a spill that dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural Kansas creek."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [34]
Source: AP [35], 01/10/2023
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Low Salt Marsh Habitats Release More Carbon in Response to Warming: Study [36]

"Salt marshes, excellent reservoirs of carbon, are living ecosystems with vegetation and microscopic organisms that live, breathe, poop and die in the marsh mud."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [13]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 01/10/2023
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"India Expects Utilities' Annual Coal Demand To Surge About 8%" [39]

"India expects its power plants to burn about 8% more coal in the fiscal year ending March 2024, according to a senior government official and a power ministry presentation, after the country missed its 2022 renewable energy goal by more than 30%."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [13]
Asia [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 01/10/2023
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"The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record" [42]

"The world remained firmly in warming’s grip last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 being the fifth-hottest year on record, European climate researchers said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Science [43]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
International [28]
Source: NYTimes [45], 01/10/2023
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"U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.3% In 2022 - Rhodium" [46]

"Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from the previous year in 2022 by 1.3%, keeping the U.S. just 15.5% below 2005 levels and off track to meet its global pledge to slash emissions 50-52% by 2030, according to estimates published on Tuesday by research group Rhodium."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [47], 01/10/2023
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"Global Pollinator Losses Causing 500,000 Early Deaths A Year – Study" [48]

"The global loss of pollinators is already causing about 500,000 early deaths a year by reducing the supply of healthy foods, a study has estimated."

Agriculture [49]
Biodiversity [37]
Chemicals [25]
Environmental Health [50]
Food [51]
Public [13]
International [28]
Source: Guardian [52], 01/10/2023
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Louisiana Coastal Plan Update Promises Billions In Hurricane-Damage Savings [53]

"A draft update of the state’s $50 billion coastal master plan predicts that 61 new projects to build or protect land, a dozen new levees, and new efforts to elevate, flood-proof or relocate flood-prone homes will reduce annual hurricane storm surge damages by at least $11 billion per year by 2073."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [54]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [26]
Planning & Growth [56]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [57]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [59], 01/10/2023
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On Flooded Island Of Homeless People, Climate Change Gets Real [60]

"The raft to Bannon Island does not inspire confidence. But Dyrone Woods climbed aboard the piece of crumbling Styrofoam secured to the remains of a wood pallet anyway."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [61]
People & Population [62]
Public [13]
California [63]
Source: LA Times [64], 01/10/2023
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"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters" [65]

"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."

Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Military [66]
Public [13]
South America [67]
Source: AP [68], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution" [69]

"A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color."

Air [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [61]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [70], 01/09/2023
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Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy [71]

"Uncle Sam wants you to buy an electric vehicle. And he's willing to throw $7,500 your way to make it happen ... if you and the model you want both qualify."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [72]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [73], 01/09/2023
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