EJToday: Top Headlines

"Davos 2023: Big Oil In Sights Of Climate Activist Protests" [9]

"Big oil firms came under pressure at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) from activists who accused them of hijacking the climate debate, while a Greta Thunberg-sponsored "cease and desist" campaign gained support on social media."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 01/17/2023
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"African Activists Cast Doubt Over Climate Talks’ Credibility" [17]

"Climate activists in Africa are expressing anger toward the United Nations climate agency, accusing it of allowing corporations and individuals with dubious climate credentials to greenwash their polluting activities by participating in its annual climate conference."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [15]
Source: AP [20], 01/17/2023
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"Feds Offer $700M To Lithium Project At Heart of ESA Dispute" [21]

"The Biden administration on Friday offered its first loan commitment for a lithium processing plant, backing a facility in southwest Nevada that would provide the highly sought mineral needed for EV batteries but that some environmentalists contend will further threaten an endangered flower."

Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [24], 01/17/2023
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"Skipped Showers, Paper Plates: An Arizona Suburb’s Water Is Cut Off" [25]

"Joe McCue thought he had found a desert paradise when he bought one of the new stucco houses sprouting in the granite foothills of Rio Verde, Ariz. There were good schools, mountain views and cactus-spangled hiking trails out the back door. Then the water got cut off."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [26]
Disasters [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 01/17/2023
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‘Death By 1,000 Clearcuts’: Canada’s Deep-Snow Caribou Are Vanishing [32]

"The B.C. government spends millions on extreme measures — like wolf culls and maternity pens — to support these mountain-loving herds found nowhere else in the world. Yet such efforts fail to offset the habitat destruction at the root of their disappearance".

Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [33]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [34]
Public [14]
Canada [35]
Source: The Narwhal [36], 01/17/2023
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Major Prairie Dog Die-Off Had Consequences For Other Animals, Wildland [37]

"When plague struck black-tailed prairie dogs in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Wyoming in 2017, a huge die-off followed. It spelled disaster for the burrowing rodents. But for researchers, it provided an opportunity for a “natural experiment” in the consequences of a single species’ collapse."

Agriculture [38]
Biodiversity [22]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [39]
Wildlife [34]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 01/17/2023
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"Climate Gentrification Is Coming to Hurricane-Wrecked Florida" [42]

"You might assume that home prices would decline in an area recently wrecked by a hurricane, but a new study finds the opposite is true, and post-storm price hikes could be a major driver of what’s known as climate gentrification."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [26]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Earther [43], 01/17/2023
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"Road Salts Wash Into Mississippi River, Damaging Ecosystems and Pipes" [44]

"This winter has already brought significant snowfall to much of the U.S. Historically, more snow has meant more road salt. It’s an effective way to clear roads — but also brings cascading environmental impacts as it washes into rivers and streams."

Chemicals [45]
Infrastructure [28]
Pollution [46]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [48], 01/17/2023
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"Monitors Show Months-Old Alabama Landfill Fire Polluting Air" [49]

"An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors."

Air [50]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Justice [51]
Pollution [46]
Waste [52]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: AP [54], 01/17/2023
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"Newfoundlanders Identify With The Ocean. Now Some Are Moving Inland." [55]

"Scott Strickland built his life by the water. The 51-year-old Newfoundland man descended from generations of lighthouse keepers who helped guide sailors safely to Port aux Basques, named for the Basque whalers who sought refuge there five centuries ago."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
People & Population [56]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
Canada [35]
Source: Washington Post [57], 01/17/2023
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Exxon Scientists Predicted Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts: Study [58]

"In the late 1970s, scientists at Exxon fitted one of the company’s supertankers with state-of-the-art equipment to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean and in the air, an early example of substantial research the oil giant conducted into the science of climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [60], 01/13/2023
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"U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Exports Of Reserve Oil To China" [61]

"The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday to ban releases of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve from being exported to China, though the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [62]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [63], 01/13/2023
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"Brazil Makes Official Bid For Amazonian City To Host COP30" [64]

"Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he had officially launched a bid for the northeastern city of Belem to host the COP30 international climate summit in 2025, fulfilling a promise he made last year."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Reuters [65], 01/13/2023
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"Korean Solar Company Plans to Build $2.5 Billion Plant in Georgia" [66]

"A Korean solar company, Hanwha Qcells, announced on Wednesday that it would spend $2.5 billion to build a large manufacturing complex in Georgia. The plant will produce critical components for solar panels and build complete panels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [67], 01/13/2023
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"Interior Proposes 5-Year Schedule For Offshore Wind Sales" [68]

"The Biden administration plans to mandate a five-year schedule for offshore wind auctions, mirroring the pace of offshore oil sale planning currently called for in federal law."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Government [69]
Infrastructure [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [70], 01/13/2023
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