EJToday: Top Headlines

"FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Backlog. Can It?" [9]

"In the fall of 2007, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission raised concerns about how to manage the unprecedented number of renewable energy projects seeking to connect to the U.S. grid. The agency is still grappling with the issue more than 15 years later — except now, the problem is worse, and the stakes are higher."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 06/05/2023
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"The Indigenous Forager Reconnecting Native Americans With Their Roots" [16]

"Twila Cassadore hopes teaching Western Apache traditional foodways can aid mental, emotional and spiritual health".

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Food [21]
Health [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Guardian [27], 06/05/2023
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"Debt Deal Pares Federal Role in Environmental Permitting Reviews" [28]

"Permitting changes included in the deal to suspend the debt limit are drawing concern from environmentalists who say many projects would escape federal review under the proposal making its way through Congress."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 06/02/2023
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Renewable Energy Surges, Driven By Solar Boom And High Fuel Prices: Report [32]

"The world is set to add a record amount of renewable electricity capacity this year as governments and consumers seek to offset high energy prices and take advantage of a boom in solar power, according to a new report Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: AP [34], 06/02/2023
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Industry Documents Show Firms Knew About Forever Chemicals for Decades [35]

"Major chemical companies were aware of the dangers forever chemicals posed to the public, years before they were forced to admit it. A new study in Annals of Global Health examined previously secret industry documents and saw exactly how manufacturers DuPont and 3M purposely distorted public knowledge about PFAS in their products."

Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Earther [37], 06/02/2023
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Plastic Containers Still Distributed Across The US Are Potential Threat [38]

"Consumer groups are condemning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing plastic containers made with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” to continue being distributed across the economy – even though the agency is suing a top manufacturer over the dangerous compounds leaching into containers’ contents, such as food or personal care products."

Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [18]
Food [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [40], 06/02/2023
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"When Political Refugees Become Climate Refugees" [41]

"Climate change has emerged as an increasingly forceful driver of migration in Latin America, one that exacerbates the humanitarian crisis for people fleeing social, economic and political instability."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [42]
Environmental Justice [19]
People & Population [24]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: Bloomberg CityLab [43], 06/02/2023
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"Argentine Meteorologist Becomes First Female Head Of UN Weather Agency" [44]

"A leading Argentine meteorologist has been elected as the first female head of the United Nations weather agency. The World Meteorological Organization said Celeste Saulo received the necessary two-thirds backing from member states Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
People & Population [24]
Science [45]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: AP [46], 06/02/2023
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"New Mexico Imposes Oil And Gas Moratorium On State Land Near Schools" [47]

"Members of the Navajo community have complained to Samuel Sage for years about the noise and vibrations that rattle their homes. They tell him about the dust kicked up by heavy trucks traveling the surrounding dirt roads and the smells that come from some of the oil and natural gas wells and tank batteries that dot the land around their Navajo community of Counselor in northwestern New Mexico."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Pollution [48]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: AP [49], 06/02/2023
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Louisiana Joins 9 Other States To Sue Feds Over Flood Insurance Premiums [50]

"Louisiana is joining nine other states in a lawsuit against the federal government over its new system for setting flood insurance rates, which is triggering steep hikes for homeowners, Attorney General Jeff Landry announced Thursday, calling the increases a “disaster of its own” that risks driving out families and businesses."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [39]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [51]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [53], 06/02/2023
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Arizona Will Halt Some New Phoenix Home Approvals As Water Supplies Tighten [54]

"The groundwater aquifers currently serving 4.6 million people across metro Phoenix are lagging behind growth on a trajectory that would run just short of projected needs in 100 years, according to a new state groundwater model released Thursday by Gov. Katie Hobbs. As a result, the state's water agency will stop approving new development that relies solely on groundwater."

Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [24]
Planning & Growth [55]
Water & Oceans [52]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Source: Arizona Republlic [56], 06/02/2023
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"Exclusive: Vulture Surveillance System Alerts Zambian Park To Poachers" [57]

"Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system."

Biodiversity [17]
Technology [58]
Wildlife [59]
Public [13]
Africa [60]
Source: Reuters [61], 06/02/2023
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"US Debt Ceiling Bill Passes House With Broad Bipartisan Support" [62]

"A divided U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Wednesday, with majority support from both Democrats and Republicans to overcome opposition led by hardline conservatives and avoid a catastrophic default."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [63], 06/01/2023
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DOJ West Virginia Governor’s Coal Empire Seeking Unpaid Fines [64]

"The Justice Department announced a lawsuit Wednesday against West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s coal empire, seeking more than $5 million in unpaid civil penalties and fees."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: CNN [65], 06/01/2023
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Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone Many Ways: Study [66]

"Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural areas, but for the well-being of people living on it, according to a new study."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [20]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: AP [67], 06/01/2023
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