EJToday: Top Headlines

"Israel To Abandon Plastic Tax Despite Environmental Concerns" [9]

"Israel's new government will abandon the country's tax on single-use plastic plates and utensils, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday, despite environmental concerns."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Waste [14]
Public [15]
Middle East [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 01/04/2023
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"The Hidden Underwater Forests That Could Help Tackle the Cimate Crisis" [18]

"Kelp absorbs carbon dioxide and has high nutritional value, but it is under threat from rising temperatures, pollution and invasive species".

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 01/04/2023
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"Speaker Race In Limbo As GOP Readies Oversight, Energy Bills" [24]

"Republicans will take control of the House this week vowing to hold the Biden administration accountable, but big questions remain over who, exactly, will be leading the chamber."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [29], 01/03/2023
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"Subpoenaed Fossil Fuel Documents Reveal an Industry Stuck in the Past" [30]

"The industry is still running the same five-step plan, to the same end: preserving power, subsidies, and social license."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [27]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Intercept [32], 01/03/2023
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"Biden Signs Tiger King Bill Into Law" [33]

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed into law H.R. 263, known as the “Big Cat Public Safety Act,” which puts a slew of new amendments on an older law that regulates wildlife trafficking. The legislation bans private citizens from breeding, purchasing, and transporting big cats, mandates owners register animals they already own, effectively phasing out private ownership of big cats."

Consumer [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Wildlife [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Earther [35], 01/03/2023
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U.S. Became the World’s Largest Exporter of Liquified Natural Gas in 2022 [36]

"In the first half of the year, the United States became the world’s top exporter of liquified natural gas, or LNG. Then, in September, crude oil exports hit an all-time high when the country sent abroad about 4 million barrels per day."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 01/03/2023
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GOP Primed To Attack ‘Woke Capitalism,’ Climate Disclosure Rules in 2023 [38]

"Conservative politicians argue that environmental, social and governance principles—known as "ESG"—are diverting asset managers from their duties to investors, and may even amount to illegal collusion."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 01/03/2023
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"Biden’s Dilemma: How Do You Define ‘Green’ Hydrogen?" [40]

"The Treasury Department is weighing new requirements for “green” hydrogen producers, creating schisms among energy groups about how to ensure the fuel is a low-carbon resource."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [41], 01/03/2023
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"Bomb Cyclone Sparks Fierce Debate Over Grid Readiness" [42]

"Christmas week’s fierce “bomb cyclone” has put new urgency behind a critical issue for the nation’s power system — how grid owners and operators prepare for extreme weather emergencies."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [43]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [45], 01/03/2023
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"Remote Work Is Poised to Devastate America’s Cities" [46]

"The “work from home” revolution has been very good for political columnists who like to write shirtless in pajama pants and share too much personal information with their readers. But the phenomenon hasn’t been so great for America’s cities."

Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [26]
People & Population [47]
Planning & Growth [48]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: New York [49], 01/03/2023
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Endangered Bird May Get 275,000 Protected Acres In Hawaii [50]

"Federal wildlife officials have proposed that more than 275,000 acres of forest across Hawaii be designated critical habitat for the ‘i‘iwi bird, one of about a dozen native honeycreeper species currently headed toward extinction."

Biodiversity [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat [52], 01/03/2023
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"Alpine Slopes Face Snow Shortage In Unseasonably Warm Winter" [53]

"Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in Europe’s central mountains are allowing grass to blanket hillsides across the region, causing headaches for ski slope operators and aficionados of Alpine white."

Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [15]
Europe [54]
Source: AP [55], 01/03/2023
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"Ahead of Major Court Case, E.P.A. Revises Clean-Water Protections" [56]

"A new rule revives an older set of protections for rivers, marshes and waterways, setting aside changes in the Obama and Trump administrations that led to years of legal wrangling." "The Biden administration is working to complete a clean water regulation before a Supreme Court ruling that could complicate the government’s ability to protect wetlands and other waters."

Agriculture [57]
Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Politics [27]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [20]
Planning & Growth [48]
Pollution [59]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NYTimes [60], 01/02/2023
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"U.S. Lease Sale Off Alaska Coast Draws One Bid" [61]

"The U.S. government on Friday received just a single bid, from Hilcorp Alaska, for oil and gas drilling rights off the coast of Alaska the first federal auction in the region in more than five years."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [28]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: Reuters [62], 01/02/2023
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"Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida" [63]

"Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday. Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando."

Agriculture [57]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [64]
Environmental Politics [27]
Forests [65]
Government [66]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [34]
Public [15]
South America [67]
Source: NYTimes [68], 01/02/2023
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