EJToday: Top Headlines

"A Whale Makes A Comeback Off Argentina's Coast 100 Years After Vanishing" [9]

"Giant blue-grey sei whales that vanished from Argentina's Patagonian coast a century ago due to hunting are starting to flourish once again, demonstrating how species can recover when measures to protect them are put in place."

Biodiversity [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
South America [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 05/13/2024
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EPA Closes Racial Probes Into Jackson Water, Finds ‘Insufficient Evidence’ [17]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) closed its civil rights probes into the water crisis in Jackson, Miss., saying there was “insufficient evidence” to say that the state discriminated against residents on the basis of race."

Consumer [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: The Hill [27], 05/10/2024
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Amid Controversial Sale, U.S. Steel Falls Behind In Cleaner Steelmaking [28]

"U.S. Steel’s proposed sale to Nippon Steel stokes concerns over labor rights and national security, all while the company continues to break clean air laws in Western Pennsylvania."

Air [29]
Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: Daily Climate [34], 05/10/2024
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El Niño To End By June, La Niña Seen In Second Half Of 2024: NOAA [35]

"The El Nino weather pattern should fade out by June but could be replaced by the La Nina phenomenon by the second half of the year, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [19]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [39], 05/10/2024
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"US Republican Attorneys General Sue To Stop EPA's Carbon Rule" [40]

"Republican attorneys general from 27 U.S. states and industry trade groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a landmark rule requiring sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants."

Air [29]
Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Reuters [41], 05/10/2024
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High School Students, Frustrated By Lack Of Climate Education, Seek Change [42]

"Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with #teachclimate filled a hearing room in the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul in late February. It was a cold and windy day, in contrast to the state’s nearly snowless, warm winter."

Activism [43]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [44]
People & Population [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: AP [47], 05/10/2024
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State Lawmakers Take Aim At Community Air Monitoring In Louisiana [48]

"Republican legislators have blunted the impact of citizen-led air monitoring, which is set to receive millions from the feds."

Activism [43]
Air [29]
Chemicals [30]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [45]
Pollution [24]
Science [49]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Floodlight [50], 05/10/2024
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"Deadly Brain Disease Found In Two California Deer" [51]

"State officials reported the presence of deadly chronic wasting disease in two wild California deer earlier this week. This is the first time the disease, which has plagued other areas of the nation for years, has appeared in the state’s deer or elk population."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [20]
Natural Resources [38]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
California [52]
Source: LA Times [53], 05/10/2024
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Biodiversity Loss Is Biggest Driver Of Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Study [54]

"Researchers say reducing emissions and biodiversity loss and preventing invasive species could control disease".

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Studies [55]
Natural Resources [38]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [56], 05/10/2024
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Illinois Passed A Law To Clean Up Coal Ash 5 Years Ago. What’s Taking So Long? [57]

"In one Chicago suburb, people have been waiting for relief for years."

Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: Grist [58], 05/10/2024
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Plants Can Communicate And Respond To Touch. So Are They Intelligent? [59]

Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger says a new wave of research suggests that plants are indeed "intelligent" in complex ways that challenge our understanding of agency and consciousness.

Biodiversity [10]
Journalism & Media [44]
Natural Resources [38]
Science [49]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: NPR [60], 05/10/2024
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What Trump Promised Oil CEOs As He Asked Them For $1 Billion To His Campaign [61]

"Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, as well as other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [62]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [63], 05/09/2024
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Corporate Climate Watchdog Document Deems Carbon Offsets Largely Ineffective [64]

"Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such offsets are largely ineffective, a confidential preliminary draft reviewed by Reuters shows."

Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [62]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [55]
Forests [65]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [38]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [66], 05/09/2024
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Top Climate Scientists Expect Global Heating To Blast Past 1.5C Target [67]

"Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed."

Climate Change [31]
Disasters [19]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [68], 05/09/2024
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USDA Rubber-Stamped Tyson’s “Climate Friendly” Beef; No One Has Seen the Data [69]

"As millions of taxpayer dollars flow to livestock companies claiming to raise “low carbon” beef, watchdog groups scrutinize the government’s oversight."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [31]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [55]
Journalism & Media [44]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 05/09/2024
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