EJToday: Top Headlines

Justice Dept. Tries to Put Teeth Into Environmental Justice Efforts [9]

"The agency has announced a series of policies intended to elevate those efforts, including the creation of an office meant to address the “harm caused by environmental crime, pollution and climate change.”"

Environmental Justice [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 05/16/2022
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"Biden Marks The Approaching Milestone Of 1 Million U.S. COVID-19 Deaths" [15]

"President Biden on Thursday marked the approaching milestone of 1 million U.S. deaths in the coronavirus pandemic."

Environmental Health [16]
People & Population [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NPR [18], 05/13/2022
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"Biden Pulls 3 Offshore Oil Lease Sales, Curbing New Drilling This Year" [19]

"The Interior Department confirmed Wednesday that it will not hold three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska that had been scheduled to take place, taking millions of acres off the auction block."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [21], 05/13/2022
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"House Panel Will Investigate USPS Plan To Purchase 8.6 Mpg Trucks" [22]

"A House committee has opened an investigation into the U.S. Postal Service’s $11.3 billion plan to purchase mostly gas-powered mail-delivery trucks, ordering the mail agency to turn over confidential records on their environmental impact and costs."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [27], 05/13/2022
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US Oil Refineries Spewing Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Communities: Report [28]

"Analysis shows alarming level of benzene at fence-line of facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana and US Virgin Islands".

Air [29]
Chemicals [30]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [16]
Pollution [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [32], 05/13/2022
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"Jackson’s Sewer Dumped 44.7 Million Gallons Of Waste Into The Environment" [33]

"Nearly 45 million gallons of untreated wastewater was released into the environment in a four-month period due to Jackson’s sewer failures, according to the latest quarterly report the city submitted to the EPA."

Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: WBLT [36], 05/13/2022
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"U.S. Asbestos Imports Surge Despite Crackdown" [37]

"Advocates are reiterating calls for a national ban on one of the world’s most notorious carcinogens, with data showing imports for asbestos are on the rise this year despite ongoing regulatory action."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [38], 05/13/2022
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"Calif. Coastal Commission Rejects Plan For Poseidon Desalination Plant" [39]

"After hearing hours of heated debate, the California Coastal Commission voted against a controversial plan by the company Poseidon Water to build a huge desalination plant in Huntington Beach."

Environmental Politics [24]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [40], 05/13/2022
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"Meat Industry Hyped ‘Baseless’ Shortage To Keep Plants Open Amid Covid" [41]

"A House panel alleges that Tyson and other meat processors heavily influenced Trump’s executive order that compelled plants to keep operating".

Disasters [42]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [24]
Food [43]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [44], 05/13/2022
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"States Weigh ‘Everywhere Chemicals’ Bans to Exceed Federal Rules" [45]

"Phthalates found across households—from cosmetics and detergents to shower curtains and vinyl flooring—are called “everywhere chemicals.” But they’re not close to being regulated everywhere."

Chemicals [30]
Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [46], 05/13/2022
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"Vegas Mob Lore Floats To The Surface Along With Bodies At Lake Mead" [47]

"The skeletal remains found in a barrel at Lake Mead earlier this month have captivated and horrified two distinct groups that typically do not have much in common: mob historians and climate scientists."

Climate Change [23]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [48], 05/13/2022
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"US Boarding School Investigative Report Released" [49]

"The U.S. Department of Interior released its investigative report Wednesday on the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative." "The findings show the federal Indian boarding school system consisted of at least 408 federal schools across 37 states and roughly 53 different schools had been identified with marked or unmarked burial sites".

Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [10]
Government [25]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [50]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Indian Country Today [51], 05/12/2022
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"House Democrats Seek Criminal Charges Against Bernhardt" [52]

"Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee today called for a criminal investigation into former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, alleging that the Trump administration official and others engaged in a campaign finance “quid pro quo” with a politically connected Arizona developer."

Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [53], 05/12/2022
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"Coming This Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts" [54]

"Electricity prices are rising in much of the country at the same time that climate change is contributing to extreme heat and a high chance of blackouts this summer."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [55]
Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [57]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 05/12/2022
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House Democrats Advance Bill To Require New USPS Delivery Vehicle Review [59]

"A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to invalidate a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) environmental review conducted as part of a deal to buy 50,000 mostly gas-powered next-generation delivery vehicles."

Climate Change [23]
Consumer [55]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [25]
Infrastructure [57]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [60], 05/12/2022
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