EJToday: Top Headlines

"Scientists Say Mine Plan Claiming No Swamp Harm Has Errors" [9]

"Scientists for the federal government say documents that Georgia state regulators relied upon to conclude a proposed mine won’t harm the nearby Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge contain technical errors and “critical shortcomings” that render them unreliable."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: AP [17], 03/24/2023
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"The Surfer, The Scientist And The Big-Wave Beach At A Breaking Point" [18]

"A big-wave surfer at Mavericks is essentially an ocean sensor. Grant Washburn can tell you the approximate depth of the seafloor beneath him, the size of a 40-foot wave and the wind speed blowing foam off the peak, all based on the crescendo in his nervous system."

Climate Change [19]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
California [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 03/24/2023
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Billions Of People Lack Access To Clean Drinking Water: U.N. Report [22]

"Millions of people in Mexico don't have access to clean water. Extreme heat and drought brought on by climate change are partly to blame, but so is the aging infrastructure and years of mismanaging water."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: NPR [27], 03/23/2023
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"Trump Appointees Interfered To Weaken EPA Assessment Of Toxic Chemical" [28]

"Trump administration appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meddled in agency science to weaken the toxicity assessment of a dangerous chemical, a new report by the US body’s internal watchdog has found."

Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [30]
Science [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 03/23/2023
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"As Enforcement Lags, Toxic Coal Ash Keeps Polluting U.S. Water" [34]

"Despite rules requiring remediation, only a few of the nearly 300 U.S. power plants storing toxic ash — the residue of burning coal — have started cleanups or have plans to do so. Many of these sites are polluting groundwater, putting the drinking water for millions at risk."

Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: YaleE360 [35], 03/23/2023
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"Norfolk Southern CEO Dodges Question On Support For Railway Reform Bill" [36]

"Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw said Wednesday that he supports certain aspects of a bipartisan railroad safety bill introduced after a train operated by the company crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, but declined to endorse the bill as a whole."

Chemicals [29]
Disasters [37]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: The Hill [41], 03/23/2023
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"California Sea Otters Killed By Rare Parasite Strain: Study" [42]

"An unusually virulent type of toxoplasmosis is killing California sea otters — and may pose an eventual public health threat to other marine animals and to humans, a new study has found."

Biodiversity [10]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [43]
Public [15]
California [20]
Source: The Hill [44], 03/23/2023
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Kentucky Floodwaters Receded 6 Months Ago. For Many, The Crisis Goes On [45]

"‘People need housing now,’ says the head of one local nonprofit. ‘They need to know there’s a light at the end of this tunnel.’"

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [46]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Washington Post [47], 03/23/2023
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"Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021" [48]

"Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently."

Climate Change [19]
Forests [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [32]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 03/23/2023
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"Geothermal Power, Cheap and Clean, Could Help Run Japan. So Why Doesn’t It?" [51]

"For decades, new plants have been blocked by powerful local interests, the owners of hot spring resorts, that say the sites threaten a centuries-old tradition."

Energy & Fuel [39]
People & Population [52]
Public [15]
Asia [53]
Source: NYTimes [54], 03/23/2023
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Musk's Company Plans To Dump Wastewater In The Colorado. Locals Concerned [55]

"Residents of a small Texas town view the controversial billionaire's Boring Company with suspicion."

Environmental Politics [30]
Pollution [56]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: HuffPost [58], 03/23/2023
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"Big Sky Bison Battles Spell Trouble For Haaland" [59]

"While Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wants to restore more bison across the country, Yellowstone’s famous herd suffered through one of the deadliest winters on record, with the animals easy prey for hunters as they sauntered across the park’s northern border in search of food."

Agriculture [60]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [43]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: E&E News [61], 03/23/2023
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"Residents Sue St. James Parish To Halt Chemical Plants" [62]

"St. James Parish community groups are calling for a ban on new petrochemical plants to halt what they say is a history of racist land use decisions that have concentrated polluting industries in Black neighborhoods, according to a federal lawsuit."

Activism [63]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [46]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [56]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [64], 03/22/2023
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Older Americans Blockade Banks to Protest Fossil Fuel Financing [65]

"Climate activists are taking to the streets Tuesday in one of the biggest coordinated demonstrations over global warming since millions of the world’s youth walked out of their classrooms in 2019 to urge their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis. Except this time, it’s not young people leading the charge but Baby Boomers."

Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 03/22/2023
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"The Dark History Of Using Water As A Weapon" [67]

"As the UN conference on water kicks off, it’s vital to reflect on how water has been used as a tactical weapon and a strategic battlefield resource."

Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [46]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: Fast Company [68], 03/22/2023
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