EJToday: Top Headlines

"Md. Poised To Enact Sweeping Energy, Climate Plan" [9]

"Maryland is expected to enact new clean energy policies that would require significant reductions in carbon emissions, a move that could shake up the fuel mix in a state that relies on natural gas for more than a third of its power."

Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Source: E&E News [14], 03/31/2022
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Taxpayers Spend Billions on Crop Insurance on Frequently Flooded Land [15]

"As climate change worsens flooding across the Midwest and South, crop insurance payments on waterlogged land have surged 300 percent in recent decades. That number will likely rise."

Agriculture [16]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Government [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 03/31/2022
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"Canada Lays Out C$9.1 Bln Roadmap To Meet 2030 Climate Targets" [23]

"Canada released its first real roadmap to meeting 2030 climate targets on Tuesday, laying out detailed plans and C$9.1 billion ($7.3 billion) in new spending to cut planet-warming carbon emissions after years failing to meet its goals."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Public [12]
Canada [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 03/31/2022
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EPA Report Describes Toxic Work Environment in New Chemicals Division [28]

"A survey commissioned by the EPA describes the New Chemicals Division as a workplace rife with industry influence and abusive mismanagement."

Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Government [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Intercept [31], 03/31/2022
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"Maine Politicians Ask For Time To Comply With Whale Rules" [32]

"Maine’s congressional delegation and governor said Wednesday that the state’s lobster fishermen need more time to comply with new rules designed to protect rare whales."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: AP [36], 03/31/2022
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Europe Has Designs On Making 'Fast Fashion' Industry More Sustainable [37]

"The European Commission is proposing new rules to crack down on the "fast fashion" industry and ensure that the products being made in and imported into the bloc are more environmentally friendly."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Politics [25]
Public [12]
Europe [39]
Source: NPR [40], 03/31/2022
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"Biden Seeks Major Spending Jump For Global Climate Efforts" [41]

"President Biden’s proposed budget would give a big boost to the global climate fight by injecting more than $11 billion into efforts to help other countries address global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [42]
Source: E&E News [43], 03/30/2022
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"Biden Renews Push For Environmental Justice Boss at EPA" [44]

"The Biden administration’s fiscal 2023 budget proposal requests $300.8 million for the agency’s environmental justice program, including for standing up a new national office to administer the work with resources in EPA’s headquarters and all 10 of its regional outposts."

Environmental Justice [45]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [46], 03/30/2022
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"How 2 Industries Stymied Justice for Young Lead Paint Victims" [47]

"The U.S. insurance and real estate industries have waged a decades-long campaign to avoid liability in lead cases, helping to prolong an epidemic. The cost for millions of children has been incalculable."

"When Selena Wiley signed the lease for an older rental home in South Bend, Ind., she asked the property manager about lead paint and was assured the house was safe.

But in November 2018 — almost two years after moving in with her partner and three children — Ms. Wiley noticed that their 2-year-old’s appetite had vanished and his constant chattering had stopped.
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [38]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [45]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [48], 03/30/2022
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"BLM Would Undergo A Major Hiring Spree Under Biden Budget" [49]

"The Biden administration is trying to tackle the Bureau of Land Management’s chronic staffing shortage. President Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget request unveiled yesterday asks Congress to allocate funding to hire as many as 760 new employees to the bureau."

Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [33]
Government [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [50]
Wildlife [51]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [52], 03/30/2022
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"Oil Executives Snub House Committee, Will Appear at Another" [53]

"After refusing an invite from one House committee, executives from some of the nation’s largest oil companies have agreed to appear before another to testify about sky-rocketing gasoline prices."

Consumer [38]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg [54], 03/30/2022
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Iowans Push For Limits On Eminent Domain For Carbon Capture Pipelines [55]

"Kathy Stockdale says she has the unlucky distinction of having two of three planned carbon capture pipelines across Iowa proposing to run through the 550-acre Hardin County farm her family has owned for a century."

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [56]
Source: Des Moines Register [57], 03/30/2022
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US Poised To Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Battle Diseases [58]

"Genetically modified male mosquitoes may soon be buzzing across areas of California, in an experiment to stop the spread of invasive species in a warming climate."

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Wildlife [51]
Public [12]
California [59]
Source: Guardian [60], 03/30/2022
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"Greenpeace, Crypto Billionaire Lobby to Change Bitcoin Code" [61]

"Several climate activist groups including Greenpeace and crypto billionaire Chris Larsen are launching a “Change the Code, Not the Climate” campaign, designed to pressure the Bitcoin community to alter the way it orders transactions that already consumes as much power as Sweden."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Technology [62]
Public [12]
International [42]
Source: Bloomberg Green [63], 03/30/2022
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Salmon Travel Deep Into Pacific. As It Warms, Many ‘Don’t Come Back.’ [64]

"Salmon in the Pacific Ocean face dramatically different fates from one river system to the next. As the planet warms, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, scientists say changes in ocean conditions are helping drive these wild swings and collapses of key stocks."

Fish & Fisheries [34]
Science [65]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [66]
California [59]
Source: Washington Post [67], 03/30/2022
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