EJToday: Top Headlines

"Lawmakers Release Environment, Energy Spending Bills" [9]

"Appropriators on Sunday afternoon released text of six fiscal 2024 spending bills, including some of the most important on energy and the environment."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [14], 03/05/2024
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High Court Social Media Case Could Help Climate Disinformation, Experts Warn [15]

"The Supreme Court is once again weighing legal challenges with potential ramifications for the global fight against climate change." "Justices heard first arguments last week on legal challenges to laws passed by Florida and Texas that could make it harder for social media companies to curb misinformation."

Climate Change [16]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 03/05/2024
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"One-Fifth Of Mekong River Fish Species Face Extinction, Report Says" [19]

"Unsustainable development threatens the health and diverse fish populations of the Mekong river, with one-fifth of fish species in Southeast Asia's main artery facing extinction, a report by conservation groups said on Monday."

Agriculture [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
Asia [27]
Source: Reuters [28], 03/05/2024
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"This Will Be A Big Year In Shaping The Future Of Chemical Recycling" [29]

"With a presidential election looming, a wave of state-level legislation circulating, an international plastics treaty taking form and fights brewing over proposed facilities, 2024 is set to shape the regulatory future of chemical recycling in the U.S."

Chemicals [30]
Consumer [31]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [25]
Waste [33]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [34]
Source: EHN [35], 03/05/2024
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"Reporter Loses Suit Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Arrest" [36]

"A photojournalist lost her case against North Dakota officials over her arrest while covering a Dakota Access Pipeline protest in 2017."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Justice [37]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 03/05/2024
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"After Decades Of Environmental Issues, Pomona Is Updating Its Zoning Code" [39]

"Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for decades."

Activism [40]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
California [41]
Source: L.A. Public Press [42], 03/05/2024
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"Norway Gives Arctic Foxes A Helping Hand Amid Climate Woes" [43]

"One by one, the crate doors swing open and five Arctic foxes bound off into the snowy landscape. In the wilds of southern Norway, the newly freed foxes could struggle to find enough to eat, as the impacts of climate change make the foxes’ traditional rodent prey more scarce."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [16]
Natural Resources [24]
Wildlife [44]
Public [12]
International [34]
Antarctica & Arctic [45]
Europe [46]
Source: Reuters [47], 03/05/2024
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"EPA Sets New Rules to Limit Damage From Disasters at Chemical Facilities" [48]

"The Biden administration issued new rules on Friday designed to prevent disasters at almost 12,000 chemical plants and other industrial sites nationwide that handle hazardous materials."

Chemicals [30]
Disasters [49]
Environmental Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [50], 03/04/2024
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"Climate Change Is Raising Texas’ Already High Wildfire Risks" [51]

"Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in Texas, a danger made real this week as the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in state history, burns out of control across the Panhandle region. And that growing fire risk is beginning to affect the insurance market in Texas, raising premiums for homeowners and causing some insurers to withdraw from parts of the state."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [16]
Disasters [49]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Source: NYTimes [53], 03/04/2024
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Oil Spill And Fertilizer Leak From Sunken Cargo Ship Threaten Red Sea [54]

"A vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs, desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water. They’re all at risk from large amounts of fertilizer and oil spilled into the Red Sea by the sinking of a cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels."

Agriculture [20]
Chemicals [30]
Disasters [49]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Military [55]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [56]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
International [34]
Middle East [57]
Source: AP [58], 03/04/2024
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"Global Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Hit Record High In 2023 - IEA" [59]

"Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) hit a record high last year, driven partly by increased fossil fuel use in countries where droughts hampered hydropower production, International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday."

Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [56]
Public [12]
International [34]
Source: Reuters [60], 03/04/2024
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"Winter Is Warming Almost Everywhere. See How It’s Changed In Your Town." [61]

"As another winter nears its close, we bid farewell to the season of merriment, good cheer and inane arguments about global warming."

Climate Change [16]
People & Population [62]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [63], 03/04/2024
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"Solar Geoengineering Proposal Withdrawn At UN Summit" [64]

"A proposal to expand research on solar geoengineering was withdrawn from consideration at the United Nations Environment Assembly on Thursday after nations failed to reach agreement over how to approach the knotty issue of reflecting sunlight away from the Earth."

Climate Change [16]
Technology [65]
Public [12]
International [34]
Source: E&E News [66], 03/04/2024
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FERC: "Biden Names 3 Nominees To Independent Energy Regulator" [67]

"President Biden announced three new nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday, which, if confirmed, would make the independent commission majority Biden appointees."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [68]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [69], 03/04/2024
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"Court Rulings Give States New Power to Protect Groundwater" [70]

"In the space of a few weeks, judges in Idaho, Nevada and Montana have altered the landscape for conserving dwindling aquifers."

Agriculture [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [68]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [71], 03/04/2024
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