EJToday: Top Headlines

Group Slams Gas Group’s Use Of Customers’ Money To Thwart Climate Efforts [9]

"A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington DC on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 04/12/2024
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"North Carolina Allows Manure Mounds ‘As Big As A House’ On Factory Farms" [17]

"The state’s uniquely lax regulation permits chicken waste to collect outdoors – but there’s no easy way to complain about it".

Agriculture [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 04/12/2024
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"Biden Administration Said to Expand Two California National Monuments" [25]

"President Biden plans to expand the perimeters of two national monuments in California, protecting mountains and meadows in a remote area between Napa and Mendocino as well as a rugged stretch east of Los Angeles, two people familiar with the administration’s plans said Thursday."

Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 04/12/2024
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"Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?" [28]

"The ocean has now broken temperature records every day for more than a year. And so far, 2024 has continued 2023’s trend of beating previous records by wide margins. In fact, the whole planet has been hot for months, according to many different data sets."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 04/12/2024
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"An Iowa Fertilizer Plant Purchase Spurs Antitrust Concerns" [33]

"Koch Industries is making a multi-billion-dollar play to purchase a massive fertilizer production facility in the state; some farmers and lawmakers are raising concerns about monopolization and high prices in an effort to halt the sale."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [36]
Source: Civil Eats [37], 04/12/2024
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New Louisiana Bird Wails Like A Banshee But Eats Pest, Saving Crops [38]

"Screechy, gangly bird gorges on invasive apple snails, helping wetlands and crawfish farms".

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [39]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [40]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [41], 04/12/2024
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EPA Sets First-Ever Limits On ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water [42]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. Officials say this will reduce exposure for 100 million people and help prevent thousands of illnesses, including cancers."

Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [19]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [44], 04/11/2024
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FirstEnergy Gave Secret $1 Million To Ohio Lt. Gov. Campaign in Scandal [45]

"A surge in FirstEnergy political spending ahead of the utility’s push to secure a legislative bailout for its nuclear power plants included a $1 million dark money contribution to support the campaign of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s eventual running mate."

Consumer [46]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [47]
Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Source: Floodlight/Energy News Network [51], 04/11/2024
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Trump Appointees Barred EPA Staff From Warning Senate About PFAS Loophole [52]

"Trump administration officials barred experts from warning legislators that they were about to write a major environmental loophole into law, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers alleged in newly revealed internal communications."

Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [48]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [53], 04/11/2024
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US Agrees With Native American Tribe That Line 5 Pipeline Is Trespassing [54]

"The Biden administration straddled the line on a controversial Canadian oil pipeline in a court filing Wednesday, saying a lower court’s order to drain portions running through tribal land may violate a 1977 treaty but agreeing with a Native American tribe that the operator is trespassing on tribal land."

Disasters [55]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [56]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Canada [57]
Source: The Hill [58], 04/11/2024
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"House Approves Bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Package" [59]

"The House on Tuesday approved a package aimed at boosting the nation’s access to outdoor recreation. The bipartisan EXPLORE Act contains provisions that seek to open up more opportunities for spending time in national parks, forests and other public lands."

Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [60]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [61], 04/11/2024
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"How The Essential, Dirty Steel Industry Is Going Green" [62]

The United States is suddenly on the very cusp of a “green steel” transition. New solutions are emerging that could offer a cleaner path to producing the high-strength metal. Most likely, they’ll involve using hydrogen to process iron ore for steelmaking.

Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [35]
Pollution [22]
Technology [63]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [64], 04/11/2024
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Senate Votes To Reject Rule To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions On Highways [65]

"The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency's rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway system."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [66], 04/11/2024
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Salmon Fishing Banned Off Calif. Coast For Second Year Amid Low Stocks [67]

"Federal fishery managers voted Wednesday to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row, and only the fourth time in state history, because of dwindling stocks."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [26]
Source: AP [68], 04/11/2024
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"The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution." [69]

"One of the biggest obstacles to expanding clean energy in the United States is a lack of power lines. Building new transmission lines can take a decade or more because of permitting delays and local opposition. But there may be a faster, cheaper solution, according to two reports released Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [43]
Technology [63]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [70], 04/11/2024
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