EJToday: Top Headlines

"Judge Halts Biden Administration Waters Rule in Texas, Idaho" [9]

"A federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule late Sunday. The injunction applies only to Texas and Idaho. The 2023 WOTUS rule takes effect Monday in the rest of the country and determines which waters and wetlands receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [20], 03/21/2023
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"Biden Issues First Veto, Rejecting Bill To Reverse ESG Rule" [21]

"President Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have reversed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [24], 03/21/2023
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Fossil Fuel Execs See ‘Golden Age’ for Gas, If They Can Brand It as ‘Clean’ [25]

"At an industry conference, top executives lamented they had “lost the narrative” on natural gas, and outlined an effort to sell their product as the “cleanest energy in the world.”"

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 03/21/2023
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"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again" [30]

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 03/21/2023
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"China's Mekong Dams Turn Thai Fishing Villages Into 'Ghost Towns'" [34]

"From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Justice [31]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Asia [36]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [37], 03/21/2023
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"Report: 43,000 Estimated Dead In Somalia Drought Last Year" [38]

"A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [39]
Food [40]
People & Population [41]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Africa [42]
Source: AP [43], 03/21/2023
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"Waste Pickers Collect Food Waste, Help Combat Climate Change" [44]

"Marilene Capentes pushes a cart along the streets of Malabon city just north of Manila every morning except Sundays, collecting bags of segregated garbage."

Climate Change [22]
Food [40]
Waste [45]
Public [18]
Australia & Oceania [46]
Source: AP [47], 03/21/2023
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"Nations Approve Key UN Science Report On Climate Change" [48]

"Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations."

Climate Change [22]
Science [49]
Public [18]
International [50]
Source: AP [51], 03/20/2023
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"States Cannot Block Hazardous Waste From Ohio Derailment, EPA Says" [52]

"U.S. states cannot block shipments of hazardous waste from a Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment to licensed disposal sites, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Friday."

Chemicals [53]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Waste [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [54], 03/20/2023
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WHO Accuses China of Hiding Data That May Link Covid’s Origins to Animals [55]

"The World Health Organization rebuked Chinese officials on Friday for withholding research that may link Covid’s origin to wild animals, asking why the data had not been made available three years ago and why it is now missing."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [49]
Wildlife [56]
Public [18]
International [50]
Source: NYTimes [57], 03/20/2023
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Md., Va. Race to Save Dwindling Commercial Fisheries in Chesapeake Bay [58]

"Alarmed by plummeting stocks of commercial fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay, officials in Maryland and Virginia are scrambling to control invasive fish species that are causing at least part of the problem."

Biodiversity [59]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 03/20/2023
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"Hawaii Supreme Court Ruling Bolsters Rights-Based Climate Cases" [62]

"Hawaii’s top court issued a ruling this week recognizing a human right to a stable climate, a decision that could reverberate in other rights-based climate cases in the US and beyond."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [63]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [64], 03/20/2023
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Babesiosis, A Tickborne Disease, Is On The Rise In Northeast: CDC [65]

"Tickborne disease has been on the rise in the US, with the number of cases growing 25% from 2011 to 2019. Among them is babesiosis, which has become significantly more prevalent in the Northeast in recent years."

Biodiversity [59]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [41]
Wildlife [56]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [66]
Source: CNN [67], 03/20/2023
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Big Oil Firms Touted Algae As Climate Fix. Now All Have Pulled Funding [68]

"One by one, big oil firms have touted their investments in algae biofuels as the future of low-carbon transportation – and one by one, they have all dropped out. Now in the wake of the last remaining algae proponent, ExxonMobil, announcing its withdrawal, insiders say they are disappointed but not surprised."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Natural Resources [15]
Technology [69]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
International [50]
Source: Guardian [70], 03/20/2023
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Utilities Spent Big Preparing Power Grid For Storms – And Still Failed [71]

"Electric utilities spent billions after 2014’s polar vortex to ensure power plants and the grid could handle extreme cold, but this winter it still wasn’t enough".

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Floodlight [72], 03/20/2023
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