EJToday: Top Headlines

"In Parched Beijing, Claims Of A ‘Green’ Olympics May Not Hold Water" [9]

"Barren hillsides broken up by thin strips of white snow are a familiar sight for regular visitors to ski resorts near Beijing. The 2022 Winter Olympics host, which is under 150 miles from the rapidly expanding Gobi Desert, is famous for cold and dry winters."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Asia [18]
Source: Washington Post [19], 01/24/2022
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"House Panel Broadens Probe Into Climate Disinformation By Big Oil" [20]

"The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has broadened its investigation into the role of fossil fuel companies in misleading the public about climate change, asking members of the boards of directors of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell Oil to testify before Congress next month about their firms’ commitments to curbing global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 01/24/2022
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"Exxon Pledges To Cut Emissions — But Not From Its Oil" [25]

"Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Grist [26], 01/24/2022
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'Starting From Zero’: Restoring Finland’s River Ecosystems [27]

"Rewilding teams are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry".

Air [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Forests [30]
Natural Resources [14]
Waste [31]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Europe [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 01/24/2022
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Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at U.S. Dollar Stores [35]

"A Trump administration weakening of climate rules has kept incandescent bulbs on store shelves, and research shows they’re concentrated in shops serving poorer areas."

"For years, Deborah Turnerbought her light bulbs at one of the many dollar stores that serve her neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Justice [37]
Technology [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [39], 01/24/2022
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"Saving The Manatees — Rescue By Rescue, Rehab By Rehab" [40]

"On an unusually cold winter morning in central Florida, Corleone the manatee was awakened before dawn by wetsuited workers who slipped into his pool at SeaWorld and wrapped him in a long vinyl sling."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [10]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [43]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Washington Post [44], 01/24/2022
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"‘Build Back Better’ Hit a Wall, but Climate Action Could Move Forward" [45]

"A growing number of Democrats in Congress want to move ahead with the climate portion of President Biden’s stalled spending bill, saying the urgency of a warming planet demands action and they believe they can muster enough votes to muscle it past Republican opposition."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Public [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
Source: NYTimes [48], 01/21/2022
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VP Harris To Announce Wildfire Money In Visit To California On Friday [49]

"Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit a San Bernardino fire station Friday to announce the federal government will provide California $600 million to help the state recover from a historically severe wildfire season while highlighting plans to spend $5 billion more to address the dangers posed by fires, an administration official said."

Disasters [50]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [51]
Source: LA Times [52], 01/21/2022
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New Research Shows Health Risks to Children Mount as Temperatures Rise [53]

"The first nationwide study on rising temperatures and younger Americans found that hotter days were associated with more visits to emergency rooms."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
People & Population [54]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [55], 01/21/2022
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"White House Tees Up Historic $1B Everglades Funding" [56]

"The Biden administration today [Wednesday] announced it will spend an unprecedented $1 billion from a recently passed infrastructure package to restore and protect South Florida’s sprawling Everglades."

Laws & Regulations [46]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: E&E News [57], 01/21/2022
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"A Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List. The U.S. Bombed It Anyway." [58]

"A military report warned that striking the giant structure could cause tens of thousands of deaths."

Disasters [50]
Military [59]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Middle East [60]
Source: NYTimes [61], 01/21/2022
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"Peru: 21 Beaches Polluted By Spill Linked To Tonga Eruption" [62]

"Peru declared an environmental emergency on Thursday after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific coast were contaminated by an oil spill at a refinery run by Spain-based Repsol, following surging waves caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga."

Disasters [50]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
South America [63]
Source: AP [64], 01/21/2022
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Iowa, Texas GOPers Brag on Biden Infrastructure Bill They Opposed [65]

"Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Kay Granger (R-Tex.) voted against the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal in November but are now touting funding for projects in their states, thanks to the measure."

Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [66]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [67], 01/21/2022
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Report IDs Big Box Stores as Opportunity for Rooftop Solar [68]

"From Walmart to Ikea, a report finds that the rooftops of big-box stores offer enough solar potential to power the equivalent of 8 million American homes".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Infrastructure [66]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [69], 01/21/2022
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"Bipartisan Lawmakers Announce Climate Adaptation Bill" [70]

"A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday released proposed legislation aiming to help the country better prepare for climate change impacts including sea level rise and worsening extreme weather events."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [50]
Infrastructure [66]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [71], 01/21/2022
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