EJToday: Top Headlines

"They Save Baby Seals From Fishing Line and Plastics. Millions Watch" [9]

"Ocean Conservation Namibia is disentangling a record number of seals, while broadcasting the perils of marine debris in a largely feel good way."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
Africa [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 03/27/2024
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"Study: No Top Oil Companies Aligned With Paris Climate Goals" [21]

"None of the 25 biggest oil and gas companies is on track to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, according to research released Friday by the climate finance think tank Climate Tracker."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [18]
International [25]
Source: The Hill [26], 03/26/2024
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"Reading The Ruins Of Amazon Fires, Scientists See Crisis Ahead" [27]

"The Amazon is battling record early-year fires, fuelling fears of a worse climate crisis to come as blazes kill vegetation that is key to absorbing planet-warming carbon dioxide. Fanned by drought, high winds and human felling, the forest is suffering unprecedented fires this early in the year, satellite images show, with the dry season still to reach critical parts of the Amazon."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [29]
Forests [30]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [18]
International [25]
South America [31]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [32], 03/26/2024
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Chevron Will Pay Record $13M Fines for Oil Spills in California [33]

"Chevron has agreed to pay a record-setting $13 million to two California agencies in the wake of investigations by The Desert Sun and ProPublica of dozens of oil spills, and of lax enforcement by the state's oil and gas division. But the announcement late Wednesday masks ongoing issues."

Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [34]
California [35]
Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun [36], 03/26/2024
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"Developing Nations' Booming Cement Demand May Drive Up CO2 Emissions" [37]

"Innovation and policy changes are urgently required to tackle climate-warming emissions from the cement sector, with an infrastructure boom in developing countries set to drive up production for decades, a research group said on Thursday."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Justice [38]
Infrastructure [39]
Planning & Growth [40]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
International [25]
Source: Reuters [41], 03/26/2024
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"Water Is Disappearing From Mexico's Vital Desert Oasis Cuatro Cienegas" [42]

"Alfalfa plants sway under a thin veil of mist as towering irrigation equipment rolls above the crops, spraying the vast fields with water. It's an important agriculture product in Mexico's northern state of Coahuila, grown there for hundreds of years."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [18]
Mexico [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 03/26/2024
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Enviros Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill [45]

"Seneca Meadows is running out of space and wants a new permit to grow by 47 acres. The plaintiffs say the landfill emits a foul odor and violates their rights under the state's so-called Green Amendment."

Activism [10]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [47]
Environmental Justice [38]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Public [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 03/26/2024
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16 Republican-Led States Sue Federal Government Over Pause On LNG Permits [50]

"Sixteen Republican-led states on Thursday filed a lawsuit to challenge the federal government's ban on approving applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG), saying the federal government lacks the authority to broadly deny those permits."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [51]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Transportation [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: Reuters [53], 03/26/2024
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Aruba Embraces Rights of Nature and Human Right to a Clean Environment [54]

"Aruba’s government is moving to enshrine twin environmental rights in its constitution that would recognize that nature has inherent rights and also affirm a human right to a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” aligning the country’s government with a growing environmental movement that recognizes humans are interdependent with the natural world."

Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [18]
International [25]
Central America & the Caribbean [55]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 03/26/2024
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Fast-Moving Solar Storm Triggered Beautiful Green And Purple Aurora [57]

"Skywatchers reported beautiful green, purple and red auroras across Sunday skies in some locations in Europe, New Zealand and parts of the northern United States — at least for a little bit. The auroras, also known as the northern and southern lights, were triggered by the fastest-moving solar storm in at least five years, but dwindled as the geomagnetic activity quickly waned."

Natural Resources [13]
Public [18]
International [25]
Source: Washington Post [58], 03/26/2024
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"What a Search for the Signs of Spring Reveals" [59]

"If you looked into the sky before dawn on Monday, you might have seen the worm moon. That’s the name some Native Americans give the March full moon because that’s when the soil warms and earthworms emerge. Others call it the crust moon, when snow melts and refreezes, or the sap moon, when maple trees are tapped."

Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [22]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: NYTimes [60], 03/26/2024
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"Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk" [61]

"Because of lax rules, national inventories reported to the United Nations grossly underestimate many countries’ greenhouse gas emissions. The result, analysts say, is that the world can not verify compliance with agreed emissions targets, jeopardizing global climate agreements."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Journalism & Media [12]
Pollution [14]
Science [62]
Public [18]
International [25]
Source: YaleE360 [63], 03/25/2024
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India Has Millions Of Dairy Farmers, Creating A Tricky Methane Problem [64]

"Abinaya Tamilarasu said her four cows are part of the family. She has a degree in commerce from a local college, but prefers being home milking cows and tending to her family’s land."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [22]
Public [18]
Asia [65]
Source: AP [66], 03/25/2024
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Warm, Dry Spring Has US Forecasters Worried About Upcoming Wildfire Season [67]

"Most of the United States is expected to see warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, federal forecasters say, with dry conditions likely in the West. That's raising concerns about wildfires, especially in parts of the Southwest, Great Plains, and the Upper Mississippi River Valley, said Jon Gottschalck, operations branch chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: NPR [68], 03/25/2024
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California Effort To Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Is Now In Limbo [69]

"Over the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [47]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [34]
California [35]
Source: NPR [70], 03/25/2024
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