EJToday: Top Headlines

"That Dreamy Haze In Monet’s Impressionist Paintings? Air Pollution." [9]

"Claude Monet was “terrified.” He looked outside and saw a scene across the London landscape that worried him: no fog, clear skies.” ... "Then, he writes in translated letters shared by the Tate art museum, gradually fires were lit, and smoke and a haze of industrial pollution returned to the skies. His work continued."

Air [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
Europe [15]
Source: Washington Post [16], 02/02/2023
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"Punxsutawney Phil Is Wrong: Spring Is Arriving Early In Some Places" [17]

"The South is experiencing its earliest spring in 40 years of records, while spring is days to weeks early across the East Coast and Pacific Northwest".

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 02/02/2023
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"Administration Expected to Endorse Limited Drilling in Alaska Project" [25]

"The Biden administration is expected to propose a scaled-down version of a sprawling oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, according to two people familiar with the decision. The proposal would allow drilling to proceed on a limited basis as part of an $8 billion project known as Willow that climate activists have criticized for years."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [26]
Environmental Studies [21]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 02/01/2023
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Pressure Builds As States Miss Deadline In Colorado River Water Crisis [31]

"The seven states that depend on the Colorado River have failed to meet a Tuesday deadline for agreeing on a water-use reduction plan, raising the likelihood of more friction as the West grapples with how to manage the shrinking river."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: LA Times [37], 02/01/2023
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"Shell Is Selling ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuels Again" [38]

"Emboldened by new industry guidelines, natural gas companies are renewing their efforts to sell “carbon neutral” fossil fuels, a controversial practice of offsetting a shipment’s emissions to shrink its environmental impact."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [26]
Forests [39]
Journalism & Media [40]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [14]
International [41]
Source: Bloomberg Green [42], 02/01/2023
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"White House Blasts Exxon Over Historical $56 Billion Annual Profit" [43]

"The White House on Tuesday expressed outrage on Tuesday at Exxon Mobil Corp's record net profit in 2022 of $56 billion, a historical high not just for the company but for the entire Western oil industry."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [41]
Source: Reuters [45], 02/01/2023
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"Climate Disinfo Surges In Denial, Conspiracy Comeback" [46]

"False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [40]
Public [14]
International [41]
Source: AFP [47], 02/01/2023
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How Does The Deadly Nipah Virus Spill From Bats To Humans? [48]

"It's dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, rings his chin. He says the procession of disease and death all started in the spring of 2004."

Environmental Health [12]
Science [49]
Public [14]
International [41]
Source: NPR [50], 02/01/2023
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"Maine Regulators Allow Wind, Utility Project To Move Forward" [51]

"Maine utility regulators on Tuesday gave final approval to a wind power project that would provide enough electricity for at least 450,000 New England homes along with construction of a new transmission corridor in northern Maine to get the electricity to the regional power grid."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Source: AP [53], 02/01/2023
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Brazil Readies Task Force To Expel Miners From Yanomami Lands: Officials [54]

"Brazil is preparing a task force of armed forces, police and government agencies to soon launch an operation to expel illegal gold miners who invaded the Yanomami indigenous reservation, officials said on Tuesday."

Natural Resources [28]
Public [14]
South America [55]
Source: Reuters [56], 02/01/2023
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US Emissions of Most Potent Greenhouse Gas 56% Higher Than Estimates [57]

"While emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), the world’s most potent greenhouse gas, have fallen sharply in the U.S. in recent decades, actual emissions are significantly higher than the official government estimates, a new study concludes."

Chemicals [58]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 02/01/2023
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"Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests" [60]

"The Alpha and Gamma variants of the coronavirus continued to circulate and evolve in white-tailed deer, even after they stopped spreading widely among people, a new study suggests."

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Health [12]
Science [49]
Wildlife [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [61], 02/01/2023
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"E.P.A. Bans Disposal of Mine Waste in Bristol Bay" [62]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday is set to move to protect one of the world’s most valuable wild salmon fisheries, at Bristol Bay in Alaska, by effectively blocking the development of a long-disputed gold and copper mine there."

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [63]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [13]
Waste [64]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
Source: NYTimes [65], 01/31/2023
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"California Holdout In Agreement Over Colorado River Cuts" [66]

"Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut their use, months after the federal government called for action and an initial deadline passed. California — with the largest allocation of water from the river — is the lone holdout."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [63]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [67]
Planning & Growth [68]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [69], 01/31/2023
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"This Group Is Sharpening the GOP Attack On ‘Woke’ Wall Street" [70]

"Bankrolled by mysterious donors, a little-known group named Consumers’ Research has emerged as a key player in the conservative crusade to prevent Wall Street from factoring climate change into its investment decisions."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [71], 01/31/2023
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