EJToday: Top Headlines

"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn" [9]

"As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’"

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Forests [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: High Country News [20], 04/25/2024
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"A Global Study Just Revealed The World’s Biggest Known Plastic Polluters" [21]

"Coca-Cola and PepsiCo came in at the top of a global audit of plastic waste". "A new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances has pinpointed some of the major brands responsible for plastic pollution across six continents."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
International [29]
Source: Washington Post [30], 04/25/2024
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"U.S. Requires More Dairy Cows Tested For Bird Flu As Viral Concerns Grow" [31]

"Dairy cows must be tested for bird flu before moving across state lines under a federal order to be issued Wednesday, as evidence mounts the virus is more widespread than feared among cows in the United States."

Agriculture [32]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [25]
Food [33]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [34], 04/25/2024
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"In Vietnam, Farmers Reduce Methane Emissions By Changing How They Grow Rice" [35]

"There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [36]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
Asia [37]
Source: AP [38], 04/25/2024
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change [39]

"The hardy wild cousins of domesticated crops can teach us how to adapt to a hotter, more unpredictable future."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [36]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [18]
International [29]
Source: Civil Eats [40], 04/25/2024
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"Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada" [41]

"Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
International [29]
Source: AP [42], 04/24/2024
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"Biden Admin Vows To Restore 8M Acres Of Wetlands" [43]

"The Biden administration announced a goal Tuesday to protect and restore 8 million acres of wetlands over the next six years in an effort to counter development pressures and recently weakened federal regulations."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [36]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [45]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Planning & Growth [46]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [47], 04/24/2024
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"Bird Flu Virus Found In Grocery Milk As Officials Say Supply Still Safe" [48]

"Viral fragments of bird flu have been identified in samples of milk taken from grocery store shelves in the United States, a finding that does not necessarily suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus is more widespread among dairy herds than previously thought, according to two public health officials and a public health expert who was briefed on the issue."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [25]
Food [33]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [49], 04/24/2024
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"7 in 10 Workers Worldwide Exposed To Extreme Heat Risks: Study" [50]

"Extreme heat linked to climate change threatens more than 70 percent of workers globally, according to a report released Monday by the International Labor Organization (ILO)."

Climate Change [36]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [51]
People & Population [52]
Public [18]
International [29]
Source: The Hill [53], 04/24/2024
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"Unstable Nuclear-Waste Dams Threaten Fertile Central Asia Heartland" [54]

"Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [22]
Disasters [44]
Natural Resources [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Pollution [26]
Public [18]
Asia [37]
Source: Reuters [56], 04/24/2024
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"California, 21 Other States Back EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [57]

"A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful."

Air [58]
Climate Change [36]
Consumer [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [59]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [60], 04/24/2024
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Jury: BNSF Contributed To 2 Deaths In Montana Town Sickened By Asbestos [61]

"A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened."

Air [58]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [51]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [59]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [62]
Source: AP [63], 04/24/2024
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"Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem" [64]

"New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [45]
Forests [13]
Natural Resources [16]
Science [65]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [62]
Source: NYTimes [66], 04/24/2024
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Prehistoric Lake Sturgeon Is Not Endangered, US Says Despite Petition [67]

"Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [45]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [68], 04/24/2024
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"New Government Heat Risk Tool Sets Magenta As Most Dangerous Level" [69]

"The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors with a seven-day forecast that’s simplified and color-coded for a warming world of worsening heat waves."

Climate Change [36]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [25]
Government [14]
Journalism & Media [70]
Science [65]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [71], 04/24/2024
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