EJToday: Top Headlines

"Court Rules USDA’s GE Crop Rules Break Law, Must Be Reworked" [9]

"US regulators made “significant” errors in adopting a new rule four years ago around the release of genetically modified crops, and must now strengthen oversight, a federal court ruled this week."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [18], 12/06/2024
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"How The Plastic Industry Undermines Democracy By Blocking Bans" [19]

"Companies that profit from plastics are pushing forward laws to keep Americans hooked on disposable plastic products"

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: EHN [25], 12/06/2024
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"This Chart Will Cheer You Up" [26]

"Renewable energy in the U.S. has grown steadily over the last 20 years. Look at this chart of wind and solar expansion — you’d be hard-pressed to pick out where a Democratic administration ends and a Republican administration begins."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Technology [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Canary Media [29], 12/06/2024
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"Splash Pads Are Fun But Can Spark Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks, CDC Finds" [30]

"Splash pads found in public parks across the United States are linked to thousands of cases of waterborne diseases that leave a calling card of diarrhea, fever and vomiting, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week."

Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Infrastructure [31]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [32], 12/06/2024
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"One Woman’s Mission to Shine a Light on the Ornamental Fish Trade" [33]

"Marine biologist Monica Biondo has spent more than a decade studying the multibillion-dollar market for these colorful fish, which pulls thousands of species from the ocean each year."

Biodiversity [11]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [35]
Source: The Revelator [36], 12/06/2024
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"Fury As US Argues Against Climate Obligations At Top UN Court" [37]

"Climate justice campaigners have condemned the US after the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas emitter argued against countries being legally obliged to combat the climate crisis."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [35]
Asia [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 12/05/2024
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"Trump Energy Pick Misinterprets Studies To Support Claims, Scientists Say" [40]

"Chris Wright cites data to back his claim there is no climate crisis. Authors of the papers he cites say he is misinterpreting their work."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Science [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [44], 12/05/2024
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"Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head NASA" [45]

"President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder’s business."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [43]
Technology [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [47], 12/05/2024
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"Duke Energy To Knock Down Coal Plant And Build Its Biggest Battery Yet" [48]

"Mega-utility Duke Energy is about to knock down a coal plant that has run west of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1957. Soon the company will build its largest grid battery on that spot, part of an unprecedented energy-storage construction spree."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Infrastructure [31]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Canary Media [50], 12/05/2024
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To Save Dying Swamp, Louisiana Aims To Restore Mississippi River Flow [51]

"Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with man made barriers has been slowly killing one of the nation’s largest forested wetlands."

Biodiversity [11]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Forests [52]
Infrastructure [31]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [53]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: AP [54], 12/05/2024
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"Small North Carolina Town Sues Energy ‘Goliath’ In Historic Climate Action" [55]

"Carrboro officials say Duke Energy broke state laws waging decades-long ‘deception campaign’ about fossil fuels"

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [43]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Source: Guardian [56], 12/05/2024
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Not Everyone Is Convinced Newly Funded Midwest Hydrogen Hub Is ‘Clean.’ [57]

"Policymakers and industry say the Midwest Hydrogen Hub will create green jobs and slash emissions, but environmentalists see a ploy to keep fossil fuels in use."

Activism [58]
Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Infrastructure [31]
Pollution [23]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Source: Grist/WBEZ [60], 12/05/2024
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"Lawmakers Reach Final Deal On WRDA Bill" [61]

"The Senate and House reached a final agreement Tuesday on a major bipartisan water infrastructure bill, which authorizes a range of federal projects to reduce flooding, improve ports and restore ecosystems."

Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [62], 12/05/2024
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Experts Study Whale Species So Rare It’s Never Been Seen Alive [63]

"It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery."

Biodiversity [11]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [53]
Public [16]
International [35]
Australia & Oceania [64]
Source: AP [65], 12/05/2024
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"Mammoth: It’s What Was for Dinner" [66]

"For millions of years, North America was home to a zoo of giants: mammoths and mastodons, camels and dire wolves, sloths the size of elephants and beavers as big as bears. And then, at the end of the Pleistocene Epoch about 12,000 years ago, most of them vanished."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Studies [67]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [53]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [68], 12/05/2024
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