EJToday: Top Headlines

"Extreme Heat Is A Health Crisis, Columbia Experts Say" [9]

"The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust international effort to address climate change, a panel of scientists warned Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: AP [14], 02/28/2023
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"US 2022 Power Plant Emissions Fell On Switch From Coal To Gas - EPA" [15]

"U.S. power plant emissions of pollutants that harm human health and warm the planet fell last year as the industry continued a switch from coal to natural gas, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [18], 02/28/2023
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Kerry To Serve In Climate Envoy Role At Least Through Nov. COP28 Summit [19]

"John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, said in a new interview with The Boston Globe that he told President Biden that he will serve in his role through at least the United Nations climate summit in November."

Climate Change [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [20], 02/28/2023
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"Texas Led the U.S. in Wind and Solar Energy Production Last Year" [21]

"Red states top a new list of the country's top wind and solar producers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Earther [22], 02/28/2023
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All Fish Tested From Michigan Rivers Contain ‘Forever Chemicals’ - Study [23]

"All fish caught in Michigan rivers and tested for toxic PFAS contained the chemicals – and at levels that present a health risk for anyone eating them, according to a new study."

Chemicals [24]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Food [26]
Pollution [27]
Public [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 02/28/2023
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"Border Plant Joins ESA List Despite Texas AG’s Objections" [30]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday dismissed border-control concerns raised by the Texas attorney general and announced federal protections for the prostrate milkweed, along with a designated critical habitat of 661 acres for the plant."

Biodiversity [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: E&E News [34], 02/28/2023
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"Warm Canadian Winter Threatens Algonquin Ice-Fishing Traditions" [35]

"Most winters, at least once a week, Mike Diabo will snowmobile to the shores of one of his local lakes in southern Quebec, carry his fishing gear across the frozen surface, and drill down through the ice to reveal the dark water beneath."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [12]
Canada [37]
Source: Reuters [38], 02/28/2023
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"After Ohio Train Wreck, Biden Orders Door-To-Door Checks" [39]

"President Joe Biden on Friday directed federal agencies to go door-to-door in East Palestine, Ohio, to check on families affected by the toxic train derailment that has morphed into a heated political controversy."

Chemicals [24]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Transportation [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: AP [42], 02/27/2023
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"In India, ‘Phase Down’ Of Coal Actually Means Rapid Expansion Of Mining" [43]

"A tripling of size is planned at the fastest-growing coal mine in India".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [12]
International [13]
Asia [44]
Source: Washington Post [45], 02/27/2023
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"As Fatal Fungus Takes Its Toll, Can We Save Frog Species on the Brink?" [46]

"The deadly chytrid fungus has wiped out as many as 90 species of amphibians. Now researchers from Australia to California are exploring a host of ways to save threatened frog populations — from relocation to safer habitats to reintroducing frogs treated with a sort of vaccine."

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [11]
Natural Resources [47]
Wildlife [48]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: YaleE360 [49], 02/27/2023
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"Here Comes The Haboob: Texas High Plains Getting Walloped By Dust Storms" [50]

"High Plains residents are used to wind and dust, but an ongoing drought and recent tropical-storm-level winds have brought some epic dust storms."

Agriculture [51]
Air [52]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [27]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Texas Tribune [53], 02/27/2023
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Bacteria Measurements Shows High Amounts Of Dog Feces On NY City Sidewalks [54]

"A pair of natural science researchers from Marymount Manhattan College has found that high levels of dog feces landing on sidewalks in New York city has resulted in high levels of bacteria in homes and businesses."

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [55]
Source: Phys.org [56], 02/27/2023
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Despite 1996 Law, EPA Still Hasn't Tested Pesticides For Hormone Impacts [57]

"New lawsuit aims to make the agency do what Congress ordered more than 25 years ago."

"In 1996, Congress ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test all pesticides used on food for endocrine disruption by 1999. The EPA still doesn’t do this today.

Nor does it appear close to doing so, argue the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the agency in December for its ongoing failure to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.
Agriculture [51]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [58]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [26]
Science [59]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: EHN [60], 02/27/2023
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"As Oil Companies Stay Lean, Workers Move to Renewable Energy" [61]

"Solar, wind, geothermal, battery and other alternative-energy businesses are adding workers from fossil fuel companies, where employment has fallen."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Infrastructure [62]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [63], 02/27/2023
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"Plastic Consumption On Course To Nearly Double By 2050 - Research" [64]

"Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally binding global treaty to curb consumption is drawn up, according to research published on Monday."

Chemicals [24]
Consumer [58]
Pollution [27]
Waste [65]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: Reuters [66], 02/27/2023
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