EJToday: Top Headlines

"California Salmon Season Is Canceled For The First Time Since 2009" [9]

"Federal regulators overseeing West Coast fisheries have effectively called off California’s entire 2023 ocean salmon fishing season, in an effort to protect fish populations that have dwindled during the ongoing drought."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [17]
Source: Sacramento Bee [18], 03/16/2023
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"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks" [19]

"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Science [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 03/16/2023
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"Arctic Ice Has Seen An ‘Irreversible’ Thinning Since 2007, Study Says" [26]

"Arctic sea ice declined dramatically in 2007 and has never recovered. New research suggests the loss was a fundamental change unlikely to be reversed this century, if ever — perhaps proof of the sort of climate tipping point that scientists have warned the planet could pass as it warms."

Climate Change [11]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
International [27]
Antarctica & Arctic [28]
Source: Washington Post [29], 03/16/2023
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"Senate Hope For Permit Deal Alive After DOA House Energy Bill" [30]

"Senate Democrats are still holding out hope for a deal on permitting reform, but a House Republican energy bill is not going to do the trick."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [35], 03/16/2023
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"Inside The Movement To Remake America’s City Streets" [36]

"The automobile has been a fixture of urban life for more than a century. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. Congested streets turned into pedestrian safe havens. Now many want to make those changes permanent — but it won’t happen without a fight."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [34]
Planning & Growth [38]
Transportation [39]
Public [16]
International [27]
Source: Washington Post [40], 03/16/2023
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"Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals" [41]

"Last summer, the highly contagious strain of avian influenza that had been spreading through North American birds made its way into marine mammals, causing a spike in seal strandings along the coast of Maine. In June and July, more than 150 dead or ailing seals washed ashore."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [32]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [43]
Public [16]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [44], 03/16/2023
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"Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff" [45]

"The National Audubon Society announced Wednesday that it’s keeping its name, following a lengthy internal debate and pressure from staff to sever ties to its namesake, bird artist and enslaver John James Audubon."

Activism [46]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [20]
Natural Resources [42]
Wildlife [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [47], 03/16/2023
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"Soggy California Drenched Anew As Nor'easter Buries New England, New York" [48]

"The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms soaked California on Tuesday, bringing another deluge of rain to the already-saturated state, while a Nor'easter swirling over New York and New England prompted emergency orders and closed roads."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: Reuters [50], 03/15/2023
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"Haaland Reverses Trump-Era Izembek Road Decision" [51]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland late Tuesday revoked a Trump-era land swap that would have paved the way for a road to be built through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."

Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [42]
People & Population [52]
Transportation [39]
Wildlife [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [53]
Source: E&E News [54], 03/15/2023
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"EPA Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Historic Water Rule" [55]

"EPA is taking aim at six notorious “forever chemicals” with aggressive standards likely to usher in a new hard-line approach to the compounds."

Chemicals [56]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [32]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [57]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [58], 03/15/2023
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"Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project" [59]

"The approval Monday of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve is teeing up a new high-profile legal brawl that will likely align the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers against environmentalists who have largely backed the president’s climate agenda."

Activism [46]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Alaska and Hawaii [53]
Source: E&E News [60], 03/15/2023
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"Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment" [61]

"Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday."

Chemicals [56]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [32]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [57]
Transportation [39]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [62]
Source: AP [63], 03/15/2023
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"House Republicans Unveil Energy, Permitting Package" [64]

"House Republicans on Tuesday officially unveiled the text of their planned energy and permitting package set to hit the House floor by the end of this month."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [65]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [66], 03/15/2023
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"Hundreds Dead As Cyclone Freddy Wrecks Malawi, Mozambique" [67]

"The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Africa [68]
Source: AP [69], 03/15/2023
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"What’s Next In Ohio Corruption Probe After Guilty Verdicts?" [70]

"The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts for ex-House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, the former head of the Republican Party. But the state’s attorney general said it’s “only the beginning of accountability” for the now-tainted $1 billion bailout of two aging nuclear power plants."

Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [71]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [62]
Source: AP [72], 03/15/2023
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