EJToday: Top Headlines

Congress Tackles Farm Bill As Ag Emissions Rise, Climate Batters Farms [9]

"The legislation represents a major chance to tackle emissions, but some lawmakers vow to keep climate measures out. Advocates call for more climate-focused conservation."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 03/03/2023
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"California Reactors Win Exemption In Fight To Keep Running" [17]

"Government regulators Thursday granted California’s largest utility an unusual exemption that could allow the state’s last nuclear power plant to continue running after the expiration of its federal operating licenses, a key piece of a contentious proposal to keep the reactors producing electricity for years to come."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [20]
Source: AP [21], 03/03/2023
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Tijuana River Sewage May Be Contaminating Air Along S. Calif. Coast: Study [22]

"Chronic coastal contamination from the Tijuana River can end up in the atmosphere as “sea spray aerosol” — spreading far beyond the San Diego County beaches where it has long polluted the water, a new study has found."

Air [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
California [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Mexico [29]
Source: The Hill [30], 03/03/2023
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"Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reached A Record High In 2022" [31]

"Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [25]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: AP [33], 03/03/2023
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"Next Labor Secretary Will Face A Big Shortage Of Clean-Energy Workers" [34]

"President Biden on Tuesday nominated Julie Su to be the next labor secretary ... . If confirmed by the Senate, Su would face a major challenge: a shortage of workers in the clean-energy industry that threatens to derail the administration’s ambitious climate agenda."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [35], 03/03/2023
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"Deforestation Inc.: How 'Green' Firms Prevent Climate Action" [36]

"A new 9-month long cross-border investigation exposes the flaws of “green” forestry labels. Environmental auditors overlook harm by “sustainable" companies, hindering climate efforts."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [37]
Forests [38]
Journalism & Media [39]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: DW [40], 03/03/2023
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"Climate Change Is Fueling More Conflict Between Humans And Wildlife" [41]

"Wildfires pushing tigers towards Sumatran villages. Drought prodding elephants into African cropland. Hotter ocean temperatures forcing whales into shipping lanes. Humans and wildlife have long struggled to harmoniously coexist. Climate change is pitting both against each other more often, new research finds, amplifying conflicts over habitat and resources."

Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [11]
Wildlife [43]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: NPR [44], 03/03/2023
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"ESG Investing Rule Rejected by Senate, Biden Promises Veto" [45]

"The US Senate passed a measure to block the US Labor Department from enforcing its new ESG retirement investing rule, guaranteeing a showdown with the White House on a resolution the Biden administration has pledged to veto."

Economy & Business [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [48], 03/02/2023
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"Ohio Senators Introduce Rail Safety Bill After Fiery Crash" [49]

"Railroads including the one whose train derailed and caught fire in Ohio would have to follow new safety rules under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday by the state’s two U.S. senators, even as regulators plan to step up inspections on tracks carrying the most hazardous materials."

Chemicals [50]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [37]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [52]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [53], 03/02/2023
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"Fossil Fuel Companies Donated $700M To US Universities Over 10 Years" [54]

"Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010 to 2020, according to a new study. Such funding at universities that conduct climate research can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction of climate solutions the industry prefers, the report’s authors argue."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [37]
Environmental Studies [55]
Science [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [57], 03/02/2023
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Unseen War: "Brazilian Force Driving Out Mining Gangs From Indigenous Lands" [58]

"For the last four years Brazil’s rainforests bled. “They bled like never before,” said Felipe Finger as he prepared to venture into the jungle with his assault rifle to staunch the environmental carnage inflicted on the Amazon under the former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro."

Public [14]
South America [59]
Source: Guardian [60], 03/02/2023
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"Advocates Seek To Boost Clean Energy Program In Latest Farm Bill Renewal" [61]

"The Inflation Reduction Act offered bigger grants under a rural clean energy program. Now, advocates want Congress to bring the rest of the program in line with those ambitions as part of the latest Farm Bill reauthorization."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [37]
Forests [38]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [62]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Energy News Network [63], 03/02/2023
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"DeSantis, Pence Allies Launching Campaign To Speed Energy Approvals" [64]

"A new group aims to spend up to $10 million to sway Congress to loosen federal rules for both fossil fuel projects and green power. A major element: putting "the right pressure" on vulnerable Senate Democrats."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [37]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [62]
Transportation [52]
Wildlife [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Politico [65], 03/02/2023
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"The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’" [66]

"The plan to stop companies from fudging their climate goals is fundamentally flawed."

Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [67]
Economy & Business [46]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [37]
Journalism & Media [39]
Public [14]
International [32]
Source: Atlantic [68], 03/02/2023
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EPA Coal Ash Settlement Raises Hopes For Cleanup Beyond Lake Michigan [69]

"A settlement between environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could for the first time impose regulations on hundreds of coal ash sites nationwide that are not covered by 2015 federal coal ash rules."

Chemicals [50]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Energy News Network [70], 03/02/2023
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