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Big Discovery Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony [9]

"Scientists discovered a mammoth nesting ground with an estimated 60 million icefish nests in the Weddell Sea."

Biodiversity [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 01/18/2022
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"Drinking Water, Ash Big Concern As Tonga Assesses Damage After Tsunami" [16]

"Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash."

Disasters [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 01/17/2022
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"Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons Of Diesel Near New Orleans" [21]

"A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to federal records."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: AP [24], 01/17/2022
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"Clean Water Act Policy Could Spur Widespread Disarray" [25]

"The Biden administration last week quietly and abruptly announced that developers can no longer rely on decisions made under a high-profile Trump-era Clean Water Act rule about which waters are federally protected to obtain new permits."

Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [28], 01/17/2022
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"Finland, Sweden And Norway To Cull Wolf Population" [29]

"Finland is joining Sweden and Norway in culling wolves this winter to control their population, as conservation groups appeal to the European Union to take action against the slaughter."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Wildlife [30]
Public [13]
Europe [31]
Source: Guardian [32], 01/17/2022
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"Supreme Court Shot-Or-Test Rule Freeze Hits Agency Powers" [33]

"The Supreme Court’s order yesterday blocking vaccine-or-test requirements for large employers sent a daunting message to environmental lawyers. Legal observers say the court, which is now dominated by six conservative justices, has signaled its interest in reining in the regulatory authority of federal agencies. And EPA could be next."

Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [37], 01/17/2022
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"Biden Nominates Climate Champ As Fed’s Bank Cop" [38]

"President Biden is expected to nominate Sarah Bloom Raskin, one of the United States’ most prominent climate finance hawks, to be the Federal Reserve’s top bank cop."

Climate Change [39]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [36]
Journalism & Media [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: E&E News [42], 01/17/2022
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"Lead Ammo Hampers The Bald Eagle Rebound in the Northeast US" [43]

"While bald eagle populations have slowly recovered since the pesticide DDT was banned in 1972, toxic lead ammo has reduced population growth by 4% to 6% annually in the Northeast U.S., according to a new study."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [44]
Wildlife [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: EHN [45], 01/17/2022
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"Scottish Auction For Offshore Windfarm Permits Expected To Raise £860m" [46]

"Scotland’s largest-ever auction of permits to construct offshore windfarms is expected to raise up to £860m when the results are announced on Monday."

Climate Change [39]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Public [13]
Europe [31]
Source: Guardian [47], 01/17/2022
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"Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon Gold Seeps Into Supply Chains" [48]

"To match the festive spirit of South America’s first Olympics, officials from Brazil, the host country for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, boasted that the medals hung around the necks of athletes on the winners’ podium were also a victory for the environment: The gold was produced free of mercury and the silver recycled from thrown away X-ray plates and mirrors."

Environmental Justice [35]
Natural Resources [49]
Public [13]
International [50]
Source: AP [51], 01/17/2022
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"Sometimes, Life Stinks. So He Invented the Nasal Ranger." [52]

"For Chuck McGinley, an engineer who devised the go-to instrument for measuring odors, helping people understand what they smell is serious science."

Air [53]
Pollution [18]
Science [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: NYTimes [55], 01/17/2022
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"The Heat Stays On: Earth Hits 6th Warmest Year On Record" [56]

"Earth simmered to the sixth hottest year on record in 2021, according to several newly released temperature measurements."

Climate Change [39]
Public [13]
International [50]
Source: AP [57], 01/14/2022
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The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts to Protect the Environment [58]

"The potential ramifications of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency are profound."

Climate Change [39]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: New Yorker [59], 01/14/2022
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"The US 'Megadrought' Sets Another Stunning Record" [60]

"Drought was present in nearly 55% of the contiguous US this week, according to the US Drought Monitor. The last time drought has been so widespread for so long was October 2013."

Climate Change [39]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: CNN [61], 01/14/2022
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"Still No Penalties for Coastal GasLink Environmental Violations" [62]

"More than a year after Coastal GasLink was cited for multiple environmental violations on its pipeline route through northern B.C., the provincial government still hasn’t imposed penalties."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Canada [63]
Source: The Tyee [64], 01/14/2022
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