EJToday: Top Headlines

"Huge Underground Search For Mysterious Dark Matter Begins" [9]

"LEAD, S.D. — In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter."

Natural Resources [10]
Science [11]
Public [12]
International [13]
Source: AP [14], 07/11/2022
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EPA Describes How It Will Regulate Power Plants After Supreme Court Loss [15]

"Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last week limiting the government’s ability to restrict the pollution that is causing global warming, the Biden administration is planning to use other regulatory tools in hopes of achieving similar goals."

Air [16]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [23], 07/08/2022
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"Watchdog Slams Trump EPA Tampering With PFAS Rule" [24]

"The Trump EPA flouted transparency requirements and proper protocol when it changed a rule pertaining to “forever chemicals,” according to findings out today from the agency’s watchdog."

Chemicals [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [28], 07/08/2022
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DOT Proposal Would Require States To Track Carbon Emissions From Driving [29]

"The Department of Transportation on Thursday proposed a new requirement that states and metropolitan areas measure the amount of carbon dioxide being released through driving on interstate highways and other major roads."

Air [16]
Climate Change [17]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Transportation [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [30], 07/08/2022
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"Higher Gas Prices Hurt Pockets, Make Small Dent In Emissions" [31]

"As Congress and now the Supreme Court stymie the Biden administration’s efforts to curb climate change, one thing the president doesn’t want - sky high gas prices - actually is nibbling away at emissions of heat-trapping gas."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [32], 07/08/2022
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Calif. Deepens Water Cuts To Cope With Drought, Hitting 1000s Of Farms [33]

"California regulators have begun curtailing the water rights of many farms and irrigation districts along the Sacramento River, forcing growers to stop diverting water from the river and its tributaries.

The order, which took effect Thursday, puts a hold on about 5,800 water rights across the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers’ watersheds, reflecting the severity of California’s extreme drought.
Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [17]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [12]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [37], 07/08/2022
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"The Bitter Fight To Stop A 2,000-Mile Carbon Pipeline" [38]

"Three pipeline projects are in early stages of planning in Iowa. An alliance of farmers, Indigenous groups and environmentalists wants to stop them".

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [39]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Source: Guardian [42], 07/08/2022
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BP Paid Rural Mexicans a “Pittance” for Carbon Credits [43]

"In the coldest months of the year, thick fog blankets the mountain village of Coatitila in eastern Mexico, hiding the bulging, pine-covered hills that cradle it. At midday, the sun pulls back the fog to expose patches of blight where trees have been axed for logging or farm work."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Justice [45]
Forests [46]
Public [12]
Mexico [47]
Source: Bloomberg [48], 07/08/2022
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"‘Carbon Capture’ Is No Fix. Big Oil’s Known for Decades" [49]

"The touted tech is still scarce and pricey, and even oilsands allies counsel caution."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [39]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
Canada [50]
Source: The Tyee [51], 07/08/2022
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"Federal Purchases of Single-Use Plastics Targeted by Biden’s GSA" [52]

"The General Services Administration is targeting the federal purchases of single-use plastics and packaging, the agency proposed Thursday in an action that environmentalists called an encouraging step."

Chemicals [25]
Consumer [53]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [20]
Waste [54]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [55], 07/08/2022
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"Biologists’ Fears Confirmed On The Lower Colorado River" [56]

"For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn’t belong there."

Biodiversity [57]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [59], 07/08/2022
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"EU Lawmakers Back Gas, Nuclear Energy As Sustainable" [60]

"European Union lawmakers voted Wednesday to include natural gas and nuclear in the bloc’s list of sustainable activities, backing a proposal from the EU’s executive arm that has been drawing fierce criticism from environment groups and now looks set to trigger legal challenges."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [12]
Europe [61]
Source: AP [62], 07/07/2022
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"US Water Likely Contains More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Than EPA Tests Show" [63]

"A Guardian analysis of water samples from around the United States shows that the type of water testing relied on by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is so limited in scope that it is probably missing significant levels of PFAS pollutants."

Chemicals [25]
Consumer [53]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [45]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [64], 07/07/2022
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Full Of Holes, New International Agreement Targets Fishing Subsidies [65]

"After 20 years of failed negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has secured a deal to curb harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing. Conservationists and campaign groups welcomed last week’s agreement as historic, despite criticism of “big holes” in the agreement."

Environmental Politics [39]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
International [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [66]
Source: Climate Desk [67], 07/07/2022
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"Alaska Is on Track for a Record Fire Season" [68]

"Alaska is on pace for a historic fire season, spurred on by warm temperatures, a diminished snowpack, and an apparent uptick in lightning strikes. Fires have ripped through 2 million acres so far this year, roughly 10 times the total area burned in all of 2021."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [69]
Forests [46]
Public [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [70]
Source: YaleE360 [71], 07/07/2022
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