EJToday: Top Headlines

"How to Hit the Trail With Nothing but Amtrak and a Bicycle" [9]

"From Idaho to Alabama to Maine, adventure outdoors without taking a single car ride or plane trip".

Consumer [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Transportation [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Canada [15]
Source: Sierra [16], 04/09/2024
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"EPA’s Regan Sees Urgency in New Rules Despite Legal Headwinds" [17]

"The EPA is urgently updating regulations to address climate change without regard to the Congressional Review Act, even as the agency faces legal headwinds, administrator Michael Regan said Friday."

Climate Change [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [20], 04/08/2024
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Mexico’s Likely Next President Is A Climate Scientist But Not Outspoken [21]

"Mexico will elect a new president in June, at a time when climate change is already challenging the country in many ways. But don’t expect the leading candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, to make climate a central part of her campaign ahead of the June 2 election."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [13]
Mexico [23]
Source: AP [24], 04/08/2024
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"There’s an Explosion of Plastic Waste. Big Companies Say ‘We’ve Got This.’" [25]

"Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver."

Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Waste [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [30], 04/08/2024
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Rain and Rising Sea Levels Sending Sewage Into Charleston Streets and Ponds [31]

"Environmental advocates threaten to sue within weeks if Charleston Water does not present a plan to prevent hundreds of wastewater overflows."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [28]
Infrastructure [33]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 04/08/2024
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"Greta Thunberg Detained Twice At Demonstration In The Hague" [38]

"Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in The Hague, the Netherlands, for several hours on Saturday."

Activism [39]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [13]
International [40]
Europe [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 04/08/2024
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"Few Stations and $200 to Fill Up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’" [43]

"The state committed more than $250 million toward building out a network of stations for hydrogen fuel cell cars. It’s not going great."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Infrastructure [33]
Technology [44]
Transportation [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [45]
Source: Bloomberg [46], 04/08/2024
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New York Is Suing The World’s Biggest Meat Company Charging Greenwashing [47]

"Letitia James’s lawsuit accuses JBS of deceiving customers about being climate-friendly – and the implications could be far-reaching".

Agriculture [48]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
South America [50]
Source: Guardian [51], 04/08/2024
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"World Record Temperature Jump In Antarctic Raises Fears Of Catastrophe" [52]

"An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem".

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [32]
Public [13]
International [40]
Antarctica & Arctic [53]
Source: Guardian [54], 04/08/2024
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"Electric Cars Pass the Tipping Point to Mass Adoption in 31 Countries" [55]

"Once 5% of new-car sales go fully electric, everything changes — according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of transitions underway across four continents."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Infrastructure [33]
Technology [44]
Transportation [12]
Public [13]
International [40]
Source: Bloomberg [56], 04/08/2024
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"A Decade After Bunkerville Standoff, Bundy Cattle Roam Free" [57]

"Ten years after the weeklong confrontation, the federal government faces paralysis over how to oversee a desert ecosystem."

Activism [39]
Agriculture [48]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [58]
Source: E&E News [59], 04/08/2024
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"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants" [60]

"The E.P.A. said the fund will spur a clean energy transition in overlooked communities. Republicans called it a “greendoggle.”"

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [61]
Environmental Justice [62]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [63], 04/05/2024
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"Feds Bar New Drilling, Mining In Colorado’s Thompson Divide" [64]

"The Biden administration Wednesday finalized a 20-year ban on new oil and gas drilling and mining activity on 221,898 acres of federal lands within western Colorado’s pristine Thompson Divide." "The 20-year ban on new drilling will protect a pristine region that local advocates say is renowned for its wildlife and recreation."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Forests [65]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [58]
Source: E&E News [66], 04/05/2024
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"Biden Cements Civil Service Protections From Trump Firing Spree" [67]

"President Joe Biden has bolstered defenses for the federal workforce to ward off mass firing by a potential second Trump administration."

Environmental Politics [22]
Government [68]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [69], 04/05/2024
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As Climate Changes, Sami Herders Need To Feed Reindeer As Rain Creates Ice [70]

"Driving slowly on his snowmobile, reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara spreads animal feed for hundreds of his reindeer gathered in the Finnmark mountain plateau in Arctic Norway - something he wished he did not have to do."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [71]
Wildlife [72]
Public [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [53]
Europe [41]
Source: Reuters [73], 04/05/2024
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