EJToday: Top Headlines

"Chesapeake Bay Group Cites Pollution Data Concerns" [9]

"The current pace of reducing agricultural pollution in the Chesapeake Bay is off track, an advocacy group said Wednesday."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 06/23/2022
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"U.S. To Expand Monkeypox Testing At Commercial Labs As Outbreak Grows" [19]

"The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is authorizing commercial laboratories to conduct monkeypox tests in an attempt to dramatically expand testing as the United States confronts a record outbreak that experts fear is far larger than the official count of 156 cases."

Environmental Health [20]
Health [21]
Science [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 06/23/2022
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"From ‘Carp’ To ‘Copi’: Unpopular Fish Getting A Makeover" [25]

"You’re in the mood for fish and your server suggests a dish of invasive carp. Ugh, you might say. But how about broiled copi, fresh from the Mississippi River? Here’s the catch: They’re the same thing."

Consumer [26]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: AP [28], 06/23/2022
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Every Hour, This Gas Storage Station Emits Half a Ton of Methane [29]

"The Petal plant emits the greenhouse gas equivalent of 87,000 automobiles—more than any other gas storage facility in the United States."

Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 06/23/2022
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"How Fast Fashion Became Faster — and Worse for the Earth" [33]

"The spring dance is in two weeks, and my friend needs help choosing a dress. She beckons me to her phone where an endless mosaic of elegant dresses, not one over $20, dances before my eyes. After much deliberation, she settles on a glamorous sapphire gown with pleated details lining the bodice. Another two weeks later, the dress carpets the bottom of a landfill, worn only once."

Climate Change [30]
Consumer [26]
Waste [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [35], 06/23/2022
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The Human Sensory Experience Is Limited. Journey Into Animals' World. [36]

"There's a vast world around us that animals can perceive — but humans can't."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Studies [12]
Natural Resources [37]
Science [22]
Wildlife [38]
Public [16]
International [39]
Source: NPR [40], 06/23/2022
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"Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Roundup Maker Over Cancer Claims" [41]

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a multimillion-dollar verdict against the manufacturer of the popular weedkiller Roundup for failing to warn of cancer risks. The decision by the justices not to intervene clears the way for thousands of similar lawsuits against the company Bayer."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [42]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [44], 06/22/2022
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Critical Mistakes By USFS Caused Devastating New Mexico Wildfire: Report [45]

"The U.S. Forest Service made critical mistakes that caused a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history, the agency said Tuesday. A new report found that employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest before lighting the flames."

Climate Change [30]
Disasters [46]
Forests [47]
Government [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: AP [50], 06/22/2022
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"Will EPA Use Special Power To Prod Trump Holdovers On Climate?" [51]

"EPA has a rarely used power to prod other agencies to act if it determines that their actions don’t adequately protect the environment."

Climate Change [30]
Environmental Politics [52]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [53], 06/22/2022
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Young People Go To European Court To Stop Treaty That Aids Fossil Fuel [54]

"Young victims of the climate crisis will on Tuesday launch legal action at Europe’s top human rights court against an energy treaty that protects fossil fuel investors."

Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [16]
Europe [55]
Source: Guardian [56], 06/22/2022
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California Must Euthanize 350,000 Hatchery Trout After Bacteria Outbreak [57]

"A bacteria outbreak in two state hatcheries is forcing the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to euthanize about 350,000 rainbow trout, which could affect fishing stock in some state waterways this summer."

Fish & Fisheries [13]
Public [16]
California [58]
Source: LA Times [59], 06/22/2022
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"Niger Is In The Eye Of The Climate Crisis – And Children Are Starving" [60]

"Aguié’s clinic is full of malnourished children, with more dying in villages, as the global food crisis worsens years of drought".

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [30]
Food [61]
Public [16]
Africa [62]
Source: Guardian [63], 06/22/2022
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Virginia Governor Rolls Back Plastics Phase-Out, Seeks Recycling [64]

"An executive order this spring by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin trumpeted efforts to boost recycling, but it also eliminated a commitment by his predecessor to phase out single-use plastics at state agencies and universities."

Chemicals [42]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [52]
Waste [34]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Source: Energy News [65], 06/22/2022
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"Biden’s New Regulatory Playbook Targets Climate, Opioids" [66]

"President Joe Biden released his third regulatory to-do list Tuesday, detailing his ambitions to regulate consumer data use, treat opioid addiction, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [30]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [67], 06/22/2022
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"Friendly Fungi Help Forests Fight Climate Change" [68]

"A forest is home to billions of living things, some of them too small to be seen by the naked eye. Collectively, these micro-scale species contribute more to our planet than most of us could imagine."

Climate Change [30]
Forests [47]
Public [16]
International [39]
Source: BBC News [69], 06/22/2022
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