EJToday: Top Headlines

"'Slow-Motion Disaster': Panama's Indigenous Leave Home As Sea Levels Rise" [9]

"The Guna people of Panama's sinking Gardi Sugdub island are planning to move to the mainland to escape rising sea levels".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [16]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [17], 04/17/2024
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"2023 Was Record Year For Wind Installations: Research" [18]

"Last year saw record wind power installations worldwide, with a total of 117 gigawatts in new capacity, according to a report published Tuesday by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Public [15]
International [21]
Source: The Hill [22], 04/17/2024
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"California Derailed Its Booming Rooftop Solar Buildout. Can It Be Fixed?" [23]

"Over the past year, California regulators have kneecapped small-scale solar needed to hit the state’s climate goals. These lawmakers are trying to bring it back."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
California [26]
Source: Canary Media [27], 04/17/2024
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"A Heat Pump ‘Petting Zoo’? This Fair Helps Americans Green Their Homes." [28]

"A loose line of people snaked from a doorway in the side of a cargo truck. One young boy wandered over to examine several bales of hay stacked nearby while others waiting craned their necks to get a peek inside. A small sign in the shape of a barn stuck over the open door read, “Petting Zoo.”

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Technology [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Washington Post [31], 04/17/2024
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"This Long Island Tribe Is Dealing With the Impact of Climate Change" [32]

"Becky Genia has spent most of her 67 years on the Shinnecock Reservation, 800 acres on the far eastern side of Long Island’s Shinnecock Bay. Sandwiched between multimillion-dollar mansions and yacht clubs that serve as a playground for uber-rich New Yorkers, it may be hard to imagine a bigger threat to the tiny spit of land than encroaching development. But climate change looms even larger."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: Sierra [34], 04/17/2024
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"Divers In The Philippines Create Nurseries For Rescued Coral" [35]

"A group of scuba diving experts and enthusiasts are setting up coral nurseries in a popular dive spot south of Philippine capital Manila to help in the propagation and recovery of damaged coral."

Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [21]
Australia & Oceania [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 04/17/2024
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Coral Reefs Around The World Are Experiencing Bleaching As Oceans Warm [40]

"Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change."

Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [21]
Source: AP [41], 04/16/2024
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EPA Has Done Nearly All It Can To Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked. [42]

"Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say."

Chemicals [43]
Environmental Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [45]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: ProPublica [47], 04/16/2024
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Biden DOI Aims To Increase Industry Payment For Cleaning Up Offshore Rigs [48]

"The Biden administration on Monday finalized a new rule it says will reduce taxpayer responsibility for the process of decommissioning offshore oil and gas platforms."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [45]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: The Hill [49], 04/16/2024
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Problems With Glen Canyon Dam Threaten Water Flowing To Western States [50]

"A new memo from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is raising concern about the infrastructure at the Glen Canyon Dam and its ability to deliver water downstream should levels at Lake Powell continue to decline."

Infrastructure [20]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [51]
Source: States Newsroom [52], 04/16/2024
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"Nexamp Nabs $520M To Build Community Solar Across The US" [53]

"Community solar helps people who can’t get rooftop solar access the benefits of solar ownership. Developer Nexamp just raised a boatload of money to build more of it."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Canary Media [55], 04/16/2024
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"California Dairies Scramble To Guard Herds Against Bird Flu" [56]

"Earlier this spring, California dairy farmers noted a puzzling drop in milk production in Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Ohio, Kansas and Michigan. Weeks later, news broke that several herds in these states, as well as North Carolina, had been diagnosed with avian influenza — the same strain that has devastated bird populations across the globe and shown a troubling ability to jump to mammals."

Agriculture [57]
Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Health [44]
Food [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [30]
California [26]
Source: LA Times [59], 04/16/2024
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Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Climate-Stressed Texas Panhandle [60]

"In a small Texas city, officials say land previously treated with a prescribed burn stopped the Windy Deuce Fire from entering neighborhoods. But the practice of intentionally burning excess vegetation has faced opposition from some private landowners."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [61]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [51]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 04/16/2024
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"Record Number Of River Barriers Removed Across Europe In 2023" [63]

"Europe removed a record number of dams and other barriers from its rivers in 2023, a report has found, helping to restore its disturbed waterways to their natural states."

Infrastructure [20]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Europe [64]
Source: Guardian [65], 04/16/2024
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How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Biggest Disinformation Tactics [66]

"Increasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinformation is making climate coverage trickier both for journalists to produce and for the public to fully understand and trust."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [67]
Science [68]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Guardian [69], 04/16/2024
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