EJToday: Top Headlines

"New York City Is Considering a Laundry Pods Crackdown" [9]

"New York City is considering limiting the types of laundry and dishwashing detergents available in the five boroughs. City Council Member James Gennaro, a Democrat, introduced a bill on Thursday that would make it illegal to sell or distribute detergent pods or laundry sheets that contain polyvinyl alcohol, also known as PVA or PVOH."

Chemicals [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Green [17], 02/12/2024
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"Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Are A Growing Biofuel Battleground" [18]

"When Varlin Higbee eyes the scrubby forest of pinyon pines and juniper trees that fill the high desert outside this old Union Pacific Railroad town, there’s just one thought that crosses his mind: “They’re just a wildfire waiting to happen,” the Lincoln County commissioner says of the low, bushy trees."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Forests [21]
Public [14]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [23], 02/12/2024
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Climate Scientist Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict Against Right-Wing Bloggers [24]

"Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [28], 02/09/2024
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"2024 Begins With More Record Heat Worldwide" [29]

"On the heels of Earth’s warmest year, January was the eighth month in a row in which global temperatures blew past previous records."

Climate Change [19]
Science [27]
Public [14]
International [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 02/09/2024
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"2024 Could Be A Big Year For PFAS Bans: Report" [32]

"Policymakers in 36 states will consider more than 450 bills that deal with toxic chemicals in 2024, according to a new analysis of anticipated state legislation from Safer States."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: EHN [34], 02/09/2024
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EPA Reports “Widespread Noncompliance” With Regulations on Toxic Coal Ash [35]

"A glaring loophole already had allowed at least a half-billion tons of the waste to go unregulated. Now the agency says many of the facilities that are subject to the rules do not comply."

Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 02/09/2024
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"Monarch Butterfly Numbers Are Down Sharply at Wintering Areas in Mexico" [38]

"The number of monarch butterflies at their overwintering areas in Mexico dropped precipitously this year to the second-lowest level on record, according to an annual survey." "Scientists said the decline appeared to be driven by hot, dry conditions in the United States and Canada that reduced food supply."

Agriculture [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [19]
Wildlife [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mexico [42]
Source: NYTimes [43], 02/09/2024
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"Feds Weigh Protections For Tiny Snail Near Massive Lithium Mine" [44]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service has launched an in-depth study of whether a teensy-tiny snail that inhabits springs in a small slice of lithium-rich Nevada desert should enjoy federal protections under the Endangered Species Act."

Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [12]
Wildlife [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Source: E&E News [47], 02/09/2024
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"Energy And Commerce Chair McMorris Rodgers To Leave Congress" [48]

"House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers is departing Congress just two years after taking the panel’s helm."

Energy & Fuel [36]
Government [49]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [50]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [51], 02/09/2024
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"Is Los Angeles Collecting Enough Stormwater?" [52]

"The same flood-control system that protected L.A. from the atmospheric rivers also saw tens of billions of gallons of stormwater flush to the sea."

Climate Change [19]
Infrastructure [53]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [54], 02/09/2024
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"As States Slash Rooftop Solar Incentives, Puerto Rico Extends Them" [55]

"As states across the country roll back how much they pay rooftop-solar owners for the surplus electricity they send back to the grid, Puerto Rico is bucking the trend, protecting its generous solar credits until at least the end of the decade."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [56]
Economy & Business [57]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Infrastructure [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: Grist [59], 02/09/2024
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"The Promise Of Passive House Design" [60]

"Imagine a home so efficient that it could be heated with a hair dryer. That’s the promise of a passive house, a design standard that’s becoming increasingly popular in the architecture community for its benefits to occupants and the climate."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Infrastructure [53]
Technology [61]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [62], 02/09/2024
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"Biden Administration Toughens Limits on Deadly Air Pollution" [63]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday tightened limits on fine industrial particles, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution, for the first time in a decade." "The E.P.A. says the new rule will prevent 4,500 premature deaths annually. Industry leaders are expected to challenge the regulation, saying it will harm the economy."

Air [64]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [65], 02/08/2024
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Court Bans Three Weedkillers And Finds EPA Broke Law In Approval Process [66]

"Dealing a blow to three of the world’s biggest agrochemical companies, a US court this week banned three weedkillers widely used in American agriculture, finding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broke the law in allowing them to be on the market."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [67], 02/08/2024
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"Dengue Spreads Fast In Brazil Prompting Emergency Health Measures" [68]

Dengue fever has surged in Brazil's hot rainy season, forcing health authorities to take emergency measures and start mass vaccination against the mosquito-borne illness."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [33]
Public [14]
South America [69]
Source: Reuters [70], 02/08/2024
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