EJToday: Top Headlines

"9 Diseases That Keep Epidemiologists Up At Night" [9]

"The virus now known as SARS-CoV-2 — which causes the disease COVID-19 — is still spreading. But for those who study infectious diseases, talking about possible next pandemics is a necessity."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: NPR [16], 01/30/2023
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"Ski Resorts Can Now Make Fake Snow In 80 Degrees." Why That’s A Problem [17]

"A lack of snow and abnormally mild temperatures are threatening ski resorts in the eastern United States, Europe and Asia. As natural snow becomes scarcer and temperatures creep too high for traditional snow machines, new technology is helping a growing number of ski areas adapt to the warming climate."

Climate Change [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [21], 01/30/2023
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"In the Fight Over Gas Stoves, Meet the Industry’s Go-To Scientist" [22]

"Longstanding research shows the health dangers of gas-burning ranges. Utilities are turning to Julie Goodman, a toxicologist with a firm whose work raises questions about the science."

"When Multnomah County in Oregon convened a recent public hearing on the health hazards posed by pollution from gas stoves, a toxicologist named Julie Goodman was the first to testify.
Air [23]
Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [28]
Technology [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [30], 01/30/2023
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"Texas Heat-Related Deaths Reached A Two-Decade High In 2022" [31]

"A Texas Tribune analysis of state data found that at least 268 people in Texas were killed by heat last year, and a large portion of those deaths were likely migrants who died after crossing the border."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Texas Tribune [33], 01/30/2023
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"The Future of Organic Food Is Taking Shape at the USDA — and Beyond" [34]

"Over the past few years, as the U.S. organic market has surpassed $60 billion in sales, organic farmers, businesses, and advocates have been engaged in a heated debate about the strength and integrity of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Organic standards. Now, the agency has finally started taking action to address some of the loopholes long pointed to by advocates."

Agriculture [35]
Consumer [25]
Food [36]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Civil Eats [38], 01/30/2023
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"The Political Debate On Shipping Oil Through Manitoba’s Arctic Port" [39]

"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was met with rousing applause last week as he laid out a vision for a prosperous northern Manitoba that hinges on the contentious Port of Churchill. His plan — built in part around the idea of shipping oil through the port — has attracted increasing attention from Canadian leaders in recent months, putting Churchill’s future into the national spotlight."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [40]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [14]
Canada [43]
Source: The Narwhal [44], 01/30/2023
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"Nobody Is Happy With the Federal Grazing Program" [45]

"Not the environmentalists. Not the ranchers. Not the public employees. In some cases, not even the cows."

Agriculture [35]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Earther [46], 01/30/2023
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"Listening to the Endangered Sounds of the Amazon Rainforest" [47]

"“The Territory,” a documentary about the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people’s fight to protect their land, spotlights the unique natural music of the rainforest."

Biodiversity [48]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [14]
South America [49]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 01/30/2023
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"Biden Administration Sets a Mining Ban in Boundary Waters Wilderness" [51]

"The Biden administration on Thursday said it will establish a 20-year moratorium on mining upstream from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a vast preserve of lakes and woods that has been at the center of a fierce dispute over a proposed copper and nickel mine."

Biodiversity [48]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [40]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Forests [53]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [42]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Canada [43]
Source: NYTimes [55], 01/27/2023
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"Town Where Child Cancer Rose Blasts Deal Over Polluted Site" [56]

"In hindsight, it’s clear that something was very wrong in this suburban town at the Jersey Shore, where many people worked at or lived near a chemical company that was flushing toxic waste into waterways and burying it in the ground."

Chemicals [24]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [37]
People & Population [57]
Pollution [28]
Waste [58]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Source: AP [60], 01/27/2023
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"Lax Oversight Allows U.S. Refineries To Pollute Waterways - Report" [61]

"Weak U.S. water protection rules and federal oversight has allowed dozens of U.S. oil refineries to dump toxic chemicals and metals into the nation’s waterways, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) said in a report released on Thursday."

Chemicals [24]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [62]
Environmental Politics [40]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [63], 01/27/2023
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"Puerto Rico Hands Control of its Power Plants to a Natural Gas Company" [64]

"Puerto Rican authorities have hired a natural gas company to operate the island’s publicly-owned fleet of fossil fuel power plants, despite the commonwealth facing increasing pressure to rapidly transition its aging energy system to renewable sources."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Infrastructure [65]
Pollution [28]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 01/27/2023
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"U.S. Native Seed Shortage Hinders Land Restoration - Report" [68]

"The United States is facing a shortage of the native seeds it uses to restore natural habitats damaged by wildfire and other weather events made worse by climate change, according to a report released on Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [48]
Forests [53]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [69], 01/27/2023
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Colorado River Is Overused And Shrinking. Crisis Transforms The Southwest [70]

"The Colorado River begins as melting snow, trickling from forested peaks and coursing in streams that gather in the meadows and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Like arteries, its major tributaries take shape across Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, coming together in a great river like no other — a river that travels more than 1,400 miles and has defined the rise of the American Southwest over the last century."

Agriculture [35]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Justice [62]
Environmental Politics [40]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Infrastructure [65]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [57]
Planning & Growth [71]
Water & Oceans [42]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: LA Times [72], 01/27/2023
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"Meet The Top House Recipients Of Oil And Gas Money" [73]

"The oil and gas industry donated millions of dollars to members of the House in the last election cycle. Now, many of the top recipients are well-positioned to advance its interests."

Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [62]
Environmental Politics [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [74], 01/27/2023
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