EJToday: Top Headlines

"European Renewables Stocks Surge as Ukraine War Fuels Energy Reckoning" [9]

"In a sea of stock market losses amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, renewables are outperforming as power prices jump and investors mull the rising need for energy alternatives."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Military [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Bloomberg [15], 02/25/2022
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Greenhouse Gases From Oil and Gas Far Exceed Regulators' Estimates [16]

"The greenhouse gas emissions from “venting” and “flaring” excess natural gas over a decade is equal to those of nearly 42 million cars annually."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [17]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 02/25/2022
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"In Antarctica, Does A Burgeoning Krill Fishery Threaten Wildlife?" [20]

"A humpback whale, likely lured by a trawling net capturing masses of Antarctic krill, became entangled last month and died in the Southern Ocean. Three dead juveniles were caught in the same company's krill nets last year."

Fish & Fisheries [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 02/25/2022
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"U.S. Environmental Enforcement Activity Has Dropped, Study Shows" [25]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement activities have dropped sharply since 2018, as criminal fines and civil penalties paid by polluters dropped to new lows, a Washington D.C. watchdog group said Friday in a report."

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [29], 02/25/2022
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"Alaska Worries For Its Salmon Run As Climate Change Warms Arctic Waters" [30]

"With marine heat waves helping to wipe out some of Alaska’s storied salmon runs in recent years, officials have resorted to sending emergency food shipments to affected communities while scientists warn that the industry’s days of traditional harvests may be numbered."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Food [31]
People & Population [32]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [33]
Source: Reuters [34], 02/25/2022
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"Night-Time Attack On Controversial Canadian Gas Pipeline Site" [35]

"Police release video of attack on workers’ equipment at camp of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline opposed by First Nation groups".

Activism [36]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [37]
Public [13]
Canada [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 02/25/2022
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"E.U. Will Unveil A Strategy To Break Free From Russian Gas" [40]

"For years, Europe’s dependence on Russian energy has held it back from taking powerful action against Kremlin mischief. But now, the Russia-Ukraine crisis is forcing a change unlike any before, driving the European Union to make plans for a permanent, far-reaching break from Russian oil and gas, European policymakers said."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [41]
Military [12]
Transportation [42]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Washington Post [43], 02/24/2022
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"USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Mostly Gasoline-Powered Delivery Trucks" [44]

"The U.S. Postal Service finalized plans Wednesday to purchase up to 148,000 gasoline-powered mail delivery trucks, defying Biden administration officials’ objections that the multibillion-dollar contract would undercut the nation’s climate goals."

Climate Change [10]
Government [45]
Infrastructure [41]
Transportation [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [46], 02/24/2022
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3 White Supremacists Plead Guilty In Plan To Attack Power Grids [47]

"Three men pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a plan to attack power grids in an effort to spark race conflict that would advance white supremacy."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [41]
Military [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [48], 02/24/2022
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"Citing Drought, Feds Won’t Give Water To California Farmers" [49]

"The federal government said Wednesday it won’t deliver any water to California farmers because of a severe drought, a decision that will force many to plant fewer crops in a region that supplies a quarter of the nation’s food."

Agriculture [50]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [51]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [52]
Source: AP [53], 02/24/2022
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"What Lies Beneath: Vets Worry Polluted Base Made Them Ill" [54]

"For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered themselves the lucky ones, privileged to live and work amid sparkling seas, sandy dunes and sage-covered hills."

Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [52]
Source: AP [55], 02/24/2022
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Top Companies Undermine Climate Pledges With Political Donations: Report [56]

"Some of the nation's best-known corporations are undermining their promises to slash emissions by donating significant sums to elect Republican attorneys general, who have emerged as frequent courtroom foes of climate policies and regulations, according to a report shared exclusively with The Climate 202."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [57]
Environmental Politics [27]
Journalism & Media [58]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [59], 02/24/2022
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"Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years" [60]

"As global warming heats the air and land, drying out trees and other plants, people around the world need to reset their expectations of where, when and how long wildfires will burn, warns a new global wildfire report released today."

Climate Change [10]
Forests [61]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 02/24/2022
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"Energy Sector Methane Emissions 70% Higher Than Official Figures -IEA" [63]

"Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from the global energy sector are 70% higher than officially reported, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, with the coal sector identified as the biggest single source."

Air [64]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [17]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [65], 02/24/2022
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"China Starts Building 33 GW of Coal Power In 2021, Most Since 2016" [66]

"China started building 33 gigawatts of new coal-fired power generation capacity last year, the most since 2016, research published on Thursday showed, a sign the country is falling back on fossil fuels as economic worries mount."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [13]
Asia [67]
Source: Reuters [68], 02/24/2022
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