EJToday: Top Headlines

"Poland's New Government Deprograms Its Once Far-Right Public Media" [9]

"It's 7:30 in the evening in Warsaw, and public news broadcaster TVP Info is about to broadcast live to millions of viewers across Poland. Producers in a crowded control room scurry in and out, sometimes stopping to peer through a narrow window into a studio where the host reads from a teleprompter."

Government [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
Europe [14]
Source: NPR [15], 02/23/2024
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"Tunisia Farmer Turns To Old Wheat Varieties As Climate Change Bites" [16]

"Tunisian wheat farmer Hasan Chetoui is seeking inspiration from the deep past as he tries to adapt to drought caused by climate change, sowing old wheat varieties that he hopes will produce crops throughout the year."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [18]
Food [19]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
Africa [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 02/23/2024
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"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation" [24]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."

Air [25]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: SCOTUSblog [32], 02/22/2024
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Not Just Toxics: Radioactive Waste Was Also Dumped Off Los Angeles Coast [33]

"For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment until a team of researchers came across them with an advanced underwater camera."

Environmental Health [27]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [37], 02/22/2024
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"9th Circuit Ruling Axes Obama-Era Freeze On Coal Leasing" [38]

"A federal appellate court on Wednesday delivered a victory for the mining sector and scrapped a lower court ruling that froze new coal leases on public lands."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: E&E News [40], 02/22/2024
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Dead Livestock And Poisoned Water — Texas Farmers Sue Over PFAS Pollution [41]

"Two Texas farm families have seen their health decline, their pets and livestock sickened and killed, their water poisoned and and their property values wiped out due to high levels of chemical contamination linked to a company marketing treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer and soil conditioner, according to a lawsuit filed by the families."

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [30]
Waste [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: The New Lede [44], 02/22/2024
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Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc. [45]

"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."

Disasters [46]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [47]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Canada [49]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 02/22/2024
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Another Climate Impact Hits Public’s Radar: A Wetter World Is Mudslide City [51]

"L.A. saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [46]
Infrastructure [52]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
California [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 02/22/2024
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"How The Housing Industry Is Working To Stop Energy Efficient Homes" [54]

"Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses".

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Washington Post [56], 02/22/2024
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Green Power Would Save Infant Lives, Help Millions Of Kids Breathe: Report [57]

"The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and clean power could save infants’ lives and help millions of children breathe easier, according to new research from the American Lung Association."

Air [25]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [30]
Science [58]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [59], 02/22/2024
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‘Reactivating’ Floodplains Along Rivers Can Be A Water Solution For Calif. [60]

"California has lost most of its natural wetlands as rivers have been cut off from their natural floodplains. And it’s pretty remarkable what can be achieved when rivers are given space to reconnect with floodplains."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [61]
Disasters [46]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Natural Resources [47]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [62], 02/22/2024
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100s Coming To Tahiti For Olympic Surfing. Can It Protect Its Way Of Life? [63]

"Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo’o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams of surfers started arriving when the village got its first asphalt road over fifty years ago."

Natural Resources [47]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
International [64]
Australia & Oceania [65]
Source: AP [66], 02/22/2024
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"Rich Countries’ Squabbling Undermines Historic Climate Deal" [67]

"Aid for victims of climate change is in danger of being delayed as wealthy countries brawl over who gets to sit on the board of a new global fund."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [46]
Economy & Business [55]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [13]
International [64]
Source: Politico [68], 02/21/2024
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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge To EPA's 'Good Neighbor' Pollution Rule [69]

"The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in an important environmental case that centers on the obligation to be a "good neighbor." Lawyers representing three states, companies and industry groups will ask the justices to block a federal rule that's intended to limit ozone air pollution."

Air [25]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: NPR [70], 02/21/2024
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"For these Tribes, the Return of the Bighorn Brings Back a Way of Life" [71]

"The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation align the principles of conservation with tradition".

Biodiversity [61]
Environmental Justice [28]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Natural Resources [47]
People & Population [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: YES! [72], 02/21/2024
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