EJToday: Top Headlines

"In Mexico, Endangered Monarch Butterflies Inspire Hopes Of A Comeback" [9]

"From a distance, they appear like autumn foliage: millions of endangered monarch butterflies blanketing trees in a kaleidoscope of brown, orange and black."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mexico [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 12/05/2022
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"EPA Seeks To Mandate More Use Of Ethanol And Other Biofuels" [17]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation’s fuel supplies over the next three years, a move welcomed by renewable fuel and farm groups but condemned by environmentalists and oil industry groups."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [24], 12/02/2022
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"Drought-Hit California Cities To Get Little Water From State" [25]

"California water agencies that serve 27 million people will get just 5% of what they requested from the state to start 2023, water officials announced Thursday."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: AP [30], 12/02/2022
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"Denver Gets Go-Ahead From EPA After Progress On Lead Pipes" [31]

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday approved a nearly $700 million plan to remove all lead water pipes in the Denver region, saying the local water utility’s approach for reducing lead levels is succeeding and making swift progress. It’s a recognition that cities can effectively address the lead pipe crisis if they try."

Chemicals [32]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Source: AP [36], 12/02/2022
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"Feds List Dixie Valley Toad, Found Only In Nevada, As Endangered" [37]

"A rare Nevada toad at the center of a lawsuit over a geothermal energy project will be listed under the Endangered Species Act, federal wildlife managers said Thursday."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Source: States Newsroom [38], 12/02/2022
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"Florida Will Pull $2 Billion of Assets From BlackRock Over ESG" [39]

"Florida will pull $2 billion worth of state assets managed by BlackRock Inc., accelerating Republicans’ fight with the world’s largest money manager over its ESG investing practices."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Source: Bloomberg Green [42], 12/02/2022
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"California's Water Thieves Are Getting Away With It" [43]

"It’s not easy enforcing water regulations in the West. Just ask the officials in California who have been trying for almost a decade to penalize a man who took water from the river system that feeds San Francisco and bottled it for sale to stores like Starbucks."

Economy & Business [40]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: Grist [44], 12/02/2022
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Governments Subsidize Destruction Of Nature As They Promise To Protect It [45]

"When dignitaries from 196 countries converge in Montreal next week to rub shoulders and hash out a new global agreement to save nature, money will be on the agenda."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
California [29]
International [46]
Source: The Narwhal [47], 12/02/2022
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"With Federal Aid on the Table, Utilities Shift to Embrace Climate Goals" [48]

"As billions in government subsidies were at stake, the electric utility industry shed its opposition to clean-air regulation and put its lobbying muscle behind passing President Biden’s climate bill."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [49], 12/02/2022
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"Europe’s Surprising Record of Dam Removals" [50]

"A growing movement across the continent is working to remove thousands of barriers and restore some of the world’s most fragmented rivers."

Biodiversity [10]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [13]
Europe [52]
Source: The Revelator [53], 12/02/2022
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"Waste Pickers Risk Their Lives To Stop Plastic Pollution" [54]

"Globally, waste pickers are responsible for collecting and recovering—from homes, businesses and landfills—up to 60% of all plastics which are then recycled. These workers do more than any other people to prevent plastic contaminating the environment, yet their work is rarely valued and they struggle to earn a decent living."

Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Waste [55]
Public [13]
International [46]
Source: The Conversation [56], 12/02/2022
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"Biden Promises Protections for Nevada’s Spirit Mountain" [57]

"President Biden pledged Wednesday that he would preserve the Spirit Mountain area in southern Nevada, which contains some of the most biologically diverse and culturally significant lands in the Mojave Dese"

Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [58]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [59]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Source: NYTimes [60], 12/01/2022
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"U. S. to Pay Millions to Move Tribes Threatened by Climate Change" [61]

"The Biden administration will give three Native tribes $75 million to move away from coastal areas or rivers, one of the nation’s largest efforts to date to relocate communities that are facing an urgent threat from climate change."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Justice [34]
Infrastructure [27]
People & Population [58]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [62], 12/01/2022
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"COP15: Why The World Needs A New Deal To Protect Nature" [63]

"At the Dec. 7-19 gathering in Montreal, about 195 countries will be tasked with finalising a new global biodiversity deal to halt damage to plants, animals and ecosystems - similar to the 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle climate change."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
International [46]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [64], 12/01/2022
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"Lula Wants New Brazil Police Unit To Tackle Environmental Crimes" [65]

"Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's incoming administration aims to create a new Federal Police unit focused on environmental crimes, the transition team's public security chief told Reuters."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [34]
Forests [66]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
South America [67]
Source: Reuters [68], 12/01/2022
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