EJToday: Top Headlines

"PFAS Foam Replacement Challenges Nation’s Fire Departments" [9]

"Fire departments face liability risks and potentially huge costs and uncertainties as they switch from PFAS-enabled firefighting foam, according to lawyers and groups working with them."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [17], 01/25/2023
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"4th Circuit Asked to Nix Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline" [18]

"Environmental groups asked the Fourth Circuit during oral arguments Tuesday to toss a key water permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would lead to even more delays for the $6.2 billion project that developers aim to resume constructing this summer."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [25], 01/25/2023
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"An Ant’s Sense Of Smell Is So Strong, It Can Sniff Out Cancer" [26]

"The ant oncologist will see you now." "A study published this week points to the potential of someday using sharp-nosed animals to detect tumors quickly and cheaply".

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [28]
Technology [13]
Public [15]
International [29]
Source: Washington Post [30], 01/25/2023
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"Depleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission" [31]

"Despite an injection of funding, the agency still has not recovered from an exodus of scientists and policy experts, both insiders and critics say."

"WASHINGTON — The nation’s top environmental agency is still reeling from the exodus of more than 1,200 scientists and policy experts during the Trump administration. The chemicals chief said her staff can’t keep up with a mounting workload. The enforcement unit is prosecuting fewer polluters than at any time in the past two decades.
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [33]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [34], 01/24/2023
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"Big Tech Helps Big Oil Spread Subtle Climate Denialism" [35]

"Fossil-fuel companies’ climate messaging may have changed to fit the new century, but the goal is the same the industry has had for decades: to delay action and protect profits for as long as possible. Even in the face of an increasingly obvious climate emergency, this message still resonates with many people. Maybe that’s because the biggest social media companies help amplify it."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [37]
Pollution [12]
Science [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [29]
Source: Bloomberg [39], 01/24/2023
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Brazil Police Say Gang Leader Likely Ordered Killing of Phillips, Pereira [40]

"Brazil's federal police said on Monday they had a "strong conviction" a gang leader known as "Colombia" ordered the brutal murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, killed in the Amazon rainforest last June."

Activism [41]
Environmental Justice [32]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
South America [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 01/24/2023
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"How Biden Can Meet His 100% Clean Electricity Goal" [45]

"It’s one of President Biden’s most important and ambitious climate goals: eliminating carbon pollution from America’s power sector by 2035.... However, a detailed new analysis finds that the Biden administration can still keep this central climate goal within reach if the Environmental Protection Agency enacts strong carbon pollution standards for new and existing power plants."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [46], 01/24/2023
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"Here’s What We Know About Kerry’s Offset Gambit" [47]

"New outlines of a hotly debated carbon credit initiative involving the U.S. government and two major philanthropies are raising questions about its ability to generate money while lowering emissions. Those come as the program’s organizers seem to disagree about whether it is, in fact, a carbon offsets program."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [36]
Public [15]
International [29]
Source: E&E News [48], 01/24/2023
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What If The Largest Owner Of Oil And Gas Wells In The US Goes Bankrupt? [49]

"Diversified Energy’s liabilities exceed its assets, according to a new report, sparking concerns about whether taxpayers will wind up paying to plug its 70,000 wells."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Daily Climate [50], 01/24/2023
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Some Landfills Will Begin Treating PFAS On-Site As Regulations Tighten [51]

"After years of sending leachate from the Coventry landfill downstream to a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Vermont, Casella Waste Systems is building an on-site facility to treat its runoff. Amid rising public concern over PFAS and new or forthcoming regulations, an increasing number of landfill operators across the country are considering similar moves."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [12]
Waste [52]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Waste Dive [53], 01/24/2023
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"How The White House Found EJ Areas Without Using Race" [54]

"The White House was widely criticized a year ago for not using racial demographics to identify disadvantaged communities that would be targeted for extra climate aid. ... But the colorblind approach has succeeded at prioritizing minority neighborhoods, an E&E News analysis shows."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [32]
Infrastructure [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [55], 01/24/2023
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"Growing Dust from Desert Wind Storms Has Curbed Warming, Study Finds" [56]

"The amount of dust generated by desert windstorms has grown markedly since the mid-19th century, helping to offset the global rise in temperature, new research shows."

Air [57]
Climate Change [19]
Pollution [12]
Public [15]
International [29]
Source: YaleE360 [58], 01/24/2023
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"Fear The Deer: Crash Data Illuminates America’s Deadliest Animal" [59]

"Behold the deer, the deadliest beast in North America. Deer are responsible for the deaths of about 440 of the estimated 458 Americans killed in physical confrontations with wildlife in an average year, according to Utah State University biologist Mike Conover, employing some educated guesswork in the latest edition of “Human-Wildlife Interactions.”"

Biodiversity [27]
Disasters [60]
Environmental Health [11]
Transportation [61]
Wildlife [62]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [63], 01/24/2023
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"In Soaked California, Few Homeowners Have Flood Insurance" [64]

"On Sunday morning, Kyle Starks woke up to floodwaters that reached the door of his Jeep after yet another heavy rain storm drenched California. Emergency crews showed up with boats to float Starks and other residents of his rural mobile home park in Acampo to safety."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [60]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [65]
Source: AP [66], 01/23/2023
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"Georgia Regulators Release Plans For Mine Near Okefenokee" [67]

"Georgia regulators released detailed plans Thursday for a titanium mine near the fabled Okefenokee swamp, a project that’s drawn the ire of environmental groups and the head of the Interior Department."

Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [68]
Source: E&E News [69], 01/23/2023
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