EJToday: Top Headlines

"As Bird Flu Affects More People And Animals, CDC Urges Faster Testing" [9]

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health-care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within 24 hours of admission."

Environmental Health [10]
Health [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 01/17/2025
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"Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters" [16]

"Sandra Edwards awoke on the morning of July 8 to the sounds of howling winds and gushing water. As she made her way from the bedroom to the living room, she stepped in a puddle. She turned on her phone’s flashlight and saw a hole in the roof, wooly insulation hanging off the ceiling and water pouring in. Hurricane Beryl had just made landfall in Houston."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [10]
Infrastructure [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Public Health Watch [22], 01/17/2025
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House Bill Would Strip Presidents Of Authority Under Antiquities Act [23]

"Legislation was introduced Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives to strip presidents of their authority under The Antiquities Act to designate national monuments. The measure, introduced by Reps. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, and Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, would rewrite the act to say only Congress has the authority to designate national monuments."

Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: National Parks Traveler [27], 01/17/2025
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Biden NMFS Withdraws Proposal to Expand Protections for Right Whales [28]

"The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to expand protections for an endangered whale species. The rules would have required some ships along the Eastern Seaboard to slow down." "The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [33], 01/17/2025
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"A Forgotten Farming Technique Is Making A Big Comeback – Here’s Why" [34]

"Farmer Rafik Danwade had been pumping more pesticides on his acre-long field in Jambhali village in India’s Maharashtra state, but the chemicals were getting less effective at protecting his 3,200 chili plants from nematodes and other bugs. So Danwade, 56, turned to a practice his grandfather taught him in the 1970s: He planted 1,000 marigolds on the border and alternating rows of the field."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [29]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [13]
International [36]
Asia [37]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [38], 01/17/2025
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"FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 From Foods" [39]

"U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk."

Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [10]
Food [41]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [42], 01/16/2025
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"Biden Approved LA Wildfire Aid. But Trump Will Control Spending." [43]

"President-elect Donald Trump will have wide authority over Los Angeles’ recovery from the wildfires that have decimated areas of the city — even though President Joe Biden approved disaster aid in the final days of his term."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [46]
Source: E&E News [47], 01/16/2025
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"Musk Made A Fortune On Climate Credits. Trump Is Targeting Them." [48]

"The president-elect has asked Elon Musk to wage war on regulations — some of which helped make Tesla the world’s most valuable automaker."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Transportation [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [51], 01/16/2025
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"More Americans Than Ever Are Living in Wildfire Areas. L.A. Is No Exception." [52]

"The growth of homes in areas primed to burn played a major role in the disaster."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Forests [53]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [46]
Source: NYTimes [54], 01/16/2025
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UNC Could Burn Polluting Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic [55]

"While burning the pellets would reduce greenhouse gases from the university’s physical plant, it would increase harmful levels of nitrogen oxides, lead, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds."

Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [44]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [56]
Waste [57]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 01/16/2025
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Trump’s Energy Secretary Pick Rejects Linking Climate Change And Wildfires [60]

"Oil executive Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Energy Department, has argued that climate change has not fueled more frequent and severe wildfires — a claim at odds with the scientific consensus."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Politics [24]
Forests [53]
Science [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [62], 01/16/2025
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GOPers Eye Reconciliation Bill For Oil And Gas Leasing, Mining Mandates [63]

"House Republicans are eying a process called reconciliation to boost oil and gas drilling, and approve specific mining projects, which would only require a simple majority for passage."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [64], 01/16/2025
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"Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City’s Housing Crisis" [65]

"Landlords and real estate agencies are jacking up the rent on houses as demand outstrips supply in fire-torn LA."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 01/16/2025
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12 Texas Counties Exceed Soot Standards. Only Four May Face Consequences. [67]

"Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot. But Texas environmental regulators are proposing that only four of them be required to take action to improve their air quality."

Air [68]
Energy & Fuel [50]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [44]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [56]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Texas Tribune [69], 01/16/2025
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For LA Water Issues, Misinformation Spreads Nearly As Fast As Wildfires [70]

"A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires. Democratic leadership was blamed for fire hydrants running dry and for an empty reservoir. Firefighters were criticized for allegedly using “women’s handbags” to fight the fires. Those are just a few of the false or misleading claims that have emerged amid general criticism about California’s water management sparked by the fierce Los Angeles fires."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [71]
Science [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [46]
Source: AP [72], 01/16/2025
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