EJToday: Top Headlines

"Don Young Leaves Outsize Natural Resources Legacy" [9]

"Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young played an outsize role in shaping many natural resources policies during his nearly half a century as Alaska’s lone House representative, leaving a mark on issues like oil and natural gas, fisheries and endangered species."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 03/21/2022
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"Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals" [16]

"The nation’s largest federally owned utility plans to invest more than $3.5 billion in new gas-burning electric plants, despite President Biden’s commitment to swiftly move away from fossil fuels and eliminate greenhouse gases from the power sector in a little more than a decade."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 03/18/2022
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"Drought in US Is Expected to Persist, and Spread, Through the Spring" [21]

"Drought conditions are likely to continue across more than half of the continental United States through at least June, straining water supplies and increasing the risk of wildfires, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [17]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [24], 03/18/2022
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"How the Largest Global Meat and Dairy Companies Evade Climate Scrutiny" [25]

"Professor Jennifer Jacquet examined the top 35 meat and dairy companies—which together, account for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions—and found that half aren’t even measuring their impact."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [17]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Civil Eats [27], 03/18/2022
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"EU Countries Back Plan For World-First Carbon Border Tariff" [28]

"European Union countries on Tuesday backed the bloc's plan to impose a world-first carbon dioxide emissions tariff on imports of polluting goods, although the finer details will need to be worked out in upcoming negotiations."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [29]
Public [13]
Europe [30]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [31], 03/18/2022
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Koch Industries To Stay In Russia, Says Exiting Does ‘More Harm Than Good’ [32]

"Koch Industries, the American manufacturing giant that employs 122,000 people across the world, said Wednesday it would not exit its operations in Russia because doing so would put its “employees there at greater risk and do more harm than good.”

Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 03/18/2022
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'Sustainable' Funds Are No More Green Than Traditional Products: Study [35]

"Investment funds that market themselves as sustainable under European rules get similar levels of "green revenues" through the companies they invest in as traditional funds, according to a new study published on Thursday."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [29]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: Reuters [36], 03/18/2022
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Great Barrier Reef Hit By Bleaching As UNESCO Weighs "In Danger" Listing [37]

"The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching due to heat stress, the Australian agency that manages the reef said on Friday, ahead of a visit by United Nations officials reviewing whether the reef should be listed as being "in danger"."

Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [40]
Source: Reuters [41], 03/18/2022
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"EPA Slates 12 New Superfund Sites For Cleanup" [42]

"A dozen deeply contaminated areas will get a significant boost toward cleanup following an announcement this week by EPA. The agency is adding sites to the National Priorities List, a special designation under the Superfund program that oversees cleanup at areas that pose significant threats to human health and the environment."

Chemicals [43]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [44]
Waste [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [46], 03/18/2022
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"Yemeni City Looks To Ancient Past To Survive Climate Change" [47]

"As global warming fuels extreme weather in climate-vulnerable Yemen, restoring the Tawila Cisterns could help avert future disasters, officials say".

Climate Change [17]
Infrastructure [48]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
Middle East [49]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [50], 03/18/2022
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"Can Oysters Save New York City From The Next Big Storm?" [51]

"A new project aims to shore up the disappearing coastline of New York City’s Staten Island, while reviving a once famously thriving oyster population".

Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Infrastructure [48]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 03/18/2022
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"Biden’s Greenhouse Gas Climate-Cost Rules Restored, for Now" [54]

"The federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday granted the White House’s request to temporarily let federal agencies use Biden’s new cost-benefit analysis rules, which aim to slow climate change by making activities that emit greenhouse gases sharply more expensive."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [55], 03/17/2022
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"Appeals Court Clears Path For Izembek Road" [56]

"A federal appeals court today [Wednesday] upheld the Trump-era approval of a land exchange agreement that could lead to the construction of a hotly contested road through congressionally designated wilderness within Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."

Forests [57]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
Source: E&E News [59], 03/17/2022
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"Biden, Democrats Take Aim At Oil Companies For High Prices" [60]

"After weeks of inconsistent messaging on rising energy costs, congressional Democrats and the White House are uniting behind a strategy of blaming oil companies for high prices at the pump."

Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [61], 03/17/2022
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Citing Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports [62]

"A top Ukrainian official criticized companies in the United States and Greece for helping Russia continue to profit from oil despite its attack on Ukraine."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Military [63]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [33]
Source: NYTimes [64], 03/17/2022
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