EJToday: Top Headlines

Native Seed Shortage Slowing Land Restoration, Crucial For Tackling Climate [9]

"Spring is planting time for home gardeners, landscapers and public works agencies across the U.S. And there’s rising demand for native plants – species that are genetically adapted to the specific regions where they are used."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Consumer [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: States Newsroom [16], 04/05/2023
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"Mountain Valley Pipeline's West Virginia Water Permit Tossed By Court" [17]

"A federal appeals court on Monday vacated a water permit needed by developers to restart construction on the Mountain Valley pipeline in West Virginia, marking the latest setback for the $6.2 billion project."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Reuters [25], 04/04/2023
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"UAE Plans Huge Oil And Gas Expansion As It Hosts UN Climate Summit" [26]

"The United Arab Emirates, which is hosting this year’s UN climate summit, has the third biggest net zero-busting plans for oil and gas expansion in the world, the Guardian can reveal. Its plans are surpassed only by Saudi Arabia and Qatar."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [14]
International [27]
Middle East [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 04/04/2023
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"Bid To Pause Conocophillips' Alaska Willow Project Fails" [30]

"A federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by environmentalists to temporarily suspend the U.S. government’s approval of ConocoPhillips' (COP.N) multibillion-dollar oil drilling project in Alaska’s Arctic."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 04/04/2023
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"Groups Petition US EPA To Force Reporting Of Waste Incinerator Emissions" [33]

"Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel."

Air [34]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [39]
Waste [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [41], 04/04/2023
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California’s Snowpack Among Deepest Ever. Get Ready For The ‘Big Melt’ [42]

"California’s wet and wintry start to the year has resulted in perhaps the deepest snowpack recorded in more than 70 years, officials said Monday."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [18]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
California [43]
Source: LA Times [44], 04/04/2023
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Majority-Black Town Fights To Stop Land Seizure For Gravel Quarry Rail Link [45]

"A majority-Black rural community in Georgia is battling to stop a railroad company from seizing private land for a new train line they say will cause environmental and economic harms."

Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [13]
Transportation [46]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 04/04/2023
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England’s Top Beaches Faced 8,500 Hours Of Sewage Dumping Last Year: Study [49]

"England’s most celebrated beaches faced 8,500 hours of sewage dumping last year, new figures show. Many beaches with blue flag status– an international mark of recognition that a beach is deemed safe and has good water quality – were found to have been covered in waste over the last 12 months."

Environmental Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
Europe [50]
Source: Guardian [51], 04/04/2023
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CFCs Are Back on the Rise Following an International Ban, New Study Finds [52]

"A U.S. chemical plant in Louisiana that produces a common refrigerant may be partly to blame for increased emissions of CFCs—chemicals thousands of times more potent at warming the planet than carbon dioxide."

Air [34]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [18]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [39]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
International [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 04/04/2023
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"Energy Dept. To Ban Sale Of Some Light Bulbs: Here’s Why" [54]

"Starting in August, Americans will only be able to purchase LED lights from retailers across the nation as an official ban on incandescent lightbulbs will be in full effect."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Technology [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [56], 04/04/2023
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"Feds Reject ESA Protection For Coyotes That Resemble Wolves" [57]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday it is rejecting a petition to provide coyotes with federal Endangered Species Act protections."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Wildlife [58]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [59]
Source: E&E News [60], 04/04/2023
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"Violent US Storms Kill At Least 32 People" [61]

"The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern and midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least 32 over the weekend, according to officials and media reports."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [62]
Science [63]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [64], 04/03/2023
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"New Rules Will Make Many Electric Cars Ineligible for Tax Credits" [65]

"The Biden administration hopes its guidelines for up to $7,500 in tax credits will encourage automakers to reduce their reliance on China for batteries and raw materials."

Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [66]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [67], 04/03/2023
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"EPA Approves California Rules Phasing Out Diesel Trucks" [68]

"The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California’s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state’s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast."

Air [34]
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [66]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [69], 04/03/2023
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"DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment In Ohio" [70]

"The Justice Department filed a major civil suit Friday against Norfolk Southern Railway after one of its trains carrying toxic chemicals derailed near the Ohio town of East Palestine on Feb. 3 and burst into flames."

Chemicals [35]
Disasters [62]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [39]
Transportation [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [71], 04/03/2023
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