EJToday: Top Headlines

"EPA Strategy For Alabama Landfill Fire: Smother It In Dirt" [9]

"There’s now more than just smoke hanging around the site of an underground landfill fire near Birmingham. In the two days since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency showed up to take control of the scene, the area has been abuzz with EPA trucks, bulldozers and excavators moving in to begin putting out the fire."

Air [10]
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Environmental Justice [13]
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Source: Birmingham News [18], 01/23/2023
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"EPA to Regulate PFAS Effluent From Landfills, Launch Studies" [19]

"The EPA will begin a rulemaking aiming to reduce PFAS in landfill leachate discharges and will expand or begin studies on PFAS pollution from textile manufacturers and sewage treatment plants, the agency said."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [23], 01/23/2023
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"Salt Marsh Microbes Threaten to Reshape the Atmosphere" [24]

"Turf wars between microbes dictate how much carbon salt marshes store and how much methane they pump into the air."

Air [10]
Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Hakai [28], 01/23/2023
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"Native American Tribe In Va. Reclaims Big Parcel Of Its Homeland" [29]

"For centuries, a Native American tribe considered a large swath of land with cliffs jutting out along the Rappahannock River in Virginia’s Northern Neck as their ancestral heart and homelands."

Environmental Justice [13]
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National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Source: Washington Post [31], 01/23/2023
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"Rough Road For Farm Bill As Divided Congress Takes Hold" [32]

"A chaotic start to the new Republican-led House may spell trouble for the 2023 farm bill."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [25]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [26]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [36]
Food [37]
Government [38]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [39], 01/23/2023
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"What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear" [40]

"This week, the period underwear brand Thinx made public that it had reached a settlement in a 3-year-long class action lawsuit claiming its products contain harmful chemicals. The news of the settlement brought renewed focus on the chemical compounds at the center of the lawsuit — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” — and highlighted the broader issue of toxic ingredients in period products as a whole."

Chemicals [11]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [41], 01/23/2023
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"Yeah, Actually, Your Plastic Coffee Pod May Not Be Great For The Climate" [42]

"You may have come across news headlines about coffee this week, like this one from the BBC: "Coffee pod carbon footprint better for planet than filtered brew." ... The problem is, the positive take on coffee pods and the climate might not be true."

Climate Change [26]
Consumer [34]
Food [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NPR [43], 01/23/2023
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"Thunberg Says Davos Elite 'Fuelling Destruction Of Planet'" [44]

"Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying it was "absurd" to listen to them while they fuelled 'the destruction of the planet.'"

Activism [45]
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Disasters [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Journalism & Media [46]
Public [16]
International [47]
Source: AFP [48], 01/20/2023
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"Trump’s Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Ethics Rules, Watchdog Finds" [49]

"The inspector general for the Interior Department said on Thursday it had found no evidence that the former secretary, David Bernhardt, violated federal ethics or conflict-of-interest rules when the department made decisions that affected one of his former clients, a California water district."

Environmental Politics [36]
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Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [50], 01/20/2023
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"These Farmers Dominate The Colorado River. Cross Them At Your Peril" [51]

"The letter from Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly was greeted like an act of war in California’s Imperial Valley."

Agriculture [33]
Environmental Politics [36]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [52]
Source: LA Times [53], 01/20/2023
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Shell To Spend $450M On Possibly Worthless Carbon Offsets [54]

"British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows".

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [16]
International [47]
Source: Guardian [56], 01/20/2023
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Enviro Groups, Justice Company Reach Settlement Over Cleanup Of Va. Mines [57]

"Environmental groups announced Thursday they had reached a settlement with A&G Coal Corporation, a business owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family, over the cleanup of three coal mines in Virginia’s Wise County."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [58]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: States Newsroom [59], 01/20/2023
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"Feds Send $930 Million To Curb ‘Crisis’ Of US West Wildfires" [60]

"The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests, the Biden administration announced Thursday, as officials struggle to protect communities from destructive infernos being made worse by climate change."

Climate Change [26]
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Forests [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [62], 01/20/2023
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Renewables Soon To Be One-Fourth of US Electricity Generation. Really Soon [63]

"The latest EIA report shows [U.S.] renewable generation is about to cross the 25 percent mark, while coal and natural gas lose ground."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 01/20/2023
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"Environmental Groups Sue U.S. To Stop Deepwater Oil-Export Facility" [65]

"Environmental groups on Thursday sued the United States to overturn its approval of a deepwater oil-export facility off the Texas Gulf Coast, saying it would boost oil-production and greenhouse gas pollution."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [55]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Reuters [66], 01/20/2023
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