EJToday: Top Headlines

‘Catastrophic’: California Salmon Season To Be Restricted Or Shut Down — Again [9]

"California’s fishing industry is bracing for another bad year as federal managers today announced plans to heavily restrict or prohibit salmon fishing again, after cancelling the entire season last year."

Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Source: CalMatters [15], 03/12/2024
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"Europe Unprepared For Rapidly Growing Climate Risks, Report Finds" [16]

"Europe is not prepared for the rapidly growing climate risks it faces, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has said in its first risk assessment."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Forests [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
Europe [21]
Source: Guardian [22], 03/12/2024
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"Adapt, Move or Die? Plants and Animals Face New Pressures in a Warming World" [23]

"The world continues to hit alarming records. Last year was the warmest since record keeping began in 1850. And the 10 warmest years have all occurred in the past decade. The implications for life on Earth are vast. More than 1 million species are already at risk of extinction — a number that’s likely to increase with climate pressures."

Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [17]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [12]
International [27]
Source: The Revelator [28], 03/12/2024
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"Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Finalized Methane Rule" [29]

"The state of Texas on Friday sued the Biden administration over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule restricting methane emissions finalized earlier Friday morning."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: The Hill [34], 03/12/2024
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"Has Geothermal’s Moment Finally Arrived?" [35]

"No matter where you stand on Earth, there is heat beneath your feet. It's closer in some places, and there's generally more of it deeper down, but it's always there, smoldering away since our planet's creation 4.5 billion years ago."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Infrastructure [36]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Sierra [37], 03/12/2024
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"Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S." [38]

"Into the depleted field of journalism in America, a handful of websites have appeared in recent weeks with names suggesting a focus on news close to home: D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily, the Chicago Chronicle and a newer sister publication, the Miami Chronicle. In fact, they are not local news organizations at all. They are Russian creations, researchers and government officials say, meant to mimic actual news organizations to push Kremlin propaganda by interspersing it among an at-times odd mix of stories about crime, politics and culture."

Journalism & Media [39]
Military [40]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [41], 03/12/2024
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"Spring Starts Early As US Winter Was Warmest On Record" [42]

"Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter."

Climate Change [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [43], 03/11/2024
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Big Oil Faces Flood Of Climate Lawsuits — And They’re Moving Closer To Trial [44]

"A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist [45], 03/11/2024
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Erratic Winters Threaten 8,000 kms Of Ice Roads Linking Canada’s North [46]

"Nearly all of the country’s winter roads could be unusable by 2080. Without them, deliveries of everything from diesel to school buses to hockey gear are up in the air".

Climate Change [17]
Infrastructure [36]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [48]
Canada [49]
Source: The Narwhal [50], 03/11/2024
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"Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism" [51]

"A wash of Walton family funding to news media is creating echo chambers in environmental journalism, and beyond. Are editorial firewalls up to the task?"

Economy & Business [52]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Civil Eats [53], 03/11/2024
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How the Meat Industry Infiltrated Universities to Obstruct Climate Policy [54]

"New research sheds light on the scope of the livestock industry’s influence over prominent agricultural research centers at two public universities. In a paper recently published in the journal Climatic Change, researchers detail how the meat industry funds credentialed academics to “obstruct unfavorable policies,” especially those targeting the industry’s largely unregulated methane emissions."

Agriculture [55]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Civil Eats [56], 03/11/2024
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"US Treasury Drops Plan to Collect Insurer Data on Climate Risks" [57]

"The US government is stepping away from its effort to collect data on home insurance prices and availability at the Zip code level as premiums soar and climate risks to property intensify. Instead, it will join in a collaborative effort with state insurance regulators."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [18]
Infrastructure [36]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg [58], 03/11/2024
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"Oil Industry Has Sought To Block State Backing For Green Tech Since 1960s" [59]

"The oil industry has fought against government support for clean technologies for more than half a century, the Guardian can reveal, even as vast subsidies have propped up its polluting business model."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Europe [21]
Source: Guardian [60], 03/11/2024
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Film Studio Aims To Stir Up ‘Populist Anger’ Over Climate Crisis [61]

"Yellow Dot Studios produces short-form videos to inform with ‘genuine, righteous anger’ and ‘laugh-out-loud comedy’".

Activism [62]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [39]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [63], 03/11/2024
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"US Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents Pose Big, Unreported Climate Threat" [64]

"Accidental pipeline leaks – caused by things like punctures, corrosion, severe weather and faulty equipment - happen routinely and are a climate menace that is not currently counted in the official U.S. tally of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Reuters examination of public data and regulatory documents."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Infrastructure [36]
Pollution [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [65], 03/11/2024
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