EJToday: Top Headlines

"Transmission Rules to Back Planning of Long-Range Power Lines" [9]

"US energy regulators are poised to finalize two major rules next Monday aimed at accelerating the planning and permitting of long-distance electric transmission lines and ironing out disputes over who pays for those projects."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 05/13/2024
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Experts Blast CDC Over Failure To Test Sewage For H5N1 bird Flu Virus [17]

"It emerged as a powerful tool for public health officers during the COVID-19 pandemic, when it was used to gauge the prevalence of coronavirus in communities across the nation. But wastewater surveillance — the testing of sewage for signs of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, poliovirus and mpox virus — has yet to be employed in the tracking of H5N1 bird flu virus."

Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Pollution [21]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: LA Times [24], 05/13/2024
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FDA Misses Own Deadline To Propose A Ban On Formaldehyde In Hair Products [25]

"The Food and Drug Administration has missed its own deadline to propose a ban on the use of formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers and hair straighteners on the market in the United States."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [28], 05/13/2024
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"Lawmakers Eye Finish Line On Outdoor Recreation Package" [29]

"Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin said the chamber could be ready to move on a sweeping outdoor recreation package as soon as next week."

Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [32], 05/13/2024
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Alabama Uses Deed Covenants to Ward Off Flooding Claims From Black Residents [33]

"Their land is bound forever. The deeds of three homeowners—Pastor Timothy Williams, Aretha Wright and Page Jones—all living in the historically Black Shiloh community of south Alabama, tell the tale. Restrictive covenants attached to their deeds limit the ability of current and future residents to file actions against the state."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 05/13/2024
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"A Whale Makes A Comeback Off Argentina's Coast 100 Years After Vanishing" [38]

"Giant blue-grey sei whales that vanished from Argentina's Patagonian coast a century ago due to hunting are starting to flourish once again, demonstrating how species can recover when measures to protect them are put in place."

Biodiversity [39]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [40]
Public [14]
International [41]
South America [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 05/13/2024
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EPA Closes Racial Probes Into Jackson Water, Finds ‘Insufficient Evidence’ [44]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) closed its civil rights probes into the water crisis in Jackson, Miss., saying there was “insufficient evidence” to say that the state discriminated against residents on the basis of race."

Consumer [18]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: The Hill [45], 05/10/2024
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Amid Controversial Sale, U.S. Steel Falls Behind In Cleaner Steelmaking [46]

"U.S. Steel’s proposed sale to Nippon Steel stokes concerns over labor rights and national security, all while the company continues to break clean air laws in Western Pennsylvania."

Air [47]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Source: Daily Climate [49], 05/10/2024
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El Niño To End By June, La Niña Seen In Second Half Of 2024: NOAA [50]

"The El Nino weather pattern should fade out by June but could be replaced by the La Nina phenomenon by the second half of the year, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday."

Agriculture [51]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
International [41]
Source: Reuters [53], 05/10/2024
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"US Republican Attorneys General Sue To Stop EPA's Carbon Rule" [54]

"Republican attorneys general from 27 U.S. states and industry trade groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a landmark rule requiring sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants."

Air [47]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [55], 05/10/2024
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High School Students, Frustrated By Lack Of Climate Education, Seek Change [56]

"Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with #teachclimate filled a hearing room in the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul in late February. It was a cold and windy day, in contrast to the state’s nearly snowless, warm winter."

Activism [57]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [30]
Journalism & Media [58]
People & Population [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Source: AP [61], 05/10/2024
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State Lawmakers Take Aim At Community Air Monitoring In Louisiana [62]

"Republican legislators have blunted the impact of citizen-led air monitoring, which is set to receive millions from the feds."

Activism [57]
Air [47]
Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [59]
Pollution [21]
Science [63]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Floodlight [64], 05/10/2024
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"Deadly Brain Disease Found In Two California Deer" [65]

"State officials reported the presence of deadly chronic wasting disease in two wild California deer earlier this week. This is the first time the disease, which has plagued other areas of the nation for years, has appeared in the state’s deer or elk population."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [40]
Public [14]
California [66]
Source: LA Times [67], 05/10/2024
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Biodiversity Loss Is Biggest Driver Of Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Study [68]

"Researchers say reducing emissions and biodiversity loss and preventing invasive species could control disease".

Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [41]
Source: Guardian [69], 05/10/2024
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Illinois Passed A Law To Clean Up Coal Ash 5 Years Ago. What’s Taking So Long? [70]

"In one Chicago suburb, people have been waiting for relief for years."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Source: Grist [71], 05/10/2024
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