EJToday: Top Headlines

Forest Service Pulls Permit For Construction Of Utah Oil Railroad [9]

"The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday withdrew its approval of a right-of-way permit that would have allowed the construction of a railroad project through about 12 miles (19 kilometers) of roadless, protected forest in northeastern Utah."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Source: AP [17], 01/19/2024
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Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef To Date Mapped By Scientists Off Atlantic Coast [18]

"Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off the Atlantic, the reef’s size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology made it possible to construct 3D images of the ocean floor."

Biodiversity [19]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [23], 01/19/2024
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"Climate Crisis Fuels Bangladesh’s Worst Dengue Epidemic" [24]

"Mosquito-borne disease once largely limited to Dhaka spreads countrywide as higher rainfall and heat lead to fivefold rise in cases in a year, with children the hardest hit".

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Public [14]
International [28]
Asia [29]
Source: Guardian [30], 01/19/2024
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"There’s New Data On Alberta’s Massive Oil And Gas Cleanup Problem" [31]

"Hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells dot the Albertan landscape. The province’s energy regulator just released new information about the time and money being spent to clean it all up".

Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [11]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [32]
Public [14]
Canada [33]
Source: The Narwhal [34], 01/19/2024
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St. Croix Tap Water Remains Unsafe To Drink As US Virgin Islands Seek Fix [35]

"With no date in sight for when it will be safe to drink tap water again on the island of St. Croix, officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday night that they would distribute water filters and provide free lead and copper testing as they work on long-term solutions."

Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Central America & the Caribbean [39]
Source: AP [40], 01/19/2024
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Calif. Water-Saving Plan Slammed As Costly, Complicated And Unrealistic [41]

"In a scathing review, advisors to the state Legislature have found that California's proposed regulations for urban water conservation would be costly, overly complicated and difficult to implement."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [42]
Environmental Politics [43]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
California [44]
Source: LA Times [45], 01/19/2024
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Faithful Work With Environmentalists To Conserve India’s Sacred Forests [46]

"Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader and entrepreneur was a little boy when his uncle brought him here and said these words: “This forest is your mother.”"

Forests [47]
Natural Resources [21]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [48]
Public [14]
International [28]
Africa [49]
Asia [29]
Source: AP [50], 01/19/2024
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"Greenland Losing 30 Million Tonnes Of Ice An Hour, Study Reveals" [51]

"The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought."

Climate Change [25]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Guardian [52], 01/18/2024
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"Supreme Court Appears Ready To Erode Chevron Doctrine" [53]

"The Supreme Court appears to be seeking a way to diminish the Chevron doctrine — without completely overruling the 40-year-old legal theory that helps federal agencies defend their rules on public health, food safety and climate change."

Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [43]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [54], 01/18/2024
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"Everything Isn’t Pura Vida in Costa Rica" [55]

"The country’s banana industry is heavily reliant on chemical pesticides that threaten the environment and public health".

Agriculture [56]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [27]
Food [57]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
South America [58]
Source: Sierra [59], 01/18/2024
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‘Control The Narrative’: Alabama Utility Wields Influence By Financing News [60]

"A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither reports on high electric bills or utility-related pollution".

Chemicals [36]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [61]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [43]
Infrastructure [11]
Journalism & Media [62]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: Guardian [63], 01/18/2024
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"EU Bans ‘Misleading’ Environmental Claims That Rely On Offsetting" [64]

"Terms such as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” that rely on offsetting will be banned from the EU by 2026 as part of a crackdown on misleading environmental claims."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [43]
Journalism & Media [62]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
Europe [65]
Source: Guardian [66], 01/18/2024
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Analysis: "Bird Populations Are Declining. Some Are In Your Neighborhood." [67]

"I’m on a Zoom call with a team of researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, their gridded video feeds a sort of Hollywood Squares of bird nerds, and we’re discussing the decline and fall of North America’s bird population — a staggering loss of 3 billion breeding adults, or nearly 30 percent of the population, in just a half century — when all of a sudden Gus Axelson picks up his binoculars and peers out the window."

Biodiversity [19]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [68]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [69], 01/18/2024
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Scientist Mann’s Defamation Case Over Online Attacks Finally Comes To Trial [70]

"A lawsuit first instituted over 10 years ago, brought by an esteemed climate scientist over alleged defamation by a rightwing blogger and an analyst, goes to trial this week." "The case comes amid concerns that online abuse of climate scientists has increased in recent years while misinformation about the climate crisis is also on the rise."

Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [43]
Journalism & Media [62]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Science [71]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [72], 01/18/2024
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"These Startups Are Teaming Up To Decarbonize Cement And Concrete" [73]

"Cement and concrete are essential building blocks of modern society — and they’re both extremely carbon-intensive to produce. In recent years, startups across the country have begun devising novel ways of making low-carbon construction materials, including by using methods that mimic coral reefs, recycle industrial waste or replace fossil-fueled kilns with electricity."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [61]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Technology [74]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [75], 01/18/2024
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