EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Warns Of Environmental Disaster From Cargo Ship Hit By Huthi Rebels" [9]

"A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels is taking on water and has left a huge oil slick, in an environmental disaster that US Central Command said Friday could get worse."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Military [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Middle East [18]
Source: AFP [19], 02/26/2024
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"Flaco’s Crash Might Have Been More Than Bad Luck. Here’s What We Know." [20]

"Flaco spent a year defying expectations, an owl born into captivity who quickly learned to hunt and fend for himself in the wilds of New York City. That ended on Friday when he flew into a building near Central Park. What went wrong?"

Biodiversity [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 02/26/2024
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"Here’s Where Biden’s Climate Law Is Working, and Where It’s Falling Short" [26]

"Electric vehicles are booming as expected, a new analysis found, but renewable power isn’t growing as quickly as hoped."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 02/23/2024
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"A Major EPA Climate Rule Is Stuck In Limbo" [31]

"EPA Administrator Michael Regan and White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi arrived at international climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates late last year with a big announcement: The Biden team had finalized a major climate rule aimed at slashing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. But nearly three months later, the rule hasn’t been officially printed by the government."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Government [33]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [34], 02/23/2024
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"Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year" [35]

"An estimated 2.5 million people were forced from their homes in the United States by weather-related disasters in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [36]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: NYTimes [38], 02/23/2024
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SEC Drops Key Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules [39]

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [40]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Reuters [42], 02/23/2024
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"China 2023 Coal Power Approvals Rose, Putting Climate Targets At Risk" [43]

"China approved 114 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity in 2023, up 10% from a year earlier, with the world's top carbon polluter now at risk of falling short on climate targets after sanctioning dozens of new plants, research showed on Thursday."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
Asia [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 02/23/2024
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EPA Will Let 8 States Sell Gasoline With More Ethanol Year-Round In 2025 [46]

"The Biden administration will allow gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol to be sold year-round in eight states starting in 2025, it announced Thursday."

Agriculture [47]
Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: The Hill [48], 02/23/2024
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"How A Northwest Tribe Is Escaping A Rising Ocean" [49]

"In a mossy stretch of forest on Washington state's outer coast, streets and sidewalks have appeared in recent weeks, representing the future of the Quinault Indian Nation. The coastal tribe has spent a decade trying to move its villages out of reach of a rising Pacific Ocean and its tsunamis."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [36]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
Source: KUOW [51], 02/23/2024
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NewsNation Journalist Lambert Wins $80,000 Judgment Vs. Ohio City, County [52]

"A city and county in Ohio have agreed to pay $112,000 to resolve NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which stemmed from his unlawful arrest last year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio."

Chemicals [53]
Disasters [36]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [55], 02/23/2024
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"Poland's New Government Deprograms Its Once Far-Right Public Media" [56]

"It's 7:30 in the evening in Warsaw, and public news broadcaster TVP Info is about to broadcast live to millions of viewers across Poland. Producers in a crowded control room scurry in and out, sometimes stopping to peer through a narrow window into a studio where the host reads from a teleprompter."

Government [33]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
Europe [57]
Source: NPR [58], 02/23/2024
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"Tunisia Farmer Turns To Old Wheat Varieties As Climate Change Bites" [59]

"Tunisian wheat farmer Hasan Chetoui is seeking inspiration from the deep past as he tries to adapt to drought caused by climate change, sowing old wheat varieties that he hopes will produce crops throughout the year."

Agriculture [47]
Climate Change [27]
Food [60]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Africa [61]
Source: Reuters [62], 02/23/2024
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"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation" [63]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."

Air [64]
Chemicals [53]
Environmental Health [65]
Environmental Justice [66]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: SCOTUSblog [67], 02/22/2024
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Not Just Toxics: Radioactive Waste Was Also Dumped Off Los Angeles Coast [68]

"For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment until a team of researchers came across them with an advanced underwater camera."

Environmental Health [65]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [69]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
California [70]
Source: LA Times [71], 02/22/2024
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"9th Circuit Ruling Axes Obama-Era Freeze On Coal Leasing" [72]

"A federal appellate court on Wednesday delivered a victory for the mining sector and scrapped a lower court ruling that froze new coal leases on public lands."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: E&E News [73], 02/22/2024
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