EJToday: Top Headlines

"Here’s How Climate Change and Covid Are Transforming Skiing" [9]

"Skiing is an endangered sport, caught between a warming planet and a global pandemic. But there’s a boom in one corner of the ski world that’s being driven, at least in part, by a combination of climate change and Covid."

Climate Change [10]
Health [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 01/13/2022
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"EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds" [15]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites."

Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [22], 01/12/2022
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"White House Plan Aims To Protect Science From Politics" [23]

"The White House today [Tuesday] released a wide-ranging plan to strengthen the work of government scientists and protect them from political meddling."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [24]
Policy [25]
Science [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [27], 01/12/2022
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"US Navy To Drain Hawaii Tank System Blamed For Tainted Water" [28]

"After initially resisting, the U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii’s order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said Tuesday."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Military [29]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Source: AP [31], 01/12/2022
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Warming Permafrost Puts Key Arctic Pipelines, Roads At Risk: Study [32]

"Nearly 70 percent of the infrastructure in the Northern Hemisphere’s permafrost regions are located in areas that could have near-surface thaw by 2050, researchers project".

Climate Change [10]
Infrastructure [33]
Public [12]
International [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 01/12/2022
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DOE Blew $1.1B on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures: GAO [36]

"The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Earther [37], 01/12/2022
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"Biden Spending Bill Ignites Debate Over Dairy Methane Pollution" [38]

"As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [39], 01/12/2022
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"Ghost Flights Are Polluting the Skies Thanks to Omicron" [40]

"Airlines claim they're sending thousands of empty flights out in an attempt to maintain market share despite the environmental damage."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Transportation [41]
Public [12]
International [34]
Source: Earther [42], 01/12/2022
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EPA To Assess Impact On Endangered Species Before Approving Pesticides [43]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will evaluate the potential impact of new pesticide active ingredients on endangered species before registering them, reversing a decades-long policy."

Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [45]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Wildlife [47]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [48], 01/12/2022
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"Stirring Up Lead Dust In NYC Housing" [49]

"“You can have the best law on the books. But if it's not enforced, it's meaningless.”"

Activism [50]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [51]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: EHN [52], 01/12/2022
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Fashion Industry May Finally Face Accountability for Its Toxic Footprint [53]

"A bill before the New York State Assembly could finally impose some standards on an incredibly polluting but little-regulated industry: fashion."

Chemicals [16]
Consumer [54]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [55]
Source: Earther [56], 01/12/2022
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"2021 Was Earth’s Fifth-Hottest Year, Scientists Say" [57]

"The finding, by European researchers, fits a clear warming trend: The seven hottest years on record have been the past seven."

Climate Change [10]
Public [12]
International [34]
Source: NYTimes [58], 01/11/2022
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"Hurricane Ida, Europe Floods Made 2021 Costly For Disasters" [59]

"Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the flash floods that hit Europe last summer helped make 2021 one of the most expensive years for natural disasters, reinsurance company Munich Re said Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [60]
Public [12]
International [34]
Source: AP [61], 01/11/2022
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U.S. Emissions Surged In 2021, Pushing Nation Off Its Climate Targets [62]

"U.S. greenhouse gas emissions roared back in 2021, the latest indicator that the country remains far off track from meeting President Biden’s ambitious climate change targets for the end of this decade."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [63], 01/11/2022
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"U.S. Aims To Double Cover Crop Planting To Address Climate Change" [64]

"The United States aims to double the country's cover crop plantings to 30 million acres by 2030 under a new Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation program launched on Monday."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [65], 01/11/2022
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