EJToday: Top Headlines

Koch Industries To Stay In Russia, Says Exiting Does ‘More Harm Than Good’ [9]

"Koch Industries, the American manufacturing giant that employs 122,000 people across the world, said Wednesday it would not exit its operations in Russia because doing so would put its “employees there at greater risk and do more harm than good.”

Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
International [12]
Source: Washington Post [13], 03/18/2022
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'Sustainable' Funds Are No More Green Than Traditional Products: Study [14]

"Investment funds that market themselves as sustainable under European rules get similar levels of "green revenues" through the companies they invest in as traditional funds, according to a new study published on Thursday."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Public [11]
International [12]
Source: Reuters [18], 03/18/2022
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Great Barrier Reef Hit By Bleaching As UNESCO Weighs "In Danger" Listing [19]

"The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching due to heat stress, the Australian agency that manages the reef said on Friday, ahead of a visit by United Nations officials reviewing whether the reef should be listed as being "in danger"."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [15]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Australia & Oceania [24]
Source: Reuters [25], 03/18/2022
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"EPA Slates 12 New Superfund Sites For Cleanup" [26]

"A dozen deeply contaminated areas will get a significant boost toward cleanup following an announcement this week by EPA. The agency is adding sites to the National Priorities List, a special designation under the Superfund program that oversees cleanup at areas that pose significant threats to human health and the environment."

Chemicals [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: E&E News [32], 03/18/2022
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"Yemeni City Looks To Ancient Past To Survive Climate Change" [33]

"As global warming fuels extreme weather in climate-vulnerable Yemen, restoring the Tawila Cisterns could help avert future disasters, officials say".

Climate Change [15]
Infrastructure [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Middle East [35]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [36], 03/18/2022
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"Can Oysters Save New York City From The Next Big Storm?" [37]

"A new project aims to shore up the disappearing coastline of New York City’s Staten Island, while reviving a once famously thriving oyster population".

Climate Change [15]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Infrastructure [34]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: Guardian [39], 03/18/2022
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"Biden’s Greenhouse Gas Climate-Cost Rules Restored, for Now" [40]

"The federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday granted the White House’s request to temporarily let federal agencies use Biden’s new cost-benefit analysis rules, which aim to slow climate change by making activities that emit greenhouse gases sharply more expensive."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 03/17/2022
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"Appeals Court Clears Path For Izembek Road" [43]

"A federal appeals court today [Wednesday] upheld the Trump-era approval of a land exchange agreement that could lead to the construction of a hotly contested road through congressionally designated wilderness within Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."

Forests [44]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Alaska and Hawaii [45]
Source: E&E News [46], 03/17/2022
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"Biden, Democrats Take Aim At Oil Companies For High Prices" [47]

"After weeks of inconsistent messaging on rising energy costs, congressional Democrats and the White House are uniting behind a strategy of blaming oil companies for high prices at the pump."

Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: E&E News [48], 03/17/2022
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Citing Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports [49]

"A top Ukrainian official criticized companies in the United States and Greece for helping Russia continue to profit from oil despite its attack on Ukraine."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Military [50]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
International [12]
Source: NYTimes [51], 03/17/2022
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"Report: Climate Change Threatens These 29 Michigan Chemical Sites" [52]

"Climate change is likely to bring more catastrophes to Michigan, and a new federal report warns that 29 sites that use hazardous chemicals are in the pathway of worsening floods driven by a changing planet."

Chemicals [27]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [54]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Source: Bridge Michigan [56], 03/17/2022
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"Lake Powell Hits Historic Low, Raising Hydropower Concerns" [57]

"A massive reservoir known as a boating mecca dipped below a critical threshold on Tuesday raising new concerns about a source of power that millions of people in the U.S. West rely on for electricity."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [53]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Infrastructure [34]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: AP [58], 03/17/2022
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"Covid Exposed The Cracks in the US Food System" [59]

"Food banks were inundated, restaurants folded, farmers had to dump produce – but the pandemic also created space for fresh thinking"

Food [60]
Transportation [61]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Guardian [62], 03/17/2022
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"Texas And Other States Want To Punish Fossil Fuel Divestment" [63]

"Ivan Frishberg says his job is just smart financial policy. He's chief sustainability officer at New York-based Amalgamated Bank, which focuses on socially responsible investment. That includes steering investments away from things like fossil fuels that contribute to global warming."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: NPR [64], 03/17/2022
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"$75 Million For Residents Whose Homes Were Built On Landfill" [65]

"A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75.3 million court judgement against the city, its housing authority and the local school board."

Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [54]
Environmental Justice [66]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Waste [30]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [67]
Source: AP [68], 03/17/2022
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