EJToday: Top Headlines

"Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew" [9]

"The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal. With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Rolling Stone [15], 01/11/2022
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"U.S. Supreme Court Leaves In Place Limits On Higher-Ethanol Fuel Blend" [16]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an industry group's bid to revive a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency under former President Donald Trump to allow expanded sales of gasoline that has a higher ethanol blend, called E15."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [19], 01/11/2022
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"Biden Administration To Scrap Trump Plan For Wider Alaska Oil Drilling" [20]

"The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will reverse a Trump-era policy that opened up vast swathes of Arctic Alaska land to new oil development."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 01/11/2022
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Lakes Are Losing Their Ice Cover Faster Than Ever — What That Means [23]

"Climate change is shortening the season when lakes are frozen over, and some of the Great Lakes aren't freezing at all. The impacts will be felt year round".

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
International [25]
Source: The Narwhal [26], 01/11/2022
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"The Great Siberian Thaw" [27]

"Permafrost contains microbes, mammoths, and twice as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. What happens when it starts to melt?"

Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [13]
International [25]
Source: New Yorker [29], 01/11/2022
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"Rare Snowy Owl Soars Over Washington, Thrills Crowds" [30]

"A snowy owl apparently touring iconic buildings of the nation’s capital is captivating birdwatchers who manage to get a glimpse of the rare, resplendent visitor from the Arctic."

Biodiversity [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [33], 01/11/2022
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"Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado" [34]

"President Biden flew to Colorado on Friday to console residents suffering from swift wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, while pointing to the devastation as evidence of the urgent need to address natural disasters rooted in the global climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [38], 01/10/2022
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"Canada’s New Environment Minister Talks Climate — And Compromise" [39]

"From overseeing 2030 targets to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, Steven Guilbeault has been tasked with one of the largest to-do lists of the entire federal cabinet. The environment minister says he'll act quickly, even if it means not getting exactly what he wants".

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [13]
Canada [40]
Source: The Narwhal [41], 01/10/2022
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"Senate Plans Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Vote This Week" [42]

"The Senate plans to vote this week on Republican legislation to enact new, crippling sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Europe [43]
Source: E&E News [44], 01/10/2022
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Biden Faces Delays In Undoing Trump’s War On Efficient Appliances [45]

"Before Donald Trump launched his war against energy-efficient appliances, incandescent lightbulbs were on their way out. Federal rules required retailers to take them off their shelves by 2020 and sell replacements that would save customers money and energy instead."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [47], 01/10/2022
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"‘Drastic’ Rise In High Arctic Lightning Has Scientists Worried" [48]

"The high Arctic saw a dramatic rise in lightning in 2021 in what could be one of the most spectacular manifestations of the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Antarctica & Arctic [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 01/10/2022
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"Hunters Kill 20 Yellowstone Wolves That Roamed Out Of Park" [51]

"Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [31]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Wildlife [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [52]
Source: AP [53], 01/10/2022
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"Road Salt Works. But It’s Also Bad for the Environment." [54]

"The chemical is effective at keeping roads free of snow and ice, but it also has damaging consequences, according to a growing body of research."

Chemicals [55]
Climate Change [10]
Pollution [56]
Transportation [57]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [58], 01/10/2022
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"Cryptocurrency Plan Fails For Manchin-Connected Coal Plant" [59]

"The power plant that buys coal from Sen. Joe Manchin’s family business won’t have a second life powering cryptocurrency mining."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [60], 01/10/2022
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"The Western Megadrought Is Revealing America's 'Lost National Park'" [61]

"On a turquoise lake in a sandstone desert, Ross Dombrowski is trying to figure out what to do about the rock growing behind his houseboat. The rock, spectacular and rust red, like most in southern Utah, wasn't visible below the water's surface when Dombrowski moored his houseboat on Lake Powell last year. Today, it's three stories tall."

Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NPR [62], 01/10/2022
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