EJToday: Top Headlines

"Parks Coalition Presses Biden To Establish 6 New Protected Monuments" [9]

"An organization representing current and former National Park Service employees is calling for President Joe Biden to use his executive power to establish several new national monuments around the country and advance his goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [15], 04/20/2022
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Colorado R. Tops 10 Most Endangered Rivers In America [16]

"The Colorado River — which provides drinking water, irrigation and electricity for more than 40 million people in the West — is the most endangered river in the United States this year, according to the nonprofit conservation group American Rivers."

Activism [17]
Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: CNN [24], 04/19/2022
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"Biden To Tout Climate Policies For Earth Day" [25]

"The Biden administration says it plans to highlight several of its climate change accomplishments ahead of and on Earth Day this Friday."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [27], 04/19/2022
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"People Of Color More Likely To Be Harmed By Pesticides, Study Finds" [28]

"People of color and low-income communities are at disproportionate risk of pesticide exposure, a new study has found." "Hispanic and Latino farmworkers at high risk from pesticide use in agriculture, while people in lower-income housing also affected".

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [32], 04/19/2022
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Conference Comes Up With $16 Billion In Pledges To Safeguard Ocean Health [33]

"International delegates representing governments, businesses, academic and research institutions, civil society, youth leaders and philanthropic organizations announced major commitments worth more than $16 billion to protect ocean health at the seventh Our Ocean Conference in Koror, Palau, on April 13 and 14."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
International [34]
Source: Mongabay [35], 04/19/2022
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Natural Gas Prices Are Soaring. What Does It Mean For Climate? [36]

"U.S. natural gas prices are soaring after a cold winter and surge in liquefied natural gas exports. ... It ... carries important implications for American greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Military [38]
Public [13]
International [34]
Source: E&E News [39], 04/19/2022
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"‘Frontline’ Review: Why The Climate Changed But We Didn’t" [40]

"“The Power of Big Oil” examines a dispiriting, well-financed history of denialism and inaction."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [42], 04/19/2022
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"US Wildlife Officials Aim To Address Illegal Wolf Killings" [43]

"Prompted by a court order, federal wildlife managers have issued a new draft plan for managing Mexican gray wolves in the Southwestern U.S. in an effort to address illegal killings of the endangered predators."

Biodiversity [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [44]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: AP [46], 04/19/2022
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As Drought Hammers Mono Lake, Thirsty L.A. Must Look Elsewhere For Water [47]

"With a third year of drought shrinking the creeks that cascade down the eastern Sierra Nevada, the level of Mono Lake has fallen so low it has triggered a 72% reduction in the amount of water Los Angeles can divert from area streams this year."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [20]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [13]
California [48]
Source: LA Times [49], 04/19/2022
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"Supreme Court Denies Claim To Portion Of Yakama Lands" [50]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Klickitat County's claim to a portion of the Yakama Indian Reservation, likely ending a dispute that has raged for more than a century."

Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
Source: AP [53], 04/19/2022
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Blue Corn And Melons: The Seed Keepers Reviving Ancient, Resilient Crops [54]

"In north-western New Mexico, traditional Indigenous farming methods are being passed down to protect against the effects of climate crisis".

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [20]
Food [55]
Natural Resources [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [56]
Science [57]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: Guardian [58], 04/19/2022
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"Biden Plans to Open More Public Land to Drilling" [59]

"The president is under pressure to bring down gas prices, but any new drilling would be years away. The fees that companies pay would rise sharply."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [60], 04/18/2022
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"Scott Pruitt, Former EPA Leader, Files for Oklahoma Senate Run" [61]

"Scott Pruitt, an EPA administrator under former President Donald Trump, has filed to run in the coming special election to replace retiring Sen. James Inhofe (R)."

Environmental Politics [10]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 04/18/2022
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"Proposal To Restore Sovereignty To Tribes In Maine Advances" [63]

"The Maine Senate advanced a historic proposal Friday to restore tribes’ sovereignty, ensuring they have the same rights as other federally recognized tribes across the country."

Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [64]
Source: AP [65], 04/18/2022
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Black, Latino Communities Have Higher Level Of Oil Drilling, Pollution [66]

"Majority Black and Latino communities that received the worst grades under a racially discriminatory federal housing program known as redlining have nearly twice as many oil drilling wells as mostly White communities, a new study says."

Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [67], 04/18/2022
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