EJToday: Top Headlines

"Global Warming Could Drive Locust Outbreaks into New Regions, Study Warns" [9]

"A study published today in Science Advances suggests that, if global warming isn’t curbed, west India and west central Asia could become locust hotspots in the decades ahead, raising new challenges for control efforts, and further threatening food security and livelihoods in already vulnerable regions."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 02/15/2024
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"The Plastics Industry Would Like A Word With Your Kids" [19]

"Wearing a lab coat, Eve Vitale asked a chemistry class at Warren Mott High School if anyone had heard anything bad about plastics. Hands shot up. It doesn’t degrade, said one student. It hurts the environment, said another. But “that’s not really the plastic’s fault,” said Vitale, chief executive of the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation, a group of industry professionals. “That’s the fault of humanity.”"

Chemicals [20]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 02/15/2024
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"Trinidad And Tobago Cleans Up Beaches Following 12-Kilometer Oil Spill" [27]

"First responders and volunteers from Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday sought to contain an oil spill detected last week in the Caribbean country's waters and clean areas of Tobago island's coast already affected by the incident."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 02/14/2024
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"Wildfire Smoke Will Worsen, New Study Shows, and Protections Are Few" [33]

"More than 125 million Americans will be exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution by the middle of the century, largely because of increased smoke from wildfires, according to estimates released on Monday."

Air [34]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [35]
Pollution [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [36], 02/14/2024
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Biden EPA Expands Funds For Sewers In Underserved Communities [37]

"The Biden administration is expanding its efforts to help underserved communities get access to sewage infrastructure. The administration said Tuesday it would expand a pilot initiative to 150 additional communities, up from 11 at its start, to help them get access to federal wastewater funds."

Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [38]
Infrastructure [39]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [40], 02/14/2024
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"Redfin Adds Air Quality Scores To Listings As Climate Concerns Rise" [41]

"After a year of record-breaking air pollution from wildfire smoke, real estate brokerage Redfin has begun publishing air quality data in its home listings. Now, buyers can see how many days a year on average a particular area will experience poor air quality, and whether that number is projected to increase over time."

Air [34]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [35]
Pollution [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [42], 02/14/2024
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Horseshoe Crabs, Living Fossils Of The Sea, Draw Endangered Species Petition [43]

"Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. government seeking endangered species protection for the American horseshoe crab, a "living fossil" under threat from commercial harvests for bait and biomedical use as well as from habitat loss and climate change."

Biodiversity [11]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Reuters [46], 02/14/2024
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"U.S. Gas Producers Are Racing to Sell to Asia. And Mexico Is Key." [47]

"As soon as next year, the United States’ fossil fuel industry will gain its first foothold on a valuable shortcut to sell natural gas to Asia. The shortcut goes straight through Mexico."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Transportation [48]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [49], 02/14/2024
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Canadian Watchdog Gets Complaints About Green Claims By Shell, RBC, Enbridge [50]

"The list of companies whose marketing is being accused of deceiving Canadians about their environmental commitments continues to grow".

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Studies [51]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Public [16]
Canada [52]
Source: The Narwhal [53], 02/14/2024
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"Arizona Monument Created By Biden Faces Volley Of Lawsuits" [54]

"Opponents of a sprawling national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon National Park on Monday launched a pair of lawsuits challenging the site, opening another front in a Republican effort to roll back presidential authority to protect federal lands."

Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Source: E&E News [56], 02/14/2024
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"Biden Administration Urges Court to Scrap Youth Climate Trial" [57]

"The Department of Justice wants an appellate court to quash the youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. US, which was greenlit last year for trial in Oregon."

Activism [58]
Climate Change [12]
Laws & Regulations [45]
People & Population [59]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 02/14/2024
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"Oregon’s Aspiring Tree Climbers Reach New Heights" [61]

"Students at Cottage Grove-based national tree climbing school push themselves to the limit to become professional pine cone collectors".

Forests [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Northwest (OR WA) [63]
Source: OPB [64], 02/14/2024
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"EPA Again OKs Use Of Toxic Herbicide Linked To Parkinson’s Disease" [65]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on its controversial finding that a toxic herbicide is safe for use across millions of acres of American cropland, despite what public health advocates characterize as virtual “scientific proof” the product causes Parkinson’s disease."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Pollution [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Guardian [66], 02/13/2024
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Nearly Half Of The World’s Migratory Species Are In Decline: UN Report [67]

"Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change."

Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [68], 02/13/2024
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"The Unlikely Coalition Behind Biden’s Liquefied Natural Gas Pivot" [69]

"Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause."

Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Grist [70], 02/13/2024
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