EJToday: Top Headlines

"Heat Pumps Outsold Gas Furnaces Again Last Year — And The Gap Is Growing" [9]

"While sales of both heat pumps and gas furnaces were down in 2023, heat pumps are proving more popular than ever."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Technology [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [17], 02/19/2024
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Very Cool: Trees Stalling Effects Of Global Heating In Eastern US - Study [18]

"Trees provide innumerable benefits to the world, from food to shelter to oxygen, but researchers have now found their dramatic rebound in the eastern US has delivered a further, stunning feat – the curtailing of the soaring temperatures caused by the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Forests [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [20], 02/19/2024
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"House OKs Bill Targeting Natural Gas Export Permit Pause" [21]

"The House passed legislation Thursday to limit President Joe Biden’s authority over liquefied natural gas export permits."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [24], 02/16/2024
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"Report Blasts ‘Campaign Of Fraud’ On Plastic Recycling" [25]

"A new report aims to lay the foundation for future legal action against oil and plastics companies for deceiving the public about the efficacy of plastics recycling."

Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [27]
Pollution [28]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [31], 02/16/2024
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"The New Arctic: Amid Record Heat, Ecosystems Morph And Wildlife Struggle" [32]

"Every species of animal and plant that lives or breeds in the Arctic is experiencing dramatic change. As the polar region warms, species endure extreme weather, shrinking and altered habitat, decreased food availability, and competition from invading southern species."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [35]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
Antarctica & Arctic [38]
Source: Mongabay [39], 02/16/2024
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"Chamber Of Death’: Italian Tuna Fishers Fight To Preserve Ancient Tradition [40]

"A sustainable technique for catching tuna that goes back thousands of years is on the verge of extinction in Italy – but not for a lack of fish".

Fish & Fisheries [41]
People & Population [35]
Public [15]
Europe [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 02/16/2024
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US Government Ran Decade-Long Campaign Against The Anti-Pipeline Movement [44]

"Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets."

Activism [45]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [46]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Type Investigations [48], 02/16/2024
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Kentucky Senate Takes Aim At ‘Harassing’ Drones Photographing Livestock [49]

"A bill backed by Kentucky’s poultry industry and approved by the Senate Thursday would subject drone operators to new restrictions that opponents warn could help hide health and safety hazards in food production."

Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [33]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Kentucky Lantern [52], 02/16/2024
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When a Climate Denier Becomes Louisiana Governor: Landry’s First Month [53]

"In his first four weeks in office, Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has filled the ranks of state environmental posts with fossil fuel industry executives."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [51]
Source: Floodlight [54], 02/16/2024
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Enviros Sue To Force Feds To Finalize Ship Speed Rules That Protect Whales [55]

"A coalition of environmental groups has sued the federal government to try to force the finalization of ship speed rules that the groups say are critically important to save a vanishing species of whale."

Biodiversity [33]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Transportation [56]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [57], 02/16/2024
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"Hope on the Halfshell" - Oyster Restoration Protects the Chesapeake Bay [58]

"The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has released a new report outlining how restoring the Bay’s native oyster populations could bolster climate resilience and community vitality."

Biodiversity [33]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [59]
Source: WBOC [60], 02/16/2024
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"Indigenous Languages Are Founts of Environmental Knowledge" [61]

"Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals, and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues".

Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Studies [62]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [35]
Public [15]
International [63]
Source: Knowable [64], 02/16/2024
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"A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’" [65]

"Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could transform into grasslands or weakened ecosystems in the coming decades, a new study found, as climate change, deforestation and severe droughts like the one the region is currently experiencing damage huge areas beyond their ability to recover."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [66]
Forests [19]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [36]
Public [15]
South America [67]
Source: NYTimes [68], 02/15/2024
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"Farmers, Tribes Reach ‘Historic’ Klamath River Deal" [69]

"The Interior Department on Wednesday announced an armistice in the battle over the Klamath River, unveiling an agreement between farmers reliant on the waterway for irrigation and tribal nations seeking to restore the region’s fisheries."

Agriculture [50]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [34]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [70]
Northwest (OR WA) [71]
Source: E&E News [72], 02/15/2024
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Giant Baytown Refinery Complex Wants To Expand Amid Community Backlash [73]

"Exxon’s Baytown complex in the Houston-area has the third largest oil refinery in the U.S. and is requesting permit renewal for its olefins plant despite repeated violations to the Clean Air Act."

Air [74]
Chemicals [26]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [75]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [28]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [76]
Source: EHN [77], 02/15/2024
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