EJToday: Top Headlines

"Unstable Nuclear-Waste Dams Threaten Fertile Central Asia Heartland" [9]

"Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
Asia [17]
Source: Reuters [18], 04/24/2024
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"California, 21 Other States Back EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [19]

"A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful."

Air [20]
Climate Change [21]
Consumer [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 04/24/2024
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Jury: BNSF Contributed To 2 Deaths In Montana Town Sickened By Asbestos [30]

"A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened."

Air [20]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: AP [33], 04/24/2024
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"Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem" [34]

"New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity."

Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Studies [36]
Forests [37]
Natural Resources [13]
Science [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: NYTimes [40], 04/24/2024
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Prehistoric Lake Sturgeon Is Not Endangered, US Says Despite Petition [41]

"Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished."

Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: AP [44], 04/24/2024
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"New Government Heat Risk Tool Sets Magenta As Most Dangerous Level" [45]

"The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors with a seven-day forecast that’s simplified and color-coded for a warming world of worsening heat waves."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Government [46]
Journalism & Media [47]
Science [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: AP [48], 04/24/2024
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Top Louisiana University Lets Oil Firms Influence Research – For A Price [49]

"Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms".

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [36]
Journalism & Media [47]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [15]
Science [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: Guardian/Lens [51], 04/23/2024
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Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, But It Won’t Be Enough [52]

"For the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, brine and toxic or climate-warming gasses." "The new Bureau of Land Management regulation, which applies to nearly 90,000 wells on federal public land, is hampered by math errors and overly optimistic cost projections."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main [54], 04/23/2024
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"Ohio Gov. DeWine Campaign Got Secret $2.5 Million Boost From Power Company" [55]

"A dark money group funded by FirstEnergy spent $2.5 million to support the GOP hopeful as the utility pushed bailout of struggling nuclear plants."

Climate Change [21]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [57]
Source: USA TODAY/Floodlight [58], 04/23/2024
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"A Web Of Front People Conceals Environmental Offenders In The Amazon" [59]

"A paper trail left by a notorious land grabber reveals how he used relatives and an employee as fronts to evade environmental fines and lawsuits, shedding light on this widespread practice in the Brazilian Amazon."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [35]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
South America [60]
Source: Mongabay [61], 04/23/2024
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"The EPA Is Cracking Down On PFAS — But Not In Fertilizer" [62]

"Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It's full of forever chemicals."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Food [63]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [15]
Waste [64]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Grist [65], 04/23/2024
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Calif. Communities Fight The Last Toxic Battery Recycling Plant In The West [66]

"Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back."

Air [20]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [31]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
California [67]
Source: Grist [68], 04/23/2024
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Huge Green Energy Transmission Project Will Cut Through SW Indigenous Lands [69]

"After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help."

Activism [70]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [31]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [71]
International [72]
Source: Grist [73], 04/23/2024
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"How European Trash Illegally Ends Up In Southeast Asia" [74]

"The illegal waste trade from Europe to Southeast Asia has emerged as a highly profitable, low-risk criminal enterprise with a major impact on the environment, economy, and human health."

Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [15]
Waste [64]
Public [16]
Asia [17]
Australia & Oceania [75]
Europe [76]
Source: DW [77], 04/23/2024
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"The Deepwater Horizon’s Very Unhappy Anniversary" [78]

"A recent scientific expedition to the Gulf of Mexico seafloor shows just how little things have improved near the broken well."

Biodiversity [35]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [31]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: Hakai [79], 04/23/2024
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