EJToday: Top Headlines

"Markets And Forests: 7 Takeaways From Our Series On The Forest Carbon Trade" [9]

"Mongabay recently published a five-part series on the carbon trade and its use as a tool to address climate change. The exchange of carbon credits, typically used to offset emissions, bore unprecedented criticism in 2023."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Mongabay [18], 01/18/2024
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Pentagon Will Install Rooftop Solar Panels As Biden Pushes Clean Energy [19]

"The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.”

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Government [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Military [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [25], 01/18/2024
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"A Potentially Huge Supreme Court Case Has a Hidden Conservative Backer" [26]

"The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a government fee that they consider unreasonable. But the lawyers who have helped to propel their case to the nation’s highest court have a far more powerful backer: the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [29], 01/17/2024
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API Plans Election-Year Blitz in the Face of Climate Policy Pressure [30]

"The American Petroleum Institute, at its annual “State of American Energy” event, launched a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz to make the case for expanded U.S. fossil fuel exploration, production and exports."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [32]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 01/17/2024
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Record-Shattering 2023 Heat Has Scientists On Edge: Warming May Be Worsening [34]

"The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that what’s behind those numbers could be even worse."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Science [36]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [37], 01/17/2024
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New Flu Strain Is Attacking Hundreds Of Animal Species. Humans Could Be Next [38]

"An avian flu panzootic — a pandemic among animals — has struck some 320 bird and mammal species, including elephant seals."

Biodiversity [39]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Washington Post [42], 01/17/2024
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"Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally" [43]

"The United Nations estimates that 1.84 billion people worldwide, or nearly a quarter of humanity, were living under drought in 2022 and 2023, the vast majority in low- and middle-income countries." "The crisis, worsened partly by climate change, has been accompanied by soaring food prices and could have consequences for hunger, elections and migration worldwide."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [45]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [40]
Food [46]
Natural Resources [15]
Planning & Growth [47]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [48], 01/17/2024
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Crop-Killing Weeds Advance Across US Farms As Chemicals Lose Effectiveness [49]

"Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest, in the latest sign that weeds are developing resistance to chemicals faster than companies including Bayer and Corteva can develop new ones to fight them."

Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [39]
Chemicals [50]
Environmental Health [40]
Pollution [32]
Technology [51]
Water & Oceans [52]
Wildlife [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Reuters [53], 01/17/2024
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First US Uranium Mines in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon [54]

"The push for more nuclear energy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spiked uranium prices, leading mines for the element to begin operating again in the U.S. despite long-term environmental and health impacts."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Natural Resources [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 01/17/2024
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Shell To Sell Nigeria Oil Business; Greens Want Pollution Cleaned Up First [58]

"Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria’s Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the latest move by the energy company to limit its exposure in the West African nation amid long-running complaints of environmental pollution caused by the oil industry."

Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [27]
Pollution [32]
Public [16]
Africa [59]
Source: AP [60], 01/17/2024
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"A Huge Battery Has Replaced Hawaii’s Last Coal Plant" [61]

"Plus Power’s Kapolei battery is officially online. The pioneering project is a leading example of how to shift crucial grid functions from fossil-fueled plants to clean energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Alaska and Hawaii [62]
Source: Grist [63], 01/17/2024
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"Earthlings Take Note: The Sun Will Be Its Most Active In Two Decades" [64]

"Solar flares, eruptions on the sun’s surface and sunspots are expected to multiply and intensify throughout this year, as our yellow star enters its most active period in two decades. For Earthlings, that could lead to more beautiful dancing aurora far and wide, but also radio blackouts and satellite disruptions."

Natural Resources [15]
Other or All [65]
Science [36]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Washington Post [66], 01/17/2024
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"Biden Administration to Fine Oil and Gas Companies for Excess Methane" [67]

"The Biden administration announced new moves on Friday to curb the release from oil and gas facilities of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is responsible for more than a quarter of the warming the planet is currently experiencing."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NYTimes [68], 01/16/2024
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"Tax-Credit Rules Leave Key ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Issues Unanswered" [69]

"Environmental watchdogs worry the Biden administration’s proposed rules for hydrogen tax credits may allow fossil gas and biogas to pollute at taxpayer expense."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Canary Media [70], 01/16/2024
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"Azerbaijan Appoints No Women To 28-Member Cop29 Climate Committee" [71]

"The organising committee for the Cop29 global climate change summit in Azerbaijan in December comprises 28 men and no women, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has announced."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [72]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Guardian [73], 01/16/2024
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