EJToday: Top Headlines

"Solar Bails Out Texas During Heat Wave, But Trouble Looms" [9]

"Live by the sun, die by the sun. So it goes in Texas, where a surge in solar power generation is helping the state’s primary grid operator navigate an ongoing and stifling heat wave."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 06/27/2023
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"Sick Sea Lions Washing Ashore In California Due To Algae Bloom" [17]

"Rescued from the beach, a sick sea lion and her newborn pup are now on the mend with dozens of others at a marine mammal care center, part of effort by California wildlife experts responding to a sudden surge in animals falling ill to a neurotoxin."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
Public [13]
California [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 06/27/2023
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Train Carrying Hot Asphalt, Molten Sulfur Plunges Into Yellowstone River [25]

"A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below."

Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [26]
Disasters [11]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
Source: AP [31], 06/26/2023
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"Wild Weather Swings Have Devastated Georgia’s Peaches" [32]

"‘We just don’t have a peach crop,’ one Peach State farmer lamented".

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 06/26/2023
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Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake [36]

"Because of overuse of water and climate change, the Great Salt Lake is drying up — and the Mormon Church is taking on an unusually public role to help save it."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [37]
Natural Resources [29]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [38]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
Source: Washington Post [39], 06/26/2023
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"Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves" [40]

"Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to agree Friday on a roadmap for the creation of three new marine protected areas—a goal that has proven elusive for years."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Politics [42]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
International [43]
Antarctica & Arctic [44]
Source: AFP [45], 06/26/2023
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"EPA Proposes Mercury Limits From Iron Ore Processing" [46]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comments until June 29 on proposed revisions to emission standards for mining operations that process taconite, a low-grade iron ore."

Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ICT [47], 06/26/2023
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Fertilizer Giant Threw Fundraiser for Sponsor of FL ‘Radioactive Roads’ Bill [48]

"Tampa-based Fortune 500 fertilizer company Mosaic last month hosted and paid nearly $25,000 for a fundraising event for the state lawmaker who sponsored the controversial “radioactive roads” bill recently approved by the Florida Legislature."

Agriculture [33]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [42]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [50]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [51], 06/26/2023
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"‘Chronic Wasting Disease’ Found In Florida Deer For First Time" [52]

"A deadly disease that plagues deer was recently detected in the remains of a road-killed deer in Florida — marking the first known instance of the illness found in the state, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Thursday."

Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Studies [53]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: S Fl Sun-Sentinel [54], 06/26/2023
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Civil Eats: "Our Summer 2023 Food and Farming Book Guide" [55]

"As summer kicks off, Civil Eats recommends 31 new food and farming books."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [18]
Consumer [37]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Food [56]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Civil Eats [57], 06/26/2023
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"Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon" [58]

"Bangladesh, a river delta nation, is on the front line of climate change. Its coping strategies could offer lessons for the wider world."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Infrastructure [49]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
Asia [59]
Source: NYTimes [60], 06/26/2023
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"Big Snails Mean Bigger Problems for Florida" [61]

"Invasive giant African land snails have now popped up in three counties across the state, it's bad news for plants and people."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [18]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Earther [62], 06/26/2023
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"Supreme Court Rejects Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Trust Claim" [63]

"The U.S. Supreme Court said the United States is not required “to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe” because that provision is not explicitly stated in the Navajo Treaty of 1868, according to its ruling in a 5-4 vote in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, released Thursday."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [64]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [65]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: ICT [66], 06/23/2023
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"Ford Gets $9.2 Billion to Help US Catch Up With China’s EV Dominance" [67]

"A deep-pocketed US government program designed to finance futuristic energy businesses is issuing a conditional $9.2 billion loan to Ford Motor Co. for the construction of three battery factories." "It’s one of the biggest loans to a US carmaker in more than a decade – and a watershed moment in Biden’s $400 billion plan to go all in on green technologies."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Transportation [50]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Source: Bloomberg Green [68], 06/23/2023
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"3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement in ‘Forever Chemicals’ Suits" [69]

"The chemical and manufacturing giant 3M reached a $10.3 billion settlement on Thursday with U.S. cities and towns over their claims that the company contaminated drinking water with so-called forever chemicals used in everything from firefighting foam to nonstick coatings."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [37]
Environmental Health [19]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [70], 06/23/2023
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