EJToday: Top Headlines

"Supreme Court Seems Likely To Move Cautiously In Gonzalez v. Google" [9]

"Supreme Court justices suggested Tuesday that they might move cautiously in their first examination of the federal law that protects internet companies from lawsuits concerning the platforms’ posting of content from third parties."

Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 02/22/2023
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"Jimmy Carter, The President Who Tried To Save The Planet" [15]

"He installed solar panels on the White House. He urged Americans to turn down their thermostats while sporting a sweater. And he pressured Congress into putting tens of millions of acres in Alaska off limits to development."

Environmental Politics [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [17], 02/22/2023
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"'No Excuse': IEA Tells Energy Firms As Methane Emissions Rise" [18]

"The fossil fuel industry is failing to tackle methane emissions despite its pledges to uncover and fix leaking infrastructure, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) published on Tuesday."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [21]
Public [12]
International [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 02/21/2023
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"Madagascar, Mozambique Set For “Dangerous” Cyclone Freddy" [24]

"A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as “dangerous” by the United Nation’s weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
Africa [27]
Source: AP [28], 02/21/2023
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Green Groups Call On Buttigieg To Restore Obama-Era Train Brake Rule [29]

"A coalition of environmental organizations on Thursday called on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to act on a rail safety rule scrapped by the Trump administration, arguing failure to enforce it increases the likelihood of environmental rail disasters."

Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [31], 02/21/2023
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"FERC Approves Power Plant Rules To Fight Extreme Weather" [32]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved new rules Thursday to help protect the electricity system during severe winter weather, but grid experts said more action is needed to prevent deadly power outages like those that occurred during Winter Storm Uri."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [33]
Disasters [25]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [35], 02/21/2023
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"Weather Whiplash: How Climate Change Killed Thousands of Migratory Birds" [36]

"When dead birds fall from the sky, you know something is wrong. But finding out exactly what killed them isn’t as easy."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [25]
Wildlife [38]
Public [12]
International [22]
Source: The Revelator [39], 02/21/2023
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Biggest Calif. Environmental Cleanup Leaves Lead Contamination, Angst [40]

"California's largest and most expensive environmental cleanup has failed to properly remove lead pollution from some homes and neighborhoods near a notorious battery recycler in southeast Los Angeles County, leaving residents at continued risk, a Los Angeles Times investigation shows."

Chemicals [41]
Disasters [25]
Pollution [21]
Public [12]
California [42]
Source: LA Times [43], 02/21/2023
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"How Russia’s War Shattered Global Energy Routes" [44]

"After a year of fighting, Europe’s gas reserves are bulging and its leaders are moving forward with ambitious plans to green their economy. But it’s starkly different thousands of miles away, where poor Asian countries are scrounging for fuel after liquefied natural gas cargoes were rerouted to wealthy European markets."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Military [45]
Public [12]
International [22]
Source: E&E News [46], 02/21/2023
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"Four Rail-Borne Risks Moving Through American Communities" [47]

"Communities alongside rail lines had two more close calls this week as freight trains carrying hazardous materials derailed in Houston and Detroit."

Chemicals [41]
Disasters [25]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [30]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [48], 02/21/2023
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"State And Federal Funds Fuel More Wildlife Crossings" [49]

"Wildlife crossings are getting more go signs, on Capitol Hill and beyond."

Biodiversity [37]
Infrastructure [34]
Natural Resources [50]
Transportation [30]
Wildlife [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [51], 02/21/2023
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Pythons Snacking on GPS-Wearing Opossums That Give Up Their Locations [52]

"After nearly five months of waiting, an alarm activated on Michael Cove’s radio, a sign his study was working. To hunt pythons, an invasive predator in the Florida Keys, Cove and fellow researchers have been strapping GPS collars to opossums and raccoons."

Biodiversity [37]
Technology [53]
Wildlife [38]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: Washington Post [55], 02/21/2023
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"UN Ocean Treaty Talks Resume With Goal To Save Biodiversity" [56]

"United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world’s marine biodiversity."

Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
International [22]
Source: AP [57], 02/20/2023
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"Before Ohio Derailment, Norfolk Southern Lobbied Against Safety Rules" [58]

"The Trump administration abandoned rail safety rules that were pursued during the Obama era. The Biden administration is trying to revive some of them."

Chemicals [41]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [59]
Environmental Politics [16]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Source: Washington Post [61], 02/20/2023
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"Biden E.P.A. Reinstates Mercury Limits Weakened Under Trump" [62]

"The Biden administration on Friday restored the legal foundation of an Obama-era regulation governing mercury, a pollutant from power plants that can damage brain development in babies and cause heart disease in adults."

Air [63]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [59]
Environmental Justice [64]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [21]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [65], 02/20/2023
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