EJToday: Top Headlines

"NPS Completes Largest Move Of Yellowstone Bison To Tribal Land" [9]

"The National Park Service earlier this year completed its largest transfer of bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Mont."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 02/13/2023
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"Shell, BP Boost Profit, Sink Investment In Renewable Energy" [17]

"While the big five oil companies registered record profits on the back of the energy crisis, relatively little will be reinvested in renewables as climate goals are slashed."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: DW [21], 02/13/2023
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"Report: Companies’ Climate Targets Not What They Claim To Be" [22]

"Climate commitments by companies aren’t always as green as they seem. A new report concludes major brands are exaggerating how ambitious their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions are — in effect misleading consumers, investors and governments."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [25]
Source: AP [26], 02/13/2023
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"U.S. EPA Announces $1 Billion For New Hazardous Waste Cleanups" [27]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced 22 new sites that will benefit from $1 billion in funding from a program designed to remediate hazardous waste sites, such as landfills, mines and manufacturing facilities."

Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Waste [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [33], 02/13/2023
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"Biden and Lula Project Unity On Democratic Values And Climate Change" [34]

"U.S. President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a reboot of relations between the hemisphere's two largest democracies after the end of Donald Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro's stormy rule."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [23]
Forests [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
South America [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 02/13/2023
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"Toxic Ash Is Raining Down in Illinois. It’s Time for the EPA to Step Up" [38]

"On January 11, neon-green corrosive ash rained down onto homes, businesses, and schools in La Salle, Illinois, following a fire at the Carus Chemical Company."

Chemicals [28]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [11]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Sierra [41], 02/13/2023
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"DeSantis, Aiming at a Favorite Foil, Wants to Roll Back Press Freedom" [42]

"The Florida governor and possible presidential candidate is the latest in a string of Republicans to target the Supreme Court decision that has long protected journalists accused of defamation."

Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [43], 02/13/2023
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"Exclusive: U.S. Eyes Joining Amazon Fund During Biden-Lula Visit" [44]

"The United States is considering its first contribution to a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation, with a possible announcement during President Joe Biden's meeting with Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House on Friday, two U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter said."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [18]
Forests [35]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
South America [36]
Source: Reuters [45], 02/10/2023
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"Daunting Medical Issues For Earthquake Survivors Are Just Beginning" [46]

"Waterborne diseases, such as cholera, and medication shortages are likely issues ahead".

Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [29]
Infrastructure [47]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [14]
Middle East [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 02/10/2023
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"BP, in a Reversal, Says It Will Produce More Oil and Gas" [51]

"BP’s chief executive, Bernard Looney, said on Tuesday that the company would pare back its plans to reduce oil and gas production in the coming years, a move that would result in higher-than-expected carbon emissions."

Climate Change [18]
Consumer [52]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [14]
International [25]
Source: NYTimes [53], 02/10/2023
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Biden DOE Announces $2B Loan For Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing [54]

"The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it would issue a $2 billion loan to a battery manufacturing facility as it looks to bolster the country’s supply chain for electric vehicles."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [55], 02/10/2023
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Attorneys General Call For Federal Protections Against Deadly Workplace Heat [56]

"Seven attorneys general are calling on the federal government to create emergency standards to protect workers from the summer’s deadly heat by the beginning of May."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [11]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [58], 02/10/2023
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"U.S. EPA Approves Hazardous Chemicals Removal From St. Croix Refinery" [59]

"U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday conditionally approved plans for the owners of an idled refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands to remove chemicals that the watchdog argued present serious health consequences if accidentally released."

Chemicals [28]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Central America & the Caribbean [61]
Source: Reuters [62], 02/10/2023
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"California Bill Would Protect Native Western Joshua Tree" [63]

"The western Joshua tree won’t be listed as threatened — yet — as California’s Fish and Game Commission again delayed a decision Wednesday after a bill was proposed to provide protections to the native desert plant."

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [35]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
California [64]
Source: AP [65], 02/10/2023
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"Australia Rejects Open-Pit Coal Mine Near Great Barrier Reef" [66]

"Australia for the first time has rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law, with the government minister citing the open-pit mine’s potential harm to the nearby Great Barrier Reef."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [67]
Source: AP [68], 02/10/2023
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