EJToday: Top Headlines

"Birds, Bees And Even Plants Might Act Weird During The Solar Eclipse" [9]

"A total eclipse isn’t just a spectacle in the sky. When the moon consumes the sun on April 8, day will plunge into twilight, the temperature will drop — and nature will take notice."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 04/05/2024
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US Saw Staggering Growth In Solar And Wind Power Over The Last Decade [16]

"Nearly a quarter of the nation's grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [19], 04/04/2024
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"Just 57 Companies Linked To 80% Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since 2016" [20]

"A mere 57 oil, gas, coal and cement producers are directly linked to 80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a study has shown."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
International [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 04/04/2024
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Will Bitcoin, Data Centers, and Cannabis Risk US Climate Goals? [26]

"US energy use has been flat. But new industries are forcing a boost in utility forecasts for demand, potentially harming efforts to cut emissions."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [17]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Technology [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Floodlight [30], 04/04/2024
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"A Guide To Electric Car Misinformation (Part 2)" [31]

"Financially-motivated EV misinformation comes from both sides of the aisle (the lane?). Industries that see EVs as a threat exaggerate their harms in a bid to get you to hate EVs. And industries that profit from EVs greenwash their benefits in a bid to get you to love EVs."

Climate Change [17]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [24]
Source: HEATED [36], 04/04/2024
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"Despite Official Vote, the Evidence of the Anthropocene Is Clear" [37]

"When a governing body of the International Union of Geological Sciences voted down a proposal to name a new epoch in Earth’s history, it ignored conclusive evidence that for the first time, a single species — humans — has fundamentally altered the planet."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Studies [33]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [38]
Science [39]
Public [13]
International [24]
Source: YaleE360 [40], 04/04/2024
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"Why Is the BLM Still Clearcutting Piñon-Juniper Landscapes?" [41]

"During the last century, federal agencies have undertaken a campaign to destroy huge tracts of piñon pines and juniper trees in the arid reaches of the American West."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Sierra [42], 04/04/2024
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"Light at the End of the Tunnel" [43]

"Millions of killer culverts lurk beneath North American roadways, strangling populations of migratory fish. Now with a nationwide project, the United States is trying to fix them."

Fish & Fisheries [44]
Infrastructure [34]
Natural Resources [11]
Transportation [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Hakai [47], 04/04/2024
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Midwest Maple Syrup Producers Face Record Warm Winter As Climate Changes [48]

"Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa, and elsewhere, experts say."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [17]
Food [49]
Forests [50]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Canada [51]
Source: Wisconsin Watch/Cedar Rapids Gazette [52], 04/04/2024
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California Is Top U.S. Emitter Of A Planet-Warming Termite Pesticide [53]

"Despite its aggressive reputation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, California releases more of a climate-warming pesticide than all other states combined, most of it from homes fumigated for termites, according to a study published Wednesday."

Chemicals [54]
Climate Change [17]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [55]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [56]
Source: LA Times [57], 04/04/2024
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"Cranes in Ukraine: Birds of Joy in a War-Torn Land" [58]

"This spring, as Russian missiles and drones continued to rain destruction upon Ukraine, a more hopeful symbol appeared in the skies about the embattled nation. The cranes had returned."

Biodiversity [10]
Military [59]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
Europe [60]
Source: The Revelator [61], 04/04/2024
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Court Approves 3M Settlement Over PFAS Chemicals’ In Public Drinking Water [62]

"Chemical manufacturer 3M will begin payments starting in the third quarter to many U.S. public drinking water systems as part of a multi-billion-dollar settlement over contamination with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and several consumer products, the company said."

Chemicals [54]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [55]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [63], 04/03/2024
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"Spinning, Whirling Fish In South Florida Prompt Emergency Response" [64]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching what the agency described as an emergency response effort in south Florida after emerging reports of smalltooth sawfish spinning, whirling and displaying other abnormal behaviors."

Fish & Fisheries [44]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: Guardian [66], 04/03/2024
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"Enviva Bankruptcy Fallout Ripples Through Biomass Industry, U.S. and EU" [67]

"In March, Enviva, the world’s largest woody biomass producer for industrial energy, declared bankruptcy. That cataclysmic collapse triggered a rush of political and economic maneuvering in the U.S. (a key wood pellet producing nation), and in Europe (a primary industrial biomass energy user in converted coal plants)."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Forests [50]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Europe [60]
Source: Mongabay [68], 04/03/2024
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Biden DOT Announces Requirement For 2-Person Crews On Freight Trains [69]

"The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a final rule Tuesday increasing the minimum size for train crews to two people, a longtime ask for rail worker unions, which nearly led to a strike in 2022."

Disasters [70]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [71], 04/02/2024
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