EJToday: Top Headlines

"Nike To Drop Use Of Kangaroo Skins For Its Shoes In 2023" [9]

"Nike said it will stop using kangaroo skins for its shoes this year, weeks after a similar step from German rival Puma, which would end a highly controversial practice that has drawn ire from consumers and animal rights activists."

Biodiversity [10]
Consumer [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 03/15/2023
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"Brown Widows Are Winning the Fight for Your Attic and Garage" [16]

"Few spiders in the United States have a more fearsome reputation than black widows. But throughout the South, the bulbous arachnids with red hourglasses on their bellies are engaged in a lethal competition with the brown widow, a relative from abroad — and they’re losing."

Biodiversity [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 03/15/2023
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More Storms Ravage California, Northeast [19]

"Another atmospheric river is creeping into storm-ravaged California, pummeling communities with more rain, prompting fresh evacuation alerts and putting rescue teams on notice as residents work to recover from last week’s flooding storm."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: CNN [25], 03/14/2023
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"EPA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water" [26]

"The first-ever regulations on PFAS are a federal response to the toxic chemicals showing up in drinking water consumed by thousands of U.S. communities".

Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [31], 03/14/2023
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"Biden OKs Alaska Oil Project, Draws Ire Of Environmentalists" [32]

"The Biden administration said Monday it is approving a huge oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation as flying in the face of his pledges to slow climate change."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: AP [39], 03/14/2023
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"What Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Means for Climate Tech" [40]

"The fall of Silicon Valley Bank leaves a hole in the ecosystem for financing cleantech startups — just how big remains to be seen."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Infrastructure [29]
Pollution [41]
Technology [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Green [43], 03/14/2023
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"Governments Vet Crucial UN Climate Science Report" [44]

"Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists began a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distill nearly a decade of published science into a 20-odd-page warning about the existential danger of global warming and what to do about it."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Science [45]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AFP [46], 03/14/2023
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"Confirmed: Global Floods, Droughts Worsening With Warming" [47]

"The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren’t merely tough weather events, they are leading to extremes such as crop failure, infrastructure damage, even humanitarian crises and conflict."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
People & Population [48]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AP [49], 03/14/2023
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"The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes" [50]

"Activists are blaming a recent spate of humpback strandings off New York and New Jersey on seismic exploration by offshore wind companies. But scientists say the deaths are not unusual and are likely due to increased ship traffic and entanglements with fishing gear."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Transportation [51]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: YaleE360 [52], 03/14/2023
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"Scientists Warn Of ‘Phosphogeddon’ As Critical Fertiliser Shortages Loom" [53]

"Excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate crisis".

Agriculture [54]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [27]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Food [56]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [57], 03/14/2023
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In Rail Hazmat Crashes, Small Town Firefighters Can Be Vulnerable [58]

"Accidents that result in the release of hazardous materials are rare, but when trains do crash, the consequences can be serious. Most of the recent ones that caused evacuations have happened near small communities, NPR found. Local firefighters who respond are uniquely vulnerable to the effects. But across the country, they are often under-prepared to handle the chemicals when they come off the tracks."

Chemicals [27]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [28]
People & Population [48]
Transportation [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [59], 03/14/2023
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"In Cambodia, a Battered Mekong Defies Doomsday Predictions" [60]

"After years of environmental assault — from dam building, overfishing, and logging — stretches of the Mekong River, upon which millions of people depend, appear to be recovering. Heavy rains have helped, along with a crackdown on illegal fishing and other conservation efforts."

Fish & Fisheries [55]
Food [56]
Forests [61]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [48]
Planning & Growth [62]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
Asia [63]
Source: YaleE360 [64], 03/14/2023
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California Copes With Heavy Rain, Flooding In Latest 'Atmospheric River' [65]

"Emergency officials in several California counties spent Friday patrolling levies and swollen rivers as an "atmospheric river" storm drenched the already-sodden state with torrential rains, causing floods that washed out roads and prompted evacuations."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
California [23]
Source: Reuters [66], 03/13/2023
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Biden Administration Expected to Move Ahead on Major Oil Project in Alaska [67]

"In one of its most consequential climate decisions, the Biden administration is planning to greenlight an enormous $8 billion oil drilling project in the North Slope of Alaska, according to two people familiar with the decision."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [66], 03/13/2023
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Company Testing Air in East Palestine Homes Was Hired by Norfolk Southern [68]

"Last month, Brenda Foster stood on the railroad tracks at the edge of her yard in East Palestine, Ohio, and watched a smoky inferno billow from the wreckage of a derailed train. The chemicals it was carrying — and the fire that consumed them — were so toxic that the entire area had to evacuate."

Chemicals [27]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [36]
Pollution [41]
Science [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [69]
Source: ProPublica [70], 03/13/2023
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