EJToday: Top Headlines

"Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project" [9]

"The approval Monday of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve is teeing up a new high-profile legal brawl that will likely align the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers against environmentalists who have largely backed the president’s climate agenda."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 03/15/2023
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"Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment" [21]

"Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday."

Chemicals [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: AP [30], 03/15/2023
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"House Republicans Unveil Energy, Permitting Package" [31]

"House Republicans on Tuesday officially unveiled the text of their planned energy and permitting package set to hit the House floor by the end of this month."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [33], 03/15/2023
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"Hundreds Dead As Cyclone Freddy Wrecks Malawi, Mozambique" [34]

"The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
Africa [35]
Source: AP [36], 03/15/2023
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"What’s Next In Ohio Corruption Probe After Guilty Verdicts?" [37]

"The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts for ex-House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, the former head of the Republican Party. But the state’s attorney general said it’s “only the beginning of accountability” for the now-tainted $1 billion bailout of two aging nuclear power plants."

Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: AP [39], 03/15/2023
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"Nike To Drop Use Of Kangaroo Skins For Its Shoes In 2023" [40]

"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 [11]
Consumer [41]
Wildlife [42]
Public [17]
International [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 03/15/2023
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"Brown Widows Are Winning the Fight for Your Attic and Garage" [45]

"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 [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [46], 03/15/2023
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More Storms Ravage California, Northeast [47]

"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 [12]
Disasters [23]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [48]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: CNN [50], 03/14/2023
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"EPA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water" [51]

"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 [22]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [52], 03/14/2023
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"Biden OKs Alaska Oil Project, Draws Ire Of Environmentalists" [53]

"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 [12]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
Source: AP [55], 03/14/2023
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"What Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Means for Climate Tech" [56]

"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 [12]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [25]
Pollution [26]
Technology [57]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Green [58], 03/14/2023
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"Governments Vet Crucial UN Climate Science Report" [59]

"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 [12]
Disasters [23]
Science [60]
Public [17]
International [43]
Source: AFP [61], 03/14/2023
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"Confirmed: Global Floods, Droughts Worsening With Warming" [62]

"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 [12]
Disasters [23]
People & Population [63]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
International [43]
Source: AP [64], 03/14/2023
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"The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes" [65]

"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 [11]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Wildlife [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: YaleE360 [66], 03/14/2023
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"Scientists Warn Of ‘Phosphogeddon’ As Critical Fertiliser Shortages Loom" [67]

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

Agriculture [68]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [22]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Food [70]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [17]
International [43]
Source: Guardian [71], 03/14/2023
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