EJToday: Top Headlines

Endangered Listing For Lizard Could Slow Drilling In New Mexico, W. Texas [9]

"Federal wildlife officials declared a rare lizard in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas an endangered species Friday, citing future energy development, sand mining and climate change as the biggest threats to its survival in one of the world’s most lucrative oil and natural gas basins."

Biodiversity [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: AP [17], 05/20/2024
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"Chemical Makers Get Stricter Label Rules for Product Hazards" [18]

"Chemical manufacturers and distributors will have to meet new federal requirements for labeling hazards on commercial products, under a final OSHA rule released Friday."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [23], 05/20/2024
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Enviros Sue Over Grazing Agreements In Red Rock Lakes Natl. Wildlife Refuge [24]

"Two conservation groups from Montana and Idaho sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week over commercial grazing agreements in Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge that were renewed last year but which the groups say rely on an environmental analysis from 1994 in violation of federal law."

Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Source: Daily Montanan [27], 05/20/2024
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"Navajo Nation Urges Congress To Act On RECA Expansion Bill" [28]

"Kathleen Tsosie remembers seeing her dad come home every evening with his clothes covered in dirt. ... Tsosie’s father, grandfather, and uncles all worked as uranium miners on the Navajo Nation near Cove, Arizona, from the 1940s to the 1960s. The dirt Tsosie’s father was caked in when he arrived home came from the mines, and the cold water he brought back was from the nearby springs."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Pollution [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: Arizona Mirror [32], 05/20/2024
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"Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening." [33]

"A collision of climate change, urban sprawl and poor infrastructure has pushed Mexico City to the brink of a profound water crisis."

Climate Change [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mexico [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 05/20/2024
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American Climate Corps Will Get People Into Green Jobs, Boost Mental Health [39]

"Most young people aren’t sure how to take action. Biden’s program could provide much-needed structure."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [42], 05/20/2024
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"BLM Proposals Would End Coal Leasing In Powder River Basin" [43]

"The Interior Department issued plans Thursday to throttle future coal mining in the nation’s largest coal-producing region." "The Bureau of Land Management proposal would end new federal coal leases in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, which dominates U.S. coal production."

Air [44]
Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [45], 05/17/2024
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"Extreme Summer Weather Risks Outages In Some US Regions" [46]

"The nation’s electric grid monitor warned Tuesday that areas of New England, the Upper Midwest and the Southwest face potential energy emergencies if severe heat waves strike this summer, including risks of rolling outages."

Climate Change [34]
Consumer [47]
Disasters [48]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [20]
Infrastructure [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [49], 05/17/2024
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Coral Bleaching Near Record Globally Because Of Ocean Heat: Experts [50]

"Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [34]
Disasters [48]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [15]
International [52]
Source: AP [53], 05/17/2024
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"Western Canada Is On Fire — Again" [54]

"It’s a grim — and familiar — start to wildfire season in Western Canada as tinder-dry forests go up in flames."

Climate Change [34]
Disasters [48]
Forests [55]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Canada [56]
Source: The Narwhal [57], 05/17/2024
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Cancer-Causing Benzene Cut In Half At US Refineries In 2023: Report [58]

"The number of U.S. oil refineries exceeding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s action level for benzene in 2023 was cut in half compared to 2020, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project."

Chemicals [19]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: EHN [59], 05/17/2024
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"$20 Billion: The Delta Tunnel’s New Price Tag" [60]

"California’s contentious and long-debated plan to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and pump more water south finally has a price tag: about $20 billion."

Agriculture [25]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Politics [61]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Infrastructure [35]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [15]
California [62]
Source: CalMatters [63], 05/17/2024
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"US to Start $3.4 Billion Buy-Up of Domestic Nuclear Reactor Fuel" [64]

"The US will ask suppliers next month to bid on contracts for as much as $3.4 billion of domestically produced nuclear reactor fuel, according to a government notice."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Natural Resources [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg [65], 05/17/2024
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"Fatal Heat Waves Are Testing India's Ability To Protect 1.4 Billion People" [66]

"In scorching heat on a busy Kolkata street last month, commuters sought refuge inside a glass-walled bus shelter where two air conditioners churned around stifling air. Those inside were visibly sweating, dabbing at their foreheads in sauna-like temperatures that were scarcely cooler than out in the open."

Climate Change [34]
Disasters [48]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [20]
Pollution [31]
Public [15]
Asia [67]
Source: Bloomberg [68], 05/17/2024
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Newsom Calls Trump Bid For $1 Billion From Oil Industry ‘Open Corruption’ [69]

"California Governor Gavin Newsom called former President Donald Trump's request for $1 billion from the oil industry to support his reelection campaign "open corruption." Newsom, a Democrat, made the accusation in a speech Thursday at the Vatican Climate Summit, where he addressed other governors, mayors and civic and faith leaders from around the world."

Climate Change [34]
Economy & Business [70]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [61]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [31]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [71]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Courthouse News [72], 05/17/2024
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