EJToday: Top Headlines

"In Brazil's Amazon, Carbon Credit Project Halted Over Land Dispute" [9]

"A corporate conservation project in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has sold carbon credits from publicly owned land without state authorization, a Context investigation has found, highlighting concerns about the credibility of offsets from areas with disputed land ownership."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Forests [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [14]
South America [15]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [16], 03/27/2023
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Worry And Suspicion Reign As Once-Dry Tulare Lake Drowns Calif. Farmland [17]

"Thousands of acres of cropland have been inundated in this heavily farmed swath of the San Joaquin Valley. And the water just keeps rising."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
California [20]
Source: LA Times [21], 03/27/2023
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"How China, the US and Others Watered Down a Key UN Climate Document" [22]

"A behind-the-scenes account of the political horse-trading, published by Earth Negotiations Bulletin, shows how national interests were reflected in the influential document."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Science [25]
Public [14]
International [26]
Source: Bloomberg [27], 03/24/2023
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"Amendments Could Scramble House GOP Energy Bill" [28]

"House Republicans were hoping to iron out last-minute wrinkles in their massive energy package during their Florida retreat this week, but demands for amendments are complicating leadership’s plans."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: E&E News [32], 03/24/2023
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"Marines, Toxic Water and Lawyers: A Fight Over Billions in Fees" [33]

"A small South Carolina law firm angling to be the lead litigator in the Camp Lejeune toxic water cases spent $1.9 million lobbying US lawmakers in the last two years, as Congress approved a multibillion-dollar payout to sickened veterans that dropped a provision to limit the fees their lawyers could charge."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 03/24/2023
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"Army Corps Further Delays Decision On Great Lakes Oil Tunnel" [39]

"A federal review of plans for a Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel will take more than a year longer than originally planned, officials said Thursday, likely delaying completion of the project — if approved — until 2030 or later."

Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: AP [44], 03/24/2023
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DOE To Require More Efficient Window Air Conditioners, Air Cleaners [45]

"The Biden administration is finalizing more stringent efficiency requirements for both window air conditioners and portable air cleaners on Thursday, the first set of efficiency standards that are new and not just a reversal of a Trump-era rollback."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Technology [46]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [47], 03/24/2023
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"House Fails To Override Biden’s First Veto" [48]

"The Republican-led House on Thursday failed to override President Biden’s first veto, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to revive the resolution targeting an administration rule related to ESG investing, which takes environmental and social factors into account."

Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [49], 03/24/2023
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"Oil Spills And Near Misses: More Ghost Tankers Ship Sanctioned Fuel" [50]

"An oil tanker runs aground off eastern China, leaking fuel into the water. Another is caught in a collision near Cuba. A third is seized in Spain for drifting out of control. These vessels were part of a "shadow" fleet of tankers carrying oil last year from countries hit by Western sanctions, according to a Reuters analysis of ship tracking and accident data and interviews with more than a dozen industry specialists."

Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [37]
Transportation [51]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
International [26]
Source: Reuters [52], 03/24/2023
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"Radioactive Water Leaks At Minn. Nuclear Plant For 2nd Time" [53]

"Water containing a radioactive material has leaked for a second time from a nuclear plant near Minneapolis and the plant will be shut down, but there is no danger to the public, the plant’s owner said Thursday."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [43]
Source: AP [55], 03/24/2023
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"Scientists Say Mine Plan Claiming No Swamp Harm Has Errors" [56]

"Scientists for the federal government say documents that Georgia state regulators relied upon to conclude a proposed mine won’t harm the nearby Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge contain technical errors and “critical shortcomings” that render them unreliable."

Biodiversity [57]
Environmental Studies [24]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [58]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Source: AP [60], 03/24/2023
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"The Surfer, The Scientist And The Big-Wave Beach At A Breaking Point" [61]

"A big-wave surfer at Mavericks is essentially an ocean sensor. Grant Washburn can tell you the approximate depth of the seafloor beneath him, the size of a 40-foot wave and the wind speed blowing foam off the peak, all based on the crescendo in his nervous system."

Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [58]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
California [20]
Source: Washington Post [62], 03/24/2023
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Billions Of People Lack Access To Clean Drinking Water: U.N. Report [63]

"Millions of people in Mexico don't have access to clean water. Extreme heat and drought brought on by climate change are partly to blame, but so is the aging infrastructure and years of mismanaging water."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Infrastructure [42]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
International [26]
Source: NPR [64], 03/23/2023
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"Trump Appointees Interfered To Weaken EPA Assessment Of Toxic Chemical" [65]

"Trump administration appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meddled in agency science to weaken the toxicity assessment of a dangerous chemical, a new report by the US body’s internal watchdog has found."

Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [23]
Science [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Guardian [66], 03/23/2023
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"As Enforcement Lags, Toxic Coal Ash Keeps Polluting U.S. Water" [67]

"Despite rules requiring remediation, only a few of the nearly 300 U.S. power plants storing toxic ash — the residue of burning coal — have started cleanups or have plans to do so. Many of these sites are polluting groundwater, putting the drinking water for millions at risk."

Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: YaleE360 [68], 03/23/2023
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