EJToday: Top Headlines

"Bats of the Midnight Sun" [9]

"Active in daylight during the Arctic summer and hibernating during the long winter nights, Alaska’s little brown bats are a unique population. Can their niche lives help them avoid white-nose syndrome?"

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [14]
Antarctica & Arctic [15]
Source: Hakai [16], 03/13/2024
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"Biden Seeks $1.8B Budget Boost For EPA" [17]

"The president’s fiscal 2025 blueprint would increase the agency’s funding over its current level but is not as ambitious as previous plans."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [24], 03/12/2024
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"Colorado Could Bring Back Wolverines In An Unprecedented Rewilding Effort" [25]

"A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers are proposing legislation to reintroduce wolverines, one of the country’s rarest carnivores, into a state primed with deep snow and high mountains. The unprecedented move would be the first wolverine reintroduction in North America, and is part of an ongoing effort by Coloradans to restore the state’s native species."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Source: Guardian [28], 03/12/2024
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"Florida Passes ‘Cruel’ Bill Curbing Water And Shade Protections For Workers" [29]

"The Florida legislature passed a bill on Friday that prevents any city, county, or municipality in the state from adopting legislation aimed at protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat, prompting many to call out lawmakers for being “cruel” to the “most vulnerable workers”."

Agriculture [30]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [32]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Guardian [34], 03/12/2024
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"Canada, U.S. Launch Intl. Inquiry Into Southeast B.C. Mine Pollution" [35]

"Nearly 12 years after Ktunaxa Nation first urged the Canadian and U.S. governments to task an international body with investigating the mine pollution coursing through its territory, the two countries have agreed to a step the nation says is key to addressing contamination from B.C.’s Elk Valley coal mines."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [36]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Canada [38]
Source: The Narwhal [39], 03/12/2024
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‘Catastrophic’: California Salmon Season To Be Restricted Or Shut Down — Again [40]

"California’s fishing industry is bracing for another bad year as federal managers today announced plans to heavily restrict or prohibit salmon fishing again, after cancelling the entire season last year."

Fish & Fisheries [41]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
California [26]
Source: CalMatters [42], 03/12/2024
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"Europe Unprepared For Rapidly Growing Climate Risks, Report Finds" [43]

"Europe is not prepared for the rapidly growing climate risks it faces, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has said in its first risk assessment."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [44]
Forests [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [13]
Europe [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 03/12/2024
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"Adapt, Move or Die? Plants and Animals Face New Pressures in a Warming World" [49]

"The world continues to hit alarming records. Last year was the warmest since record keeping began in 1850. And the 10 warmest years have all occurred in the past decade. The implications for life on Earth are vast. More than 1 million species are already at risk of extinction — a number that’s likely to increase with climate pressures."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [18]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
International [50]
Source: The Revelator [51], 03/12/2024
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"Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Finalized Methane Rule" [52]

"The state of Texas on Friday sued the Biden administration over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule restricting methane emissions finalized earlier Friday morning."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: The Hill [55], 03/12/2024
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"Has Geothermal’s Moment Finally Arrived?" [56]

"No matter where you stand on Earth, there is heat beneath your feet. It's closer in some places, and there's generally more of it deeper down, but it's always there, smoldering away since our planet's creation 4.5 billion years ago."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Infrastructure [57]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Sierra [58], 03/12/2024
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"Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S." [59]

"Into the depleted field of journalism in America, a handful of websites have appeared in recent weeks with names suggesting a focus on news close to home: D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily, the Chicago Chronicle and a newer sister publication, the Miami Chronicle. In fact, they are not local news organizations at all. They are Russian creations, researchers and government officials say, meant to mimic actual news organizations to push Kremlin propaganda by interspersing it among an at-times odd mix of stories about crime, politics and culture."

Journalism & Media [60]
Military [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [50]
Source: NYTimes [62], 03/12/2024
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"Spring Starts Early As US Winter Was Warmest On Record" [63]

"Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter."

Climate Change [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [64], 03/11/2024
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Big Oil Faces Flood Of Climate Lawsuits — And They’re Moving Closer To Trial [65]

"A quarter of Americans now live in cities and states taking companies to court over lying to the public."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [53]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Grist [66], 03/11/2024
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Erratic Winters Threaten 8,000 kms Of Ice Roads Linking Canada’s North [67]

"Nearly all of the country’s winter roads could be unusable by 2080. Without them, deliveries of everything from diesel to school buses to hockey gear are up in the air".

Climate Change [18]
Infrastructure [57]
Transportation [68]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [14]
Canada [38]
Source: The Narwhal [69], 03/11/2024
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"Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism" [70]

"A wash of Walton family funding to news media is creating echo chambers in environmental journalism, and beyond. Are editorial firewalls up to the task?"

Economy & Business [71]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [60]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Civil Eats [72], 03/11/2024
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