EJToday: Top Headlines

"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention" [9]

"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: HEATED [20], 04/18/2024
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America's 'Most Endangered Rivers' List: Sewage, Toxic Algae, Construction [21]

"Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers."

Activism [22]
Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: USA TODAY [31], 04/18/2024
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"Will Trump Quit The World Bank? It Would Send Climate Shock Waves." [32]

"A conservative plan to withdraw from global development banks threatens poor nations and U.S. credibility, analysts say."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [33]
Source: E&E News [34], 04/18/2024
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23 GOP States Demand Rollback of EPA Civil Rights Regulations [35]

"A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [36], 04/18/2024
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Explosive Levels Of Methane Detected Near Berkeley Landfill-Turned-Park [37]

"Brimming with wildlife and offering panoramic views of San Francisco Bay, César Chávez Park welcomes visitors who might never suspect this stretch of shoreline was built atop a municipal landfill. But beneath the sprawling grasslands and charming hiking trails, decomposing waste continues to generate methane gas."

Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [17]
Waste [40]
Public [18]
California [41]
Source: LA Times [42], 04/18/2024
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Can Scientists Clone An Endangered Species Back From Brink Of Extinction? [43]

"Federal officials announced that they have cloned two more black-footed ferrets, one of North America’s rarest mammals". "They’re cute, they’re fuzzy — and they may just help bring their entire species back from the brink of extinction."

Biodiversity [23]
Technology [44]
Wildlife [45]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [46], 04/18/2024
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Federal Mine Safety Regulators Finally Focus On Toxic, Lethal Silica Dust [47]

"Federal regulators say they’ve finally crafted a rule that will protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying."

Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Mountain State Spotlight [48], 04/17/2024
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"Interior Said to Reject Industrial Road Through Alaskan Wilderness" [49]

"The Biden administration is expected to deny permission for a 211-mile industrial road through fragile Alaskan wilderness to a large copper deposit, handing a victory to environmentalists in an election year when the president wants to underscore his credentials as a climate leader and conservationist."

Biodiversity [23]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Transportation [50]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: NYTimes [52], 04/17/2024
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"SuperFund Tax Shortfall: Trouble For Cleanups, EPA Budget" [53]

"The Biden administration has juiced EPA’s Superfund program with billions of dollars, but an unexpected shortfall for “polluter pays” taxes and election-year politics may bring the high times for the toxic waste site cleanup program to a close."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [17]
Waste [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [54], 04/17/2024
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What To Know For The Fourth Round Of Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks [55]

"The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international, legally binding plastic pollution treaty will take place from April 23 to April 29 in Ottawa, Canada."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [56]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [17]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [18]
International [33]
Source: EHN [57], 04/17/2024
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"'Slow-Motion Disaster': Panama's Indigenous Leave Home As Sea Levels Rise" [58]

"The Guna people of Panama's sinking Gardi Sugdub island are planning to move to the mainland to escape rising sea levels".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [39]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [18]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [60], 04/17/2024
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"2023 Was Record Year For Wind Installations: Research" [61]

"Last year saw record wind power installations worldwide, with a total of 117 gigawatts in new capacity, according to a report published Tuesday by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [26]
Public [18]
International [33]
Source: The Hill [62], 04/17/2024
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"California Derailed Its Booming Rooftop Solar Buildout. Can It Be Fixed?" [63]

"Over the past year, California regulators have kneecapped small-scale solar needed to hit the state’s climate goals. These lawmakers are trying to bring it back."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [18]
California [41]
Source: Canary Media [64], 04/17/2024
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"A Heat Pump ‘Petting Zoo’? This Fair Helps Americans Green Their Homes." [65]

"A loose line of people snaked from a doorway in the side of a cargo truck. One young boy wandered over to examine several bales of hay stacked nearby while others waiting craned their necks to get a peek inside. A small sign in the shape of a barn stuck over the open door read, “Petting Zoo.”

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [26]
Technology [44]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [66], 04/17/2024
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"This Long Island Tribe Is Dealing With the Impact of Climate Change" [67]

"Becky Genia has spent most of her 67 years on the Shinnecock Reservation, 800 acres on the far eastern side of Long Island’s Shinnecock Bay. Sandwiched between multimillion-dollar mansions and yacht clubs that serve as a playground for uber-rich New Yorkers, it may be hard to imagine a bigger threat to the tiny spit of land than encroaching development. But climate change looms even larger."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [39]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [68]
Source: Sierra [69], 04/17/2024
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