EJToday: Top Headlines

"More Wall Street Firms Are Flip-Flopping on Climate. Here’s Why." [9]

"Many of the world’s biggest financial firms spent the past several years burnishing their environmental images by pledging to use their financial muscle to fight climate change. Now, Wall Street has flip-flopped."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 02/20/2024
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"Climate Change Is Hitting The Heart Of Cajun Country — Through Its Crawfish" [16]

"Drought and last winter’s hard freeze have caused a massive shortage, driving up prices by 500 percent or more."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [19]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Food [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Source: National Geographic [26], 02/20/2024
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"Biden Visits Site Of The Train Derailment That Became A Culture Battle" [27]

"EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — President Biden arrived here Friday, more than a year after a train derailment that caused an environmental disaster and a political furor, attempting to focus on the steps his administration has taken and to lay the blame on the train company."

Chemicals [28]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 02/19/2024
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Atmospheric Rivers Are Leading To A Surge In Valley Fever Cases In Calif. [36]

"Cases of Valley fever in California broke records last year after nine back-to-back atmospheric rivers slammed the state and caused widespread, record-breaking flooding."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [37]
Source: Grist [38], 02/19/2024
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Pregnant Women In Indiana Show 4X Increase In Toxic Weedkiller In Urine [39]

"Pregnant women in a key US farm state are showing increasing amounts of a toxic weedkiller in their urine, a rise that comes alongside climbing use of the chemicals in agriculture, according to a study published on Friday."

Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: Guardian [41], 02/19/2024
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‘They Lied’: Plastics Producers Deceived Public About Recycling - Report [42]

"Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report."

Chemicals [28]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [40]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [44], 02/19/2024
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"No, Wind Farms Aren’t ‘Driving Whales Crazy’" [45]

"Donald Trump has attacked President Biden’s climate and energy policies with gusto, but many of his criticisms are simply untrue."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [47], 02/19/2024
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Feds Deny Permits for Hydro Projects on Navajo Land, Cite Lack of Consent [48]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced a new policy requiring that any energy project seeking to build on tribal land must get the tribe’s approval before it will permit the project."

Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [31]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [51]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 02/19/2024
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"These Farmworkers Created America’s Strongest Workplace Heat Rules" [53]

"The sweet, earthy scent of tomatoes hangs in the air as a crew of 44 workers speeds through rows of vines. They fill 32-pound buckets with fruit, then deliver them to co-workers waiting on the backs of flatbed trucks who dump the contents into crates to be sorted and packaged."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [30]
People & Population [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Washington Post [55], 02/19/2024
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"HEATED: Challenging Objectivity In Climate Journalism" [56]

"Climate change and environmental issues overlap both human rights and science, yet they’re sometimes debated in the mainstream as if they’re purely factual topics that must be devoid of human investment. For instance, to “call out the polluters for polluting” is sometimes deemed advocacy by both readers and editors, says Atkin, in explaining why she started her independent newsletter, HEATED."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [46]
Science [57]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Mongabay [58], 02/19/2024
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"Heat Pumps Outsold Gas Furnaces Again Last Year — And The Gap Is Growing" [59]

"While sales of both heat pumps and gas furnaces were down in 2023, heat pumps are proving more popular than ever."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Infrastructure [32]
Technology [60]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Canary Media [61], 02/19/2024
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Very Cool: Trees Stalling Effects Of Global Heating In Eastern US - Study [62]

"Trees provide innumerable benefits to the world, from food to shelter to oxygen, but researchers have now found their dramatic rebound in the eastern US has delivered a further, stunning feat – the curtailing of the soaring temperatures caused by the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Forests [63]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [64], 02/19/2024
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"House OKs Bill Targeting Natural Gas Export Permit Pause" [65]

"The House passed legislation Thursday to limit President Joe Biden’s authority over liquefied natural gas export permits."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [66], 02/16/2024
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"Report Blasts ‘Campaign Of Fraud’ On Plastic Recycling" [67]

"A new report aims to lay the foundation for future legal action against oil and plastics companies for deceiving the public about the efficacy of plastics recycling."

Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [49]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [46]
Pollution [40]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [68], 02/16/2024
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"The New Arctic: Amid Record Heat, Ecosystems Morph And Wildlife Struggle" [69]

"Every species of animal and plant that lives or breeds in the Arctic is experiencing dramatic change. As the polar region warms, species endure extreme weather, shrinking and altered habitat, decreased food availability, and competition from invading southern species."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [54]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [70]
Antarctica & Arctic [71]
Source: Mongabay [72], 02/16/2024
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