EJToday: Top Headlines

"Iowa's Second 'Ag-Gag' Law Violates 1st Amendment, Federal Court Rules" [9]

"Seven months after a divided federal appeals court partially upheld the first of Iowa's "ag-gag" laws, a judge has ruled the state's second such law is unconstitutional."

Agriculture [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Des Moines Register [15], 03/15/2022
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"UN Gathering Gears Up For Push To Save Planet’s Biodiversity" [16]

"Nearly all the world’s countries kicked off a U.N.-backed meeting Monday aimed at preventing the loss of biodiversity — seen as critical to avoiding the extinction of many vulnerable species, the emergence of pathogens like the coronavirus, and the damage to both lives and livelihoods of people around the world, Indigenous peoples in particular."

Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: AP [22], 03/15/2022
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"Brazil Detects Record Amazon Deforestation in Jan. and Feb." [23]

"Detected deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached a record high for the month of February following a similar record the prior month."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [24]
Forests [25]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [13]
South America [26]
Source: AP [27], 03/15/2022
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As US Rushes for Energy Minerals, 1872 Law Allows Miners Free Rein [28]

"The Mining Law of 1872 lets miners pay no royalties for the precious minerals they dig from federal land and requires no restraints on their activities."

Chemicals [29]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 03/15/2022
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"Court: Duke Can’t Make Customers Pay Coal-Ash Cleanup Costs" [32]

"Indiana’s biggest utility can’t make its customers pay more than $200 million in costs related to cleaning up its toxic coal ash, according to a ruling Thursday from the Indiana Supreme Court."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: Indianapolis Star [38], 03/15/2022
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"Adirondack Rail Trail Takes Another Step Closer To Reality" [39]

"The transfer of a 34-mile section of a Adirondacks railbed from one state agency to another is being heralded as the start of a major phase to convert it into a recreational pathway."

Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [19]
Transportation [41]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
Source: Albany Times Union [43], 03/15/2022
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"EPA Expands Reach Of Ozone Regulations" [44]

"Power plants, paper mills and other industries in roughly half the country would face fresh requirements to cut smog-forming emissions under a new EPA “good neighbor” plan that would sharply expand the agency’s efforts to curb harmful pollution that crosses state lines."

Pollution [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [45], 03/14/2022
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"US Tsunami Warning System Needs Major Overhaul, Report Says" [46]

"The United States’ tsunami system is in need of a major update, with ongoing problems that include outdated software, delayed alerts and poor communication to the public, according to a panel of tsunami experts. Its recent report sees “an urgent need for action” and advises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to overhaul aspects of the system to fix these and other pressing issues."

Disasters [47]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [48], 03/14/2022
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"Edible Extinction: Why We Need to Revive Global Food Diversity" [49]

"The Green Revolution helped feed a surging global population, but at the cost of impoverishing crop diversity. Now, with climate change increasingly threatening food supplies, the need for greater agricultural resilience means restoring endangered crop and food varieties."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [17]
Consumer [50]
Food [51]
Public [13]
International [21]
Source: YaleE360 [52], 03/14/2022
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Ontario Politicians Have Dodged York Region Sewage Problem For 13 Years [53]

"Georgina Island First Nation and other residents aren't convinced a new treatment plant will protect Lake Simcoe from more wastewater. With $100 million already spent, the Ford government is now proposing a pipe built under the Oak Ridges Moraine to an alternate facility".

Environmental Justice [34]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [13]
Canada [54]
Source: The Narwhal [55], 03/14/2022
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"A Growing Force In The Climate Movement: Moms" [56]

"Activists are deploying the moral authority of mothers to push for climate action. Their protests must steer clear of nap time."

Activism [57]
Climate Change [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [58], 03/14/2022
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"Environmental Justice Funds Seen as Just a Start for Advocates" [59]

"The Biden administration’s environmental justice efforts scored a big funding boost in the $1.5 trillion government spending bill, but advocates worry whether the increased attention can be sustained given years of promises that have failed to yield results in their communities."

Environmental Justice [34]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 03/14/2022
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US Ethanol Industry Banks On Carbon Capture To Solve Emissions Problem [61]

"U.S. ethanol producers are betting heavily on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to lower their greenhouse gas emissions and secure a place for the corn-based fuel in a climate-friendly future, according to industry groups and executives."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [62], 03/14/2022
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Bird Flu Found in SW Iowa Commercial Flock Of 920,000 Egg-Laying Chickens [63]

"State and federal agriculture officials have confirmed deadly bird flu in a flock of commercial layer chickens in southwest Iowa’s Taylor County, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Health [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Iowa Public Radio [64], 03/14/2022
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"Why Nearly Empty Auto Lots Make This Pump-Price Shock Different" [65]

"Carmakers can keep charging top dollar and have EVs to offer as gas goes back above $4 a gallon."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Transportation [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Green [66], 03/14/2022
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