EJToday: Top Headlines

"U.S. Firefighters In Final Push For Healthcare As Wildfires Surge" [9]

"As climate change drives more wildfires and makes the job more dangerous than ever, U.S. firefighters may finally receive long fought for medical benefits to deal with cancers and other work-related diseases".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [13]
Government [14]
Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [21], 05/12/2022
- Read more about "U.S. Firefighters In Final Push For Healthcare As Wildfires Surge" [9]
"U.S. Gasoline Prices Hit A High, But The Oil Market May Signal Relief" [22]

"With the summer driving season approaching, the national average price for regular gasoline soared on Tuesday to a nominal record of $4.37 a gallon. But relief may be on the way, with oil prices falling below $100 a barrel, a drop of roughly 10 percent since the weekend."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [28], 05/12/2022
- Read more about "U.S. Gasoline Prices Hit A High, But The Oil Market May Signal Relief" [22]
"Wildfires In Russia: Will War In Ukraine Limit Firefighting Response?" [29]

"The fire season has started early in Siberia, as drought and strong winds fuel blazes in its carbon-rich peat forests. But with Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, this year's emergency response could suffer."

"Fires have broken out across Russia's vast forests and steppes in recent weeks, with blazes flaring up in several regions across southwestern Siberia. Several villages have already been destroyed by the flames, and local authorities have reported at least 10 dead in recent days.
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [13]
Military [30]
Public [19]
International [27]
Source: DW [31], 05/12/2022
- Read more about "Wildfires In Russia: Will War In Ukraine Limit Firefighting Response?" [29]
"Exxon Doubles Down On ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims That Yield Few Results" [32]

"Accused of misleading the public for decades on the promise of plastic recycling, oil and chemical companies are pushing a new idea: “advanced recycling”. Environmental advocates, however, say it’s more of the same old greenwash and litigators hope holding companies accountable for past lies might prevent the spread of a new one."

Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Politics [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [36]
Waste [37]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [38], 05/12/2022
- Read more about "Exxon Doubles Down On ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims That Yield Few Results" [32]
"Salt Scourge: The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity" [39]

"As rising seas increase saltwater intrusion and soaring temperatures cause greater evaporation, scientists say that the mounting levels of salt in waters and in soils pose a major climate-related danger and could become a leading cause of climate migration globally."

Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [23]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [19]
International [27]
Source: YaleE360 [41], 05/12/2022
- Read more about "Salt Scourge: The Dual Threat of Warming and Rising Salinity" [39]
"Big Meat Is Gobbling Up Fake Meat Companies" [42]

"Big meat and food conglomerates threaten to push out smaller producers of meat alternatives in the same way they have affected other food industries, according to two recent reports."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Food [45]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [46], 05/12/2022
- Read more about "Big Meat Is Gobbling Up Fake Meat Companies" [42]
Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals: Study [47]

"When Royal Dutch Shell sold off its stake in the Umuechem oil field in Nigeria last year, it was, on paper, a step forward for the company’s climate ambitions: Shell could clean up its holdings, raise money to invest in cleaner technologies, and move toward its goal of net zero emissions by 2050."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [19]
International [27]
Source: NYTimes [48], 05/11/2022
- Read more about Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals: Study [47]
"Oil and Gas Industry Tries to Hold Public Schools Hostage" [49]

"Fossil fuel interest groups are telling New Mexicans: Let us keep drilling or the state’s education system will collapse."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [34]
Public [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Source: The Revelator [51], 05/11/2022
- Read more about "Oil and Gas Industry Tries to Hold Public Schools Hostage" [49]
Emails: RCMP Changed Its Story About Arresting Journalists In B.C. Raid [52]

"An RCMP commander told Commissioner Brenda Lucki there was evidence some journalists had assisted opponents of TC Energy's Coastal GasLink pipeline. Then the RCMP's story changed"

Environmental Politics [34]
Journalism & Media [35]
Public [19]
Canada [53]
Source: The Narwhal [54], 05/11/2022
- Read more about Emails: RCMP Changed Its Story About Arresting Journalists In B.C. Raid [52]
"U.N. Seeks $144 Million To Offload Decaying Yemen Oil Tanker" [55]

"The United Nations will launch a $144 million appeal on Wednesday for an operation to offload a million barrels of crude oil from a tanker stranded off the coast of war-torn Yemen for years which threatens a major environmental disaster."

Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [19]
Middle East [56]
Source: Reuters [57], 05/11/2022
- Read more about "U.N. Seeks $144 Million To Offload Decaying Yemen Oil Tanker" [55]
"California Urban Water Use Rose 19% In March Despite Worsening Drought" [58]

"Despite official calls to increase conservation amid worsening drought, urban water use across California increased by nearly 19% in March, according to the State Water Resources Control Board."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [23]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [19]
California [59]
Source: LA Times [60], 05/11/2022
- Read more about "California Urban Water Use Rose 19% In March Despite Worsening Drought" [58]
A New Trump-Tied PAC Enters War Against Biden’s Conservation Goals [61]

"A new political action committee run by two former Trump administration officials is marking its territory in a disinformation-rich campaign against the Biden administration’s goal of conserving 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030, known informally as “30x30.”

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Politics [34]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [62]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: HuffPost [63], 05/11/2022
- Read more about A New Trump-Tied PAC Enters War Against Biden’s Conservation Goals [61]
More Than 100 Vultures Found Dead Near Maryland Dam From Avian Flu [64]

"More than 100 black vultures have been found dead near the Conowingo Dam since mid-April after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian flu, officials say."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Health [12]
Wildlife [62]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Baltimore Sun [65], 05/11/2022
- Read more about More Than 100 Vultures Found Dead Near Maryland Dam From Avian Flu [64]
"U.S. Attorneys to Step Onto Environmental Justice’s Front Lines" [66]

"A new Justice Department directive ordering each of the nation’s 93 U.S. attorneys to designate an environmental justice coordinator will bring a sharper focus to the issue, former U.S. attorneys tell Bloomberg Law."

Environmental Justice [67]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [68], 05/11/2022
- Read more about "U.S. Attorneys to Step Onto Environmental Justice’s Front Lines" [66]
‘Forever Chemicals’ May Have Polluted 20M Acres of US Cropland: Study [69]

"About 20m acres of cropland in the United States may be contaminated from PFAS-tainted sewage sludge that has been used as fertilizer, a new report estimates."

Agriculture [43]
Chemicals [33]
Pollution [36]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [70], 05/11/2022
- Read more about ‘Forever Chemicals’ May Have Polluted 20M Acres of US Cropland: Study [69]

Pages