EJToday: Top Headlines

"Flourishing Plants Show Warming Antarctica Undergoing ‘Major Change’" [9]

"Antarctica’s two native flowering plants are spreading rapidly as temperatures warm, according to the first study to show changes in fragile polar ecosystems have accelerated in the past decade."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Public [12]
Antarctica & Arctic [13]
Source: Guardian [14], 02/16/2022
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Western Megadrought Worst In 1,200 Years, Linked To Climate: Study [15]

"The extreme dryness that has ravaged the American West for more than two decades now ranks as the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years, and scientists have found that this megadrought is being intensified by humanity’s heating of the planet."

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: LA Times [21], 02/15/2022
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Palin Judge Will Dismiss Her Libel Case, Finding No Malice By NY Times [22]

"A judge on Monday said he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel case against the New York Times, saying she had not met the legal standard showing that the newspaper acted with “actual malice” in publishing a 2017 editorial that included an inaccurate claim about her."

Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [25], 02/15/2022
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US Corn-Based Ethanol Worse For The Climate Than Gasoline, Study Finds [26]

"Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday."

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Reuters [29], 02/15/2022
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Europe’s Tough BPA Proposal Puts More Scrutiny On US Regulatory Inaction [30]

"If a scientific opinion recently proposed by European officials is upheld, the recommended daily dose of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in Europe will be more than a million-fold lower than what U.S. regulators say is safe."

Chemicals [31]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [12]
Europe [34]
Source: EHN [35], 02/15/2022
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"Alberta To Toughen Oil Sands Emission Rules That Reward Big Polluters [36]

"The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada’s highest-emitting facilities with millions of dollars’ worth of tradeable credits, its environment ministry told Reuters."

Air [37]
Chemicals [31]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [12]
Canada [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 02/15/2022
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Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid, Action Needed, Says UN Expert [40]

"Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals."

Air [37]
Chemicals [31]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [33]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
International [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 02/15/2022
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"How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections" [43]

"A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests."

Agriculture [16]
Air [37]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [45]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Source: Palm Beach Post [47], 02/15/2022
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"Joe Manchin’s Closest Political Ally Cashes In On Senator’s Rise" [48]

"A longtime friend of the West Virginia senator has a growing lobbying business in Washington as companies seek to understand and influence the key lawmaker".

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [45]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [49], 02/15/2022
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"Feds Propose Protection For A Texas Border Plant" [50]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service today [Monday] proposed Endangered Species Act protections for the prostrate milkweed, a plant found in Texas that’s been awaiting action for quite some time."

Biodiversity [10]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Wildlife [51]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [52], 02/15/2022
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In Misinformation Wars, Renewable Energy Is The Latest To Be Attacked [53]

"The spread of misinformation about solar and wind energy is leading some states and counties to restrict or even reject projects. The Energy Department calls it a key threat to decarbonizing the grid."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [45]
Journalism & Media [23]
Science [55]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NPR [56], 02/15/2022
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"EPA Pushes School Ventilation Upgrades As Mask Mandates Fall" [57]

"EPA and indoor air quality experts are pushing ventilation and filtration as a key means to keep kids healthy during the pandemic as other measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 have become increasingly polarized."

Air [37]
Environmental Health [33]
Infrastructure [58]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: E&E News [59], 02/14/2022
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"US Judge Strikes Down Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate" [60]

"A federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Justice [44]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [61], 02/14/2022
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Rightwing Lobby ALEC Pushes To Blacklist Companies That Boycott Oil [62]

"The influential rightwing lobby group the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) is driving a surge in new state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry. The group’s strategy, which aims to protect large oil firms and other conservative-friendly industries, is modelled on legislation to punish divestment from Israel."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [45]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Guardian [63], 02/14/2022
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Formaldehyde Increases By 17 Percent The Risk Of Memory, Thinking Woes [64]

"Health-care workers and others who are exposed on the job to formaldehyde, even in low amounts, face a 17 percent increased likelihood of developing memory and thinking problems later on, according to research published in the journal Neurology."

Air [37]
Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [28]
Science [55]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [65], 02/14/2022
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