EJToday: Top Headlines

"Bird Flu Is Still Causing Havoc. Here’s the Latest." [9]

"The virus, which recently reached the Antarctic region for the first time, is surging again in North America."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 12/18/2023
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"Snakes, Spores and Sewage: Life in the Neighborhood Called ‘the Hole’" [19]

"The small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens has a colorful history but an uncertain future because of climate change."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [21]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Source: NYTimes [26], 12/18/2023
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EPA Begins Formal Review Of Toxic Chemical That Burned In Ohio Derailment [27]

"The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio."

Chemicals [28]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Science [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: AP [32], 12/15/2023
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"Biden Administration Supports Removal of Four Dams on the Snake River" [33]

"Decommissioning the dams is the first step toward restoring salmon runs and respecting Native treaties".

Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [38]
Source: Sierra [39], 12/15/2023
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"Advocates Demand US Suspend Weed-Killing Chemical That May Cause Cancer" [40]

"Citing new scientific research, a coalition of farm worker, public health and environmental advocates on Wednesday filed a legal petition with US regulators demanding they immediately suspend authorization for the controversial weed-killing chemical called glyphosate."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Guardian [41], 12/15/2023
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"Brazil Congress Overturns Lula Veto On Limit To Indigenous Land Claims" [42]

"Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims, setting up a likely clash at the Supreme Court."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Forests [43]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
South America [44]
Source: Reuters [45], 12/15/2023
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Greens Sue BNSF For Grizzlies Killed By Trains Without Safety Measures [46]

"Wildlife groups aren’t sure what is worse: That trains have killed more than 63 grizzly bears in northern Montana since 2018, or that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has seemed to ignore requests to help alleviate the problem."

Biodiversity [11]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [14]
Transportation [47]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Source: States Newsroom [49], 12/15/2023
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"California Gas Tax Revenue Will Drop By $6 Billion, Threatening Roads" [50]

"California’s funding from gas taxes will drop by nearly $6 billion in the next decade due to the state’s electric car rules and other climate programs, “likely resulting in a decline in highway conditions for drivers,” according to a new state analysis released today."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Transportation [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
California [51]
Source: CalMatters [52], 12/15/2023
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"Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First." [53]

"The story of California’s water wars begins, as so many stories do in the Golden State, with gold."

Agriculture [10]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [16]
California [51]
Source: NYTimes [54], 12/15/2023
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"In EPA’s New Methane Rule, An Innovative Way To Stop ‘Super Emitters’" [55]

"Scientists with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory were flying a plane equipped with a visible-infrared imaging spectrometer over an oil field in California’s San Joaquin Valley when they made a worrisome discovery. Images produced by the device revealed a large plume of methane lingering in the air."

Air [56]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [57]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
California [51]
Source: Grist [58], 12/15/2023
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New Mexico Extends Ban On Oil And Gas Leasing Around Sacred Chaco Park [59]

"New oil and natural gas leasing will be prohibited on state land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, an area sacred to Native Americans, for the next 20 years under an executive order by New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard."

Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: AP [61], 12/15/2023
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"How Christmas Tree Farms Can Help Wildlife" [62]

"It may seem counterintuitive to support the annual culling of trees, but environmentalists say Christmas tree farms have ecological benefits."

Biodiversity [11]
Forests [43]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: NYTimes [63], 12/15/2023
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"COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out" [64]

"Going into overtime under the cover of a dark winter night in Dubai, climate negotiators at COP28 cooked up a weak sauce of climate half-measures that fail to adequately address the existential risk of global warming to millions of people around the globe, according to leading climate experts at the conference."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [65]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 12/14/2023
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"The Billion-Dollar Industry Between You And FEMA’s Flood Insurance" [67]

"Cutting payments to brokers, or selling policies directly to consumers, could save millions. FEMA and insurance companies say it’s not quite that straightforward."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [65]
Environmental Justice [35]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Grist [68], 12/14/2023
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From Saving Owls To Removing Garbage: The Work Of Tribal Land Guardians [69]

"Far from untouched wilderness, the Guardians care for their urbanized Homelands with gentle compassion and expertise — and share it all on Facebook".

Activism [70]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [22]
Public [16]
Canada [71]
Source: The Narwhal [72], 12/14/2023
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