EJToday: Top Headlines

"Drifting Toward Disaster: Breaking the Brazos" [9]

"Few rivers can claim as strong a connection to Texas’ natural and cultural history—and its very identity—as the Brazos."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: Texas Observer [16], 02/09/2023
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"Drought May Have Doomed This Ancient Empire" — A Climate Warning [17]

"No one knows for sure what happened to the ancient Hittite Empire. For nearly 500 years, its dominion extended across much of modern Turkey and into Syria and Lebanon. Its kings dwelled in massive stone palaces inside a gated capital city. Large-scale farming, sophisticated irrigation systems and far-reaching trade networks filled the imperial coffers. And then, just after 1200 B.C., it vanished."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Public [13]
Middle East [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 02/09/2023
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"America, Meet Biden’s Climate Bill" [23]

"President Joe Biden began a two-year tour to sell the climate bill Tuesday night. His first stop was the Capitol."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [25], 02/08/2023
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"Judge Backs Federal Approval Of Massive Lithium Mine" [26]

"A federal judge in Nevada on Monday upheld the federal government’s approval of the largest proposed lithium mine in the nation, dismissing arguments that the Thacker Pass project would degrade nearby aquifers, air quality, and habitat for the imperiled greater sage grouse."

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Source: E&E News [32], 02/08/2023
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Farming, Pharmaceuticals And Sewage Fuel Rise In Superbugs, UN Warns [33]

"Pollution from livestock farming, pharmaceuticals and healthcare is threatening to destroy a key pillar of modern medicine, as spills of manure and other pollution into waterways are adding to the global rise of superbugs, the UN has warned."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [34]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 02/08/2023
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"Canada Adds Federal Protection To Indigenous-Declared Marine Refuge" [37]

"When the Mamalilikulla First Nation unilaterally declared an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in their traditional territory in late 2021, it was as much to protect rare corals and sponges as reestablish connection to lands and waters from which the community had been forcefully removed. Now Canada is backing the nation, adding marine protections under federal law".

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
Canada [39]
Source: The Narwhal [40], 02/08/2023
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Despite Protections, Extreme Heat And Wildfire Take A Toll On Farmworkers [41]

"Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather, survey finds."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [42], 02/08/2023
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"Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat Of Glacial Floods" [43]

"As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: AP [44], 02/08/2023
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"Feds Warn Rio Grande Settlement Could Trigger Disaster" [45]

"The Biden administration on Monday urged a federal judge to reject a state-authored agreement that could end the long-running legal battle over the waters of the Rio Grande, asserting that proposal could bankrupt a major irrigation project."

Agriculture [18]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Mexico [46]
Source: E&E News [47], 02/08/2023
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Offshore Wind In The Gulf Take A Back Seat To Oil Drilling Under New Law [48]

"President Joe Biden’s administration is tapping the brakes on offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico to make way for a new fast-tracked effort to open more federal waters to oil and gas drilling."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [50], 02/08/2023
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Drought, Disease Killed 36.3 Million Trees In California Last Year [51]

"Roughly 36.3 million dead trees were counted across California in 2022, a dramatic increase from previous years that experts are blaming on drought, insects and disease, according to a report by the U.S. Forest Service."

Climate Change [19]
Forests [52]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [53]
Source: LA Times [54], 02/08/2023
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"How Tensions With Russia Are Jeopardizing Key Arctic Research" [55]

"With the Ukraine war, international collaborations with Russia on Arctic research and governance have been strained or broken off. This loss of critical cooperation is compromising efforts to confront mounting environmental risks in the Arctic, from shrinking sea ice to pollution."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Studies [56]
Military [57]
Natural Resources [11]
Science [58]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [35]
Antarctica & Arctic [59]
Source: YaleE360 [60], 02/08/2023
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Pair Is Charged With Plotting to ‘Destroy Baltimore’ by Attacking Grid [61]

"Federal law enforcement officials have arrested two people accused of conspiring to “completely destroy Baltimore” in what they described on Monday as a racist plot to demolish the power grid in a predominantly Black city."

Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [62]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Source: NYTimes [64], 02/07/2023
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"Toxic Fumes Are Released From Burning Train That Derailed in Ohio" [65]

"A rail operator on Monday released toxic fumes from several derailed train cars that it said were at risk of exploding in East Palestine, Ohio, after the authorities ordered residents on both sides of the state’s border with Pennsylvania to evacuate to avoid a deadly threat."

Chemicals [27]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [34]
Infrastructure [62]
Pollution [66]
Transportation [67]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [68]
Source: NYTimes [69], 02/07/2023
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"Census: Disasters Displaced More Than 3 Million Americans In 2022" [70]

"More than 3 million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the past year because of a natural disaster, according to a new Census Bureau tally that marks a rare federal effort to assess the uprooting caused by hurricanes, floods and other events."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
People & Population [71]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [72], 02/07/2023
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