EJToday: Top Headlines

"EPA Enforcement Budget Even Lower Than Under Trump, Group Says" [9]

"Adjusting for inflation, the budget for the EPA’s main enforcement and compliance programs hit an 11-year low in fiscal 2022, sinking below levels set during the Trump era, according to a new independent analysis."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 02/23/2023
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"Marine Commission: Whale Deaths Not Linked To Wind Prep Work" [17]

"An independent scientific agency that advises the federal government on policies that could impact marine mammals said there is no evidence linking site preparation work for offshore wind farms with a number of whale deaths along the U.S. East Coast."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [25], 02/23/2023
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Huge Winter Storm Churns Across Northern US, Threatening Record Snowfall [26]

"A massive winter storm spreading across the U.S. West into the Northern Plains and Midwest on Tuesday could produce blizzards, brutal cold, and record snowfall, making road travel treacherous and disrupting air travel."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [28], 02/22/2023
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"EPA To Take Control Of Ohio Derailment Response" [29]

"The Environmental Protection Agency will take control of the response to the Ohio train derailment and order rail company Norfolk Southern to clean up the contamination, the agency said Tuesday, the Biden administration’s strongest response yet to the disaster."

Chemicals [30]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [32]
Source: Washington Post [33], 02/22/2023
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"A Sudden Rush to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream" [34]

"A flurry of investments, policy changes and technological breakthroughs is giving a jolt of energy to the nascent market for sustainable aviation fuel, a low-carbon alternative to traditional jet fuel made from crude oil."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Transportation [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 02/22/2023
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"Trump Heads To Ohio As Biden Critics Assail Wreck Response" [37]

"Former President Donald Trump is slated to visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday as the 2024 presidential candidate and others intensify their criticism of the Biden administration’s response to the environmental disaster caused by a derailed train."

Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [39], 02/22/2023
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"These Natural Gas Ads Are Full Of Hot Air" [40]

"Gas companies say their clean energy claims are backed by science. They fail to mention the science is fossil fuel funded."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [38]
Science [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HEATED [42], 02/22/2023
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"Bird Flu Kills Sea Lions And 1000s Of Pelicans In Peru's Protected Areas" [43]

"Bird flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru, the authorities said, as the H5N1 strain spreads throughout the region."

Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Health [10]
Wildlife [45]
Public [14]
South America [46]
Source: Reuters [47], 02/22/2023
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"With Two Key Picks, Biden Weaves Climate Into Economy and Regulations" [48]

"The president adds climate champions Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and Richard Revesz as his regulations chief."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [49]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [50], 02/22/2023
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"Russian Gas Out, Renewables In? Europe Clings To Green Goals" [51]

"After Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, European nations faced an onslaught of crippling new challenges - including working out how to swiftly replace the Russian gas that supplied 40% of their energy needs and kept families warm in the winter."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [14]
Europe [52]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [53], 02/22/2023
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"Supreme Court Seems Likely To Move Cautiously In Gonzalez v. Google" [54]

"Supreme Court justices suggested Tuesday that they might move cautiously in their first examination of the federal law that protects internet companies from lawsuits concerning the platforms’ posting of content from third parties."

Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [55], 02/22/2023
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"Jimmy Carter, The President Who Tried To Save The Planet" [56]

"He installed solar panels on the White House. He urged Americans to turn down their thermostats while sporting a sweater. And he pressured Congress into putting tens of millions of acres in Alaska off limits to development."

Environmental Politics [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [57], 02/22/2023
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"'No Excuse': IEA Tells Energy Firms As Methane Emissions Rise" [58]

"The fossil fuel industry is failing to tackle methane emissions despite its pledges to uncover and fix leaking infrastructure, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) published on Tuesday."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Public [14]
International [35]
Source: Reuters [59], 02/21/2023
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"Madagascar, Mozambique Set For “Dangerous” Cyclone Freddy" [60]

"A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as “dangerous” by the United Nation’s weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [27]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
Africa [61]
Source: AP [62], 02/21/2023
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Green Groups Call On Buttigieg To Restore Obama-Era Train Brake Rule [63]

"A coalition of environmental organizations on Thursday called on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to act on a rail safety rule scrapped by the Trump administration, arguing failure to enforce it increases the likelihood of environmental rail disasters."

Laws & Regulations [12]
Transportation [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [64], 02/21/2023
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