EJToday: Top Headlines

Study Says 2023’s Crazy Atlantic Ocean Heat Foretells Much Hotter World [9]

"Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels. They are more like what happens at twice this amount of warming, a new study said."

Climate Change [10]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AP [15], 03/01/2024
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Parties Near Settlement Over Tribal Rights To Colorado River Water [16]

"A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it."

Agriculture [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [23], 03/01/2024
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"Clothes Washers, Dryers Get Biden Energy Efficiency Upgrade" [24]

"The Biden administration announced final rules on Thursday that impose updated energy efficiency requirements for residential clothes washers and dryers, the latest in a series of appliance standards required by a legal settlement."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 03/01/2024
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"Colorado Landowners Sue Oil Company Over Clean-Up Of ‘Orphaned’ Well" [28]

"Group claims oil firms transferred depleted wells to another company which then conspired to avoid clean-up through fraud".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Guardian [32], 03/01/2024
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Invisible Chemical Is Poisoning Thousands Of Unsuspecting Warehouse Workers [33]

"Medical supply warehouses can be a significant source of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions. Only one state is doing anything about it."

Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [35], 03/01/2024
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As Ticks Spread, US Nears Understanding The True Extent Of Lyme Disease [36]

"A revised CDC reporting system led to a 70 percent increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Studies [38]
Natural Resources [21]
Wildlife [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Grist [40], 03/01/2024
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"The Best Wildlife Cams to Celebrate World Wildlife Day" [41]

"These live streams provide a front-row seat to wildlife across the globe".

Biodiversity [37]
Journalism & Media [42]
Wildlife [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [14]
Source: Sierra [43], 03/01/2024
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Wildfire Grows Into One Of Largest In Texas History, Menacing Towns [44]

"A cluster of wildfires scorched the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, including a blaze that grew into one of the largest in state history, as flames moved with alarming speed and blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [45]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: AP [48], 02/29/2024
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"Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Agreement" [49]

"Congressional leaders struck a government funding deal Wednesday on half a dozen annual spending bills alongside a stopgap that pushes two shutdown deadlines later into March, according to a senior leadership aide."

Environmental Politics [19]
Government [50]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [51], 02/29/2024
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"N.Y. State Sues JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, Over Its Climate Claims" [52]

"The New York attorney general, Letitia James, on Wednesday sued JBS USA, the American arm of the world’s largest meatpacker, accusing the company of making misleading statements about its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit is a major setback for JBS, which is based in Brazil, as it pursues a listing on the New York Stock Exchange."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
International [14]
Source: NYTimes [53], 02/29/2024
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"Dems Slam Ads Depicting National Parks Overrun By Migrants" [54]

"The National Republican Congressional Committee says the ads show parks under “extreme House Democrats.” Critics call the ads misleading and deceptive."

Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [55], 02/29/2024
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"Harmful Waste Generation Set To Jump, U.N. Warns" [56]

"Waste produced by the public will surge by 2050, causing hundreds of billions of dollars of damage through biodiversity loss, climate change and deadly pollution, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report on Wednesday."

Consumer [25]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [31]
Waste [57]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [58], 02/29/2024
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After Fighting a Landfill Expansion, Houston Residents Await Methane Rules [59]

"When the Hawthorne Park Landfill opened in 1977, it transformed everyday life for residents of Carverdale, a historically Black neighborhood in northwest Houston. Myra Jefferson has seen pests and roaches from the dump multiply over the decades and remembers yellow dust from the rot sticking to everything."

Air [60]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [31]
Waste [57]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 02/29/2024
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Greens To Petition Biden For Cleanup Rules For Offshore Oil Infrastructure [62]

"A coalition of environmental advocacy groups will petition the Biden administration to propose rules that require stricter enforcement for cleaning up leftover infrastructure for offshore drilling."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [63]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [64], 02/29/2024
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Grease-Proof Food Packaging Containing PFAS Is No Longer Being Sold: FDA [65]

"Grease-proof food wrappers being sold in the U.S. will no longer contain toxic “forever chemicals” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [25]
Environmental Health [29]
Food [66]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [67], 02/29/2024
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