EJToday: Top Headlines

"Divers In The Philippines Create Nurseries For Rescued Coral" [9]

"A group of scuba diving experts and enthusiasts are setting up coral nurseries in a popular dive spot south of Philippine capital Manila to help in the propagation and recovery of damaged coral."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Australia & Oceania [17]
Source: Reuters [18], 04/17/2024
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Coral Reefs Around The World Are Experiencing Bleaching As Oceans Warm [19]

"Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [20], 04/16/2024
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EPA Has Done Nearly All It Can To Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked. [21]

"Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say."

Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: ProPublica [27], 04/16/2024
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Biden DOI Aims To Increase Industry Payment For Cleaning Up Offshore Rigs [28]

"The Biden administration on Monday finalized a new rule it says will reduce taxpayer responsibility for the process of decommissioning offshore oil and gas platforms."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [32], 04/16/2024
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Problems With Glen Canyon Dam Threaten Water Flowing To Western States [33]

"A new memo from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is raising concern about the infrastructure at the Glen Canyon Dam and its ability to deliver water downstream should levels at Lake Powell continue to decline."

Infrastructure [30]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: States Newsroom [35], 04/16/2024
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"Nexamp Nabs $520M To Build Community Solar Across The US" [36]

"Community solar helps people who can’t get rooftop solar access the benefits of solar ownership. Developer Nexamp just raised a boatload of money to build more of it."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Canary Media [38], 04/16/2024
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"California Dairies Scramble To Guard Herds Against Bird Flu" [39]

"Earlier this spring, California dairy farmers noted a puzzling drop in milk production in Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Ohio, Kansas and Michigan. Weeks later, news broke that several herds in these states, as well as North Carolina, had been diagnosed with avian influenza — the same strain that has devastated bird populations across the globe and shown a troubling ability to jump to mammals."

Agriculture [40]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Food [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
California [42]
Source: LA Times [43], 04/16/2024
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Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Climate-Stressed Texas Panhandle [44]

"In a small Texas city, officials say land previously treated with a prescribed burn stopped the Windy Deuce Fire from entering neighborhoods. But the practice of intentionally burning excess vegetation has faced opposition from some private landowners."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [45]
Forests [46]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 04/16/2024
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"Record Number Of River Barriers Removed Across Europe In 2023" [48]

"Europe removed a record number of dams and other barriers from its rivers in 2023, a report has found, helping to restore its disturbed waterways to their natural states."

Infrastructure [30]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Europe [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 04/16/2024
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How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Biggest Disinformation Tactics [51]

"Increasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinformation is making climate coverage trickier both for journalists to produce and for the public to fully understand and trust."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [52]
Journalism & Media [53]
Science [54]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Guardian [55], 04/16/2024
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Decades After US Butterfly Species Vanished, A Close Relative May Fill Gap [56]

"More than 80 years ago, a beautiful butterfly called Xerces Blue that once fluttered among San Francisco’s coastal dunes went extinct as stately homes, museums and parks ate up its habitat, marking the first butterfly species in the United States to disappear due to human development."

Biodiversity [10]
Wildlife [57]
Public [15]
California [42]
Source: AP [58], 04/16/2024
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"Biden Boosts Cost To Drill On Public Lands" [59]

"Oil companies will have to lay down significantly more money to drill on public lands following a sweeping final rule published by the Biden administration Friday that also increases federal royalty rates and aims to shrink the future footprint of the nation’s oil program."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: E&E News [60], 04/15/2024
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"‘Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on ‘Greenwashing’" [61]

"From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [62]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [52]
Environmental Studies [63]
Food [41]
Journalism & Media [53]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [64], 04/15/2024
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"Biden Administration Finalizes Lightbulb Efficiency Rules" [65]

"The Biden administration on Friday finalized lightbulb efficiency rules first proposed in late 2022."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [62]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [66], 04/15/2024
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"Utilities Brace for Costs of Compliance With New PFAS Water Rule" [67]

"Water utilities will face costly challenges meeting the EPA’s new limits on PFAS in drinking water, making litigation nearly inevitable, lawyers and analysts say."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [62]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [52]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Technology [68]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [69], 04/15/2024
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