EJToday: Top Headlines

"The Dawn Of The Clean Hydrogen Economy" [9]

"Clean electricity alone won’t get us to a fossil-fuel-free society — we’ll need other tools to fully decarbonize. “Clean” hydrogen, for all of its hype and baggage, might be the most promising way to cut carbon from difficult sectors like aviation and steelmaking. It could also be a boondoggle or a bust — it all depends on how the gas is made and how it’s used."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Technology [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Canary Media [20], 02/06/2024
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"Two Climate Advisers Quit U.S. Export-Import Bank Over Fossil Fuel Plans" [21]

"A federal bank that finances projects overseas is set to vote on Thursday on whether to use taxpayer dollars to help drill oil and gas wells in Bahrain, a contentious decision that prompted two of the bank’s climate advisers to resign, according to people with knowledge of their decisions."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [22]
Middle East [23]
Source: NYTimes [24], 02/06/2024
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The Fingerprints on Chile Fires and California Floods: El Niño and Warming [25]

"Two disasters, far apart, show how a dangerous climate cocktail can devastate places known for mild weather."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Public [18]
International [22]
Source: NYTimes [27], 02/06/2024
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"Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves Won’t Get Endangered Species Protections" [28]

"Gray wolves that inhabit the Northern Rocky Mountains will not receive protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced Friday."

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [30]
Wildlife [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Source: The Hill [33], 02/06/2024
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"EPA Proposes To Enable States To Require ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup" [34]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to designate nine toxic “forever chemicals” as “hazardous constituents” under the nation’s law for cleaning up ongoing pollution, in a move that would enable states to require cleanups if the substances are released."

Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [37]
Waste [38]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [39], 02/06/2024
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"Border Package Contains $2 Billion For Uranium Enrichment" [40]

"The Senate’s border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. works to reduce global reliance on Russian energy exports."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [41]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [22]
Source: The Hill [42], 02/06/2024
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"In Kenya, The King Of The Jungle Faces A New Challenge — Ants" [43]

"Researchers said big-headed ants started an “ecological chain reaction” in a Kenya conservancy, impacting lions and other animals".

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Studies [44]
Natural Resources [30]
Wildlife [31]
Public [18]
Africa [45]
Source: Washington Post [46], 02/06/2024
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2nd Storm In Days Slams California, Knocking Out Power And Flooding Roads [47]

"The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers churned slowly through California early Monday, flooding roadways and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and prompting a rare warning for hurricane-force winds as the already soggy state braced for another day of heavy rains."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
People & Population [48]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [50]
Source: AP [51], 02/05/2024
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Louisiana AG Seeks Communications From Journalists In Lawsuit Against EPA [52]

"Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration is pursuing a federal lawsuit demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turn over three years of its communications with journalists and activist groups, a highly unusual move that has provoked concern among press freedom advocates."

Journalism & Media [53]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [55], 02/05/2024
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‘Reversed And Scrubbed.’ How A 2nd Trump Term Could Gut Climate Policy [56]

"Dozens of conservative organizations have banded together to provide Trump a road map — known as Project 2025 — if he prevails in November. It outlines a series of steps that the former president could take to reverse the climate actions taken by the Biden administration."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [57], 02/05/2024
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Chile President Laments 'Tragedy' As Wildfires Kill More Than 100 [58]

"Fires devastating parts of central Chile have killed at least 64 people and the country faces a "tragedy of very great magnitude," President Gabriel Boric said on Sunday, as he warned that the death toll likely will surge in coming days."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Forests [59]
Public [18]
South America [60]
Source: Reuters [61], 02/05/2024
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EPA Rushed To Approve Dicamba In 2020 Despite Scientific Concerns: Documents [62]

"In December 2021, a small team of scientists working for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a stark report on a controversial weed killer that had been the subject of years of complaints from farmers and environmentalists."

Agriculture [63]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [64]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The New Lede [65], 02/05/2024
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"How the U.S. Became the World’s Biggest Gas Supplier" [66]

"In just eight years, the United States has rocketed from barely selling any gas overseas to becoming the world’s No. 1 supplier, a remarkable shift that has profited oil and gas companies and strengthened American influence abroad. But climate activists worry that soaring exports of liquefied natural gas could make global warming worse."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [22]
Source: NYTimes [67], 02/05/2024
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"Bank of America Pledged to Stop Financing Coal. Now It’s Backtracking." [68]

"The changes come as Republican lawmakers step up efforts to punish businesses that consider climate change and the environment in their operations."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [69], 02/05/2024
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"Report: Restructure Climate Change Aid To Alaska Villages" [70]

"Permafrost thaw, erosion, storm surges and other climate-change impacts in Alaska’s rural Native villages are not being properly addressed by federal programs because residents have too much trouble overcoming bureaucratic hurdles, said a report issued by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Justice [71]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [72]
Source: Alaska Beacon [73], 02/05/2024
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