EJToday: Top Headlines

"Despite Official Vote, the Evidence of the Anthropocene Is Clear" [9]

"When a governing body of the International Union of Geological Sciences voted down a proposal to name a new epoch in Earth’s history, it ignored conclusive evidence that for the first time, a single species — humans — has fundamentally altered the planet."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Science [16]
Public [17]
International [18]
Source: YaleE360 [19], 04/04/2024
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"Why Is the BLM Still Clearcutting Piñon-Juniper Landscapes?" [20]

"During the last century, federal agencies have undertaken a campaign to destroy huge tracts of piñon pines and juniper trees in the arid reaches of the American West."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Sierra [25], 04/04/2024
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"Light at the End of the Tunnel" [26]

"Millions of killer culverts lurk beneath North American roadways, strangling populations of migratory fish. Now with a nationwide project, the United States is trying to fix them."

Fish & Fisheries [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Natural Resources [14]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Hakai [31], 04/04/2024
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Midwest Maple Syrup Producers Face Record Warm Winter As Climate Changes [32]

"Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa, and elsewhere, experts say."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Food [33]
Forests [34]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Canada [35]
Source: Wisconsin Watch/Cedar Rapids Gazette [36], 04/04/2024
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California Is Top U.S. Emitter Of A Planet-Warming Termite Pesticide [37]

"Despite its aggressive reputation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, California releases more of a climate-warming pesticide than all other states combined, most of it from homes fumigated for termites, according to a study published Wednesday."

Chemicals [38]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [42]
Source: LA Times [43], 04/04/2024
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"Cranes in Ukraine: Birds of Joy in a War-Torn Land" [44]

"This spring, as Russian missiles and drones continued to rain destruction upon Ukraine, a more hopeful symbol appeared in the skies about the embattled nation. The cranes had returned."

Biodiversity [21]
Military [45]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [46]
Public [17]
Europe [47]
Source: The Revelator [48], 04/04/2024
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Court Approves 3M Settlement Over PFAS Chemicals’ In Public Drinking Water [49]

"Chemical manufacturer 3M will begin payments starting in the third quarter to many U.S. public drinking water systems as part of a multi-billion-dollar settlement over contamination with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and several consumer products, the company said."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [50], 04/03/2024
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"Spinning, Whirling Fish In South Florida Prompt Emergency Response" [51]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching what the agency described as an emergency response effort in south Florida after emerging reports of smalltooth sawfish spinning, whirling and displaying other abnormal behaviors."

Fish & Fisheries [27]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 04/03/2024
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"Enviva Bankruptcy Fallout Ripples Through Biomass Industry, U.S. and EU" [54]

"In March, Enviva, the world’s largest woody biomass producer for industrial energy, declared bankruptcy. That cataclysmic collapse triggered a rush of political and economic maneuvering in the U.S. (a key wood pellet producing nation), and in Europe (a primary industrial biomass energy user in converted coal plants)."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Forests [34]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Europe [47]
Source: Mongabay [56], 04/03/2024
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Biden DOT Announces Requirement For 2-Person Crews On Freight Trains [57]

"The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a final rule Tuesday increasing the minimum size for train crews to two people, a longtime ask for rail worker unions, which nearly led to a strike in 2022."

Disasters [58]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Transportation [29]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [59], 04/02/2024
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"US Aiming To ‘Crack The Code’ On Deploying Geothermal Energy At Scale" [60]

"A limitless supply of heat exists beneath our feet within the Earth’s crust, but harnessing it at scale has proved challenging. Now, a combination of new techniques, government support and the pressing need to secure continuous clean power in an era of climate crisis means that geothermal energy is finally having its moment in the US."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [61], 04/02/2024
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Rust Belt Senators Cloud EPA Effort To Clean Up Steel Mills [62]

"Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped."

Air [63]
Environmental Justice [64]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Grist [65], 04/02/2024
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"Biden Issues First-Ever National Building Decarbonization Plan" [66]

"The Biden administration unveiled on Tuesday the first-ever national plan for decarbonizing the nation’s residential and commercial buildings sector. The plan calls for a 90% reduction in carbon emissions from buildings by 2050."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Planning & Growth [67]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [68], 04/02/2024
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New Data Tools Peer Into Who's Lobbying State Legislators on Climate Policy [69]

"Separate efforts by Brown University researchers and OpenSecrets allow searches of who’s influencing state lawmakers. Less than half of states make lobbying information accessible for analysis."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [55]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [70]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 04/02/2024
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"New Count Of Gray Whales Along West Coast Suggests Rebound" [72]

"A new count of the gray whale population along the West Coast shows “signs of recovery” five years after hundreds of them washed ashore and the population began declining, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [Administration]."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [11]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Natural Resources [14]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [18]
Source: Seattle Times [73], 04/02/2024
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