EJToday: Top Headlines

"Coal Was On Its Way Out. But Surging Electricity Demand Is Keeping It Alive" [9]

"U.S. coal plant use is dropping, but utilities are delaying their retirement and running them — even when they cost more than renewable sources."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Floodlight [18], 01/10/2025
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Shrinking Trees And Tuskless Elephants: Species Are Adapting To Humans [19]

"As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive"

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [16]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [26], 01/10/2025
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Fish Weirs Are Still Banned. This First Nation Wants To Build A New One. [27]

"Sumas First Nation is trying to construct a fish weir on its traditional territory in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, in the face of environmental and bureaucratic obstacles"

Environmental Justice [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Food [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
Canada [32]
Source: The Narwhal [33], 01/10/2025
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"How Watch Duty Became The Go-To Wildfire App To Track L.A. Wildfires" [34]

"Struggling to keep track of fast moving wildfires and the latest evacuation zones, residents of Los Angeles are rushing to download a free app called Watch Duty."

Disasters [35]
Forests [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Technology [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 01/10/2025
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"What Singing Lemurs Can Tell Us About The Origin Of Music" [41]

"It turns out that the Indri Indri lemurs of Madagascar can carry a tune. Researchers have found that these furry, tree-dwelling creatures use music to communicate with one another, likely for generations. ... The finding that these “singing lemurs” produce rhythmic calls provides an evolutionary pathway that may explain the origin of music."

Biodiversity [20]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [24]
Public [16]
International [25]
Africa [42]
Source: Mongabay [43], 01/10/2025
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What Are The Factors That Caused The Unseasonal California Fires? [44]

"Southern California is experiencing it’s most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a fast and deadly manner."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Studies [21]
Public [16]
California [39]
Source: AP [45], 01/09/2025
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"Trump Wants Oil Drilling in Alaska. A Lease Sale There Just Flopped." [46]

"One of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s biggest “drill, baby, drill” initiatives suffered a significant setback on Wednesday as the Interior Department announced that a lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended without a single bidder."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [47]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 01/09/2025
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"Frontline Communities Fight to Evict a Toxic Roofing Company" [50]

"One of America’s largest shingle makers is pumping pollution into Black and brown communities from Texas to Minnesota"

Air [51]
Chemicals [52]
Environmental Health [53]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Source: Sierra [55], 01/09/2025
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Biden FWS Declines To Remove Grizzly Bears From Endangered List [56]

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will keep endangered species protections for grizzly bears in place in most of the western U.S., the agency announced Wednesday, rebuffing states that petitioned for their removal."

Agriculture [57]
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [47]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [58]
Source: The Hill [59], 01/09/2025
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"Trump Rails Against ‘Quagmire’ Of Enviro Rules" [60]

"President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his pledge to expedite environmental reviews for some companies as he blasted a “quagmire” of U.S. regulations."

Environmental Politics [47]
Journalism & Media [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [61], 01/09/2025
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"Landmark Study Affirms Fluoride’s Link To Lowered IQ, Adds To Debate" [62]

"Fluoride exposure is consistently linked with lowered IQ, according to a landmark analysis of more than 70 published studies on the subject."

Chemicals [52]
Environmental Health [53]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [63], 01/09/2025
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"Thailand Bans Imports Of Plastic Waste To Curb Toxic Pollution" [64]

"Thailand has banned plastic waste imports over concerns about toxic pollution, as experts warn that failure to agree a global treaty to cut plastic waste will harm human health."

Chemicals [52]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [53]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [65]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
International [25]
Asia [66]
Source: Guardian [67], 01/09/2025
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"Calif. Wildfires Threaten Insurers Already Teetering From Climate Shocks" [68]

"It’s too soon to know the financial cost of the wildfires burning around Los Angeles. But the toll on California’s troubled insurance market could be enormous."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [11]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [39]
Source: NYTimes [69], 01/09/2025
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Elon Musk’s Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight [70]

"Elon Musk’s Boring Company is constructing a planned 68-mile tunnel system beneath Las Vegas where drivers will ferry passengers around the urban core in Teslas. Despite its size, the project, because it’s privately funded, has not gone through the vetting typical of public transit systems, including lengthy governmental studies."

Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [71]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [58]
Source: ProPublica [72], 01/09/2025
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"To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa" [73]

"The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, and new research published Tuesday reports that saving it requires reducing the amount of farmland that is irrigated in the region."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [58]
Source: Inside Climate News [74], 01/09/2025
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