EJToday: Top Headlines

"In Mobile Bay, the Oysters’ Tale of Woe" [9]

"Academics, conservationists, nonprofits, government agencies—and one passionate, retired scientist—are working to rebuild reefs, reduce the carbon imprint and educate the public about the importance of restoring the oyster population."

Biodiversity [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 01/06/2025
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"Tribunal Says Mexico Violated Trade Agreement In Banning GM Corn" [20]

"An international tribunal set up to resolve disputes between the United States, Mexico, and Canada has ruled that Mexico violated the terms of the international trade agreement in banning the import of genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [10]
Consumer [22]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mexico [25]
Source: The New Lede [26], 01/06/2025
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Climate Misinformation Exploding As Canadian Politicians Are Spreading It [27]

"Like climate change itself, conspiracy theories and misinformation are growing crises. And where they intersect with the environment, the problem seems to spread like wildfire — one that might be caused by laser beams, eco-terrorists or the Canadian government, depending who you ask."

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [31]
Public [17]
Canada [32]
Source: The Narwhal [33], 01/06/2025
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Fossil Fuel Industry Spent $219 Million To Elect The New U.S. Government [34]

"The oil and gas industry gave about $24 million in campaign contributions to the members of the U.S. House and Senate expected to be sworn in January 3, 2025, according to a Yale Climate Connections review of campaign donations."

Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [29]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [36], 01/06/2025
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"How Do You Keep Monkeys From Making Mischief?" [37]

"Krishna, a skinny 12-year-old, waits near a Hindu temple packed with pilgrims. He hears a yell – that's his cue. He zigzags between motorbikes and honking tuk-tuks, elbows his way through the crowd and finds a man waving wildly at a monkey."

Biodiversity [10]
Consumer [22]
Wildlife [38]
Public [17]
Asia [39]
Source: NPR [40], 01/06/2025
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EPA Warns Toxic Formaldehyde Presents An Unreasonable Risk Of Injury [41]

"The agency’s final risk assessment for formaldehyde jump-starts the process to address the risk posed by the cancer-causing chemical"

Chemicals [42]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Science [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Independent [44], 01/03/2025
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Wyoming Will Sell Square Mile Of State Land To Join Grand Teton National Park [45]

"Wyoming will sell a 1-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) parcel of pristine land bordering Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. government for $100 million after Gov. Mark Gordon signed off on a deal Friday that ends the state’s longstanding threats to unload it to a developer."

Biodiversity [10]
Forests [46]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [38]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Source: AP [48], 01/03/2025
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"Trump Readies Day One Energy Offensive" [49]

"The incoming president has detailed plans to quickly reverse Biden’s policies, expand fossil fuel production and declare a national energy emergency."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [51], 01/03/2025
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"Biden To Create Two National Monuments In California Honoring Tribes" [52]

"President Joe Biden plans to create two new national monuments in California in the coming days, according to two people briefed on the announcement, aiming to cement his environmental legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office."

Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [54]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [55]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Source: Washington Post [56], 01/03/2025
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"Undocumented People Are Among Most Vulnerable To Climate-Fueled Disasters" [57]

"Carmen, her husband and three children were sound asleep in their western North Carolina home when she heard her phone ring that late September morning. It was her brother-in-law alerting the family to downed trees, powerlines and homes destroyed by historic rain and strong winds from Hurricane Helene."

Climate Change [28]
Disasters [58]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [53]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [59]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NPR [60], 01/03/2025
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"Biden to Ban More Offshore Oil Drilling Before Trump Arrives" [61]

"President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some US coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections during his final weeks in the White House."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Bloomberg [62], 01/03/2025
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Elevated Levels of Radium Found in Western Pennsylvania Freshwater Mussels [63]

"Researchers detected increased radioactivity in mussels downstream of oil and gas wastewater discharge points, raising concerns about effects up the food chain."

Biodiversity [10]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [43]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Natural Resources [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [64]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 01/03/2025
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Shrimper’s Crusade Pays Big Dividends on Remote Stretch of Texas Coastline [67]

"Few men still fish for a living on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The work is hard and pay is meager. In the hearts of rundown seaside towns, dilapidated harbors barely recall the communities that thrived here generations ago."

Activism [68]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [42]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Justice [53]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [69]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 01/03/2025
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Judge Won't Dismiss Suit Claiming Poland Spring Water Isn't From A Spring [71]

"A federal judge in Connecticut refused to dismiss a long-running lawsuit accusing the former Nestle Waters North America of defrauding consumers by labeling its Poland Spring bottled water as "spring water."

Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [72]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [73]
Source: Reuters [74], 01/03/2025
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"Grieving Killer Whale Who Carried Calf’s Body Spotted Again With Dead Baby" [75]

"An apparently grieving killer whale who swam more than 1,000 miles pushing the body of her dead newborn has lost another calf and is again carrying the body, a development researchers say is a “devastating” loss for the ailing population."

Biodiversity [10]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [38]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [76]
Source: Guardian [77], 01/03/2025
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