EJToday: Top Headlines

"How Scientists Are Learning To Eavesdrop On The Sounds Of Soil" [9]

"The sound of an earthworm is a distinctive rasping and scrunching. Ants sound like the soothing patter of rain. A passing, tunnelling vole makes a noise like a squeaky dog’s toy repeatedly being chewed."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Studies [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 04/23/2024
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"E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two ‘Forever Chemicals’" [18]

"The Biden administration is designating two “forever chemicals,” man-made compounds that are linked to serious health risks, as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, shifting responsibility for their cleanup to polluters from taxpayers."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [25], 04/22/2024
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Biden Shields Millions of Acres in Alaska From Drilling and Mining [26]

"The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 04/22/2024
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"Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farms" [32]

"Officials have shared little information, saying the outbreak was limited. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina have changed the assessment."

Agriculture [33]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Food [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [37], 04/22/2024
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"Pennsylvania’s First Proposed Chemical Recycling Plant Cancelled" [38]

"Plans to build what would have been one of the largest chemical recycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were canceled this week."

Air [39]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [27]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Waste [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Source: EHN [41], 04/22/2024
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Earth Day: A Senator More Than 50 Years Ago Got People Fighting For Planet [42]

"Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans and assorted trillions of other organisms."

Activism [43]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [36]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [45], 04/22/2024
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"3 Offshore Wind Projects Nixed In New York" [46]

"New York canceled power contracts for three offshore wind projects Friday, citing a turbine maker’s plans to scrap its biggest machines." "It’s a major blow to New York’s climate plan and to President Joe Biden’s energy ambitions."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
Source: E&E News [48], 04/22/2024
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RFK Jr.’s Onetime Allies In Green Advocacy Call For Him To Drop Out [49]

"Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his environmental policy in new efforts on Friday, portraying him as a candidate who will increase the chances former President Donald Trump is reelected."

Environmental Politics [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: CNN [50], 04/22/2024
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Heat Caused Record-High Rates Of ER Visits In Parts Of US Last Year: CDC [51]

"Last summer was the hottest ever recorded in the United States, and heat-related health emergencies also reached record-high levels in some parts of the country."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [52]
Environmental Health [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: CNN [53], 04/22/2024
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Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Solar Power Grants [54]

"President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [56], 04/22/2024
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"San Francisco Mayor Announces The City Will Receive Pandas From China" [57]

"San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”"

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [58]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Asia [60]
Source: AP [61], 04/22/2024
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"The U.S. Just Changed How It Manages A Tenth Of Its Land" [62]

"For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [63]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Forests [64]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [65], 04/19/2024
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"Drought Pushes Millions Into ‘Acute Hunger’ in Southern Africa" [66]

"An estimated 20 million people in southern Africa are facing what the United Nations calls “acute hunger” as one of the worst droughts in more than four decades shrivels crops, decimates livestock and, after years of rising food prices brought on by pandemic and war, spikes the price of corn, the region’s staple crop."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [52]
Food [35]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
Africa [67]
Source: NYTimes [68], 04/19/2024
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Consumer Reports Finds Unhealthy Pesticide Levels In 20% Of US Produce [69]

"Consumer Reports recently conducted its most comprehensive review of pesticides in 59 US fruits and vegetables. Here the organization shares what it found".

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Food [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Consumer Reports [70], 04/19/2024
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CA Sets Nation-Leading Limit For Carcinogenic Chromium-6 In Drinking Water [71]

"After years of analysis and debate, California regulators have adopted a nation-leading drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen found in water supplies across the state."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
California [72]
Source: LA Times [73], 04/19/2024
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