EJToday: Top Headlines

"In Peru, a Mission to Save the Stingless Bee" [9]

"Native to the tropics, these pollinators are taking a lead role in one of the latest efforts to conserve the Amazon rainforest."

"As a child, Heriberto Vela, an Indigenous resident of Loreto, Peru, watched his father pull nests of wild stingless bees from trees in the Amazon forest. Together, the two then extracted honey from the nests to help cure colds and other ailments.
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
South America [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 02/02/2024
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"Truck Makers Team Up to Push for Electric Vehicle Chargers" [17]

"There are more than four million electric vehicles on American roads, but fewer than 1,000 of them are heavy-duty trucks. On Tuesday, the three largest truck makers announced a push to remedy that deficit by calling on governments and utilities to help them build many more places to charge big rigs."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Transportation [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 02/02/2024
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"Too Hot To Party? Extreme Temperatures Threaten Live Music Shows" [23]

"From hail the size of golf balls to deadly heat, concert-goers in 2023 were forced to deal with extreme weather events that put them in harm's way during the world's warmest year on record, with temperatures predicted to climb even higher in 2024."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [25]
People & Population [26]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [28], 02/02/2024
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Barbudans Launch New Environmental Lawsuit Against Wealthy Developers [29]

"Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the latest environmental legal fight between angry residents and wealthy foreigners seeking to develop the Caribbean island with support from the government."

Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [26]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [33]
Source: AP [34], 02/02/2024
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"US Wildfire Response Could Force Poorest Out Of Paradise" [35]

"Fire in Paradise: Low-income US home owners face soaring insurance premiums in 'managed retreat' from climate change".

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Justice [30]
Infrastructure [19]
People & Population [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [37]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [38], 02/02/2024
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"Utah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement" [39]

"Lawmakers in Utah are advancing legislation aimed at stopping a growing “rights of nature” movement that has coalesced around efforts in the state to save the Great Salt Lake, which is drying up as a combination of climate change, development and agriculture drain on its freshwater sources."

Activism [40]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 02/02/2024
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"Climate Lab: Watch The Earth Breathe For One Year" [43]

"This image of our planet is the closest we get to a real-time view of how carbon dioxide builds up in our atmosphere."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Journalism & Media [44]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [45]
Science [46]
Public [14]
International [27]
Source: Washington Post [47], 02/02/2024
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"Podesta To Replace Kerry As Country’s Top Climate Diplomat" [48]

"White House adviser and veteran Democratic strategist John Podesta will assume John Kerry’s international climate portfolio when Kerry steps down later this spring."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [49], 02/01/2024
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"Senate Confirms Head Of EPA’s Air Office, Key To Biden Climate Rules" [50]

"The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Joseph Goffman to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office, which is racing to finalize some of President Biden’s most consequential climate rules before the end of his first term."

Air [51]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [31]
Pollution [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [52], 02/01/2024
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California's Landmark Climate Disclosure Laws Challenged By Business Groups [53]

"Major U.S. business groups sued California on Tuesday seeking to overturn the state's new sweeping climate disclosure laws that require companies to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks."

Climate Change [11]
Journalism & Media [44]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [37]
Source: Reuters [54], 02/01/2024
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"Mexico City Residents Protest 'Unprecedented' Water Shortages" [55]

"Frustrated Mexico City residents have been protesting weeks of water shortages, with officials warning of "unprecedented" low levels in a main system that supplies millions of people."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [36]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [14]
Mexico [57]
Source: Reuters [58], 02/01/2024
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"Tesla Sued By California Counties Over Hazardous Waste" [59]

"A group of 25 California counties have sued Elon Musk's Tesla, claiming the electric vehicle maker mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities across the state."

Chemicals [60]
Economy & Business [61]
Pollution [45]
Waste [62]
Public [14]
California [37]
Source: Reuters [63], 02/01/2024
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Environmentalists Hail Nevada Supreme Court Ruling on Water Management [64]

"The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision that strikes a blow to the plan of a developer that at one time hoped to build a new city of 250,000 people in the Mojave Desert and could shift how groundwater is managed in the driest U.S. state."

Laws & Regulations [32]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 02/01/2024
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"US Energy Data Agency To Track Crypto Mining Power Use" [66]

"The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will begin to more closely track electricity consumption by cryptocurrency mining companies operating in the United States, the agency said on Wednesday."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [67], 02/01/2024
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"U.S. Will Pay to Add Solar Panels to Hospitals, Schools After Disasters" [68]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency will begin paying to install solar panels on schools, hospitals and other public buildings that are rebuilt after disasters, making them more resilient against future disasters while reducing greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [69], 02/01/2024
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