EJToday: Top Headlines

In ‘Cancer Alley’, Chemical Giants Campaign Against Grassroots Organizers [9]

"After residents of America’s “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana put a national spotlight on their fight for a healthy environment, the state’s economic interests and petrochemical giants are backing the creation of a new “sustainability council” to counter grassroots activists, documents show."

Chemicals [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Floodlight [20], 05/05/2023
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"WVa Residents Rip Pesticide Facility Plan As Hearing Looms" [21]

"A West Virginia logging company’s bid to establish a toxic-spewing facility in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains is drawing stiff pushback ahead of a public hearing planned for Thursday evening."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Source: AP [24], 05/05/2023
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Tribe Signs Pact To Work With California To Save Endangered Salmon [25]

"A California tribe has signed agreements with state and federal agencies to work together on efforts to return endangered Chinook salmon to their traditional spawning areas upstream of Shasta Dam, a deal that could advance the long-standing goal of tribal leaders to reintroduce fish that were transplanted from California to New Zealand more than a century ago and still thrive there."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
California [28]
Source: LA Times [29], 05/05/2023
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"Commonwealth Hard Hit By Climate Impacts" [30]

"As King Charles prepares for his coronation this weekend, a study has highlighted the economic impact of climate change on the Commonwealth group of countries he heads as Britain's monarch - and revealed stark inequality within the bloc."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [32]
Public [17]
International [33]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [34], 05/05/2023
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First Nation Fights In B.C. Court To Stop Dozens Of Mineral Claims [35]

"Two companies named in a B.C. Supreme Court case have made claims to Ehattesaht land — while the First Nation argues the province should stop automatically giving away mineral rights to its territory".

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [17]
Canada [37]
Source: The Narwhal [38], 05/05/2023
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"Do Hungry North Atlantic Right Whales Follow Their Noses?" [39]

"Whales seem to find food by sniffing for a chemical cue. Scientists are hoping to turn this into an early warning system to help save the imperiled species."

Biodiversity [40]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [41]
Public [17]
International [33]
Source: Hakai [42], 05/05/2023
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"Long Reviled as ‘Ugly,’ Sea Lampreys Finally Get Some Respect" [43]

"The sucker-mouthed marine lamprey has been dismissed as grotesque and a threat to sport fish. But fisheries managers in New England and the Pacific Northwest are recognizing the ecological importance of lampreys in their native waters and are stepping up efforts to help them recover."

Biodiversity [40]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Natural Resources [36]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [33]
Source: YaleE360 [44], 05/05/2023
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"Senators Back Solar Tariffs, Oppose Prairie Bird Safeguards" [45]

"The Senate approved a measure Wednesday that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S. Lawmakers also approved a separate plan to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken...."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [40]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [48], 05/04/2023
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"Is It a Lake, or a Battery? A New Kind of Hydropower Is Spreading Fast." [49]

"Pumped storage isn’t a new idea. But it is undergoing a renaissance in countries where wind and solar power are also growing, helping allay concerns about weather-related dips in renewable energy output."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Infrastructure [50]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
International [33]
Source: NYTimes [51], 05/04/2023
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"Fla. And La. Must Borrow Millions To Pay Insurance Claims" [52]

"The Gulf Coast insurance crisis has hit a new low as two state-chartered insurance associations are being forced to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars for the first time in three decades to pay the hurricane claims of insolvent insurers."

Climate Change [31]
Consumer [53]
Disasters [54]
Economy & Business [11]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: E&E News [55], 05/04/2023
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"Biden Administration Proposes Water Quality Standard For Tribes" [56]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed baseline water quality standards for tribal waters, which the agency said would protect more than 500,000 people who live on reservations."

Consumer [53]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [57]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [58], 05/04/2023
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Senators Hopeful They Can Keep Rail Safety Bill On Track After E Palestine [59]

"Three months after the devastating East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, senators are optimistic they can pass a bipartisan rail safety bill to prevent similar disasters."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [60]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [61], 05/04/2023
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"Inside Big Beef’s Climate Messaging Machine: Confuse, Defend And Downplay" [62]

"The US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [31]
Consumer [53]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [63]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [64], 05/04/2023
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"U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Says China Has Invited Him For Talks" [65]

"U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday China has invited him to visit “in the near term” for talks on averting a global climate change crisis even as diplomatic relations between the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters remain tense."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Asia [66]
Source: Reuters [67], 05/04/2023
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"Hawaii Lawmakers Fail To Pass Annual Park Fee For Tourists" [68]

"Hawaii lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have made tourists help pay for the protection of the state’s forests and wildlife even though the idea has widespread public and political support."

Consumer [53]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: AP [70], 05/04/2023
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