EJToday: Top Headlines

"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks" [9]

"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 03/16/2023
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"Arctic Ice Has Seen An ‘Irreversible’ Thinning Since 2007, Study Says" [18]

"Arctic sea ice declined dramatically in 2007 and has never recovered. New research suggests the loss was a fundamental change unlikely to be reversed this century, if ever — perhaps proof of the sort of climate tipping point that scientists have warned the planet could pass as it warms."

Climate Change [10]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
International [20]
Antarctica & Arctic [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 03/16/2023
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"Senate Hope For Permit Deal Alive After DOA House Energy Bill" [23]

"Senate Democrats are still holding out hope for a deal on permitting reform, but a House Republican energy bill is not going to do the trick."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [29], 03/16/2023
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"Inside The Movement To Remake America’s City Streets" [30]

"The automobile has been a fixture of urban life for more than a century. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. Congested streets turned into pedestrian safe havens. Now many want to make those changes permanent — but it won’t happen without a fight."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [27]
Planning & Growth [32]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: Washington Post [34], 03/16/2023
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"Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals" [35]

"Last summer, the highly contagious strain of avian influenza that had been spreading through North American birds made its way into marine mammals, causing a spike in seal strandings along the coast of Maine. In June and July, more than 150 dead or ailing seals washed ashore."

Biodiversity [36]
Environmental Health [25]
Natural Resources [37]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [38]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [39], 03/16/2023
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"Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff" [40]

"The National Audubon Society announced Wednesday that it’s keeping its name, following a lengthy internal debate and pressure from staff to sever ties to its namesake, bird artist and enslaver John James Audubon."

Activism [41]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [37]
Wildlife [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [42], 03/16/2023
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"Soggy California Drenched Anew As Nor'easter Buries New England, New York" [43]

"The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms soaked California on Tuesday, bringing another deluge of rain to the already-saturated state, while a Nor'easter swirling over New York and New England prompted emergency orders and closed roads."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [44]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Source: Reuters [47], 03/15/2023
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"Haaland Reverses Trump-Era Izembek Road Decision" [48]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland late Tuesday revoked a Trump-era land swap that would have paved the way for a road to be built through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."

Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [49]
Transportation [33]
Wildlife [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Source: E&E News [51], 03/15/2023
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"EPA Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Historic Water Rule" [52]

"EPA is taking aim at six notorious “forever chemicals” with aggressive standards likely to usher in a new hard-line approach to the compounds."

Chemicals [53]
Consumer [31]
Environmental Health [25]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [54]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [55], 03/15/2023
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"Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project" [56]

"The approval Monday of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve is teeing up a new high-profile legal brawl that will likely align the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers against environmentalists who have largely backed the president’s climate agenda."

Activism [41]
Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Source: E&E News [57], 03/15/2023
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"Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment" [58]

"Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday."

Chemicals [53]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Health [25]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [54]
Transportation [33]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Source: AP [60], 03/15/2023
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"House Republicans Unveil Energy, Permitting Package" [61]

"House Republicans on Tuesday officially unveiled the text of their planned energy and permitting package set to hit the House floor by the end of this month."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [62]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [54]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [63], 03/15/2023
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"Hundreds Dead As Cyclone Freddy Wrecks Malawi, Mozambique" [64]

"The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [44]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [14]
Africa [65]
Source: AP [66], 03/15/2023
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"What’s Next In Ohio Corruption Probe After Guilty Verdicts?" [67]

"The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts for ex-House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, the former head of the Republican Party. But the state’s attorney general said it’s “only the beginning of accountability” for the now-tainted $1 billion bailout of two aging nuclear power plants."

Laws & Regulations [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [68]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Source: AP [69], 03/15/2023
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"Nike To Drop Use Of Kangaroo Skins For Its Shoes In 2023" [70]

"Nike said it will stop using kangaroo skins for its shoes this year, weeks after a similar step from German rival Puma, which would end a highly controversial practice that has drawn ire from consumers and animal rights activists."

Biodiversity [36]
Consumer [31]
Wildlife [38]
Public [14]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [71], 03/15/2023
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