EJToday: Top Headlines

"Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife" [9]

"Over the past several years, the temperature of the Earth’s oceans have been spiking high enough to trigger numerous die-offs of marine species, killing millions of corals, fish, mammals, birds and plants. Those mass die-offs also have sent a wave of emotional trauma washing over some researchers watching their life’s work vanish before their eyes."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [21], 05/02/2024
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"Minnesota’s Biggest Solar Project Will Help Replace A Huge Coal Plant" [22]

"One of the largest solar projects in the country is moving closer to completion, and it’s not in a famously sunny state like California, Texas, or even Florida. It’s in Minnesota, on former potato farms near the site of a retiring coal plant."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Technology [25]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Source: Canary Media [27], 05/02/2024
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"Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions" [28]

"Florida gave up $3 million in federal grant funding and as much as $500 million more by declining to participate in a Biden administration program aimed at helping states address the human-caused emissions warming the global climate."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 05/02/2024
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"The Impacts Of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Aren’t The Same For Women, Men" [32]

"While “forever chemicals” have been linked to numerous adverse health impacts from cancers to kidney disease, they also may have disparate impacts on male and female bodies."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [35]
People & Population [36]
Science [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Hill [37], 05/02/2024
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Muscogee Lands In Georgia Would Become A National Park Under Bills [38]

"Georgia’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve."

Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [36]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [40], 05/02/2024
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"This Texas Veterinarian Helped Crack The Mystery Of Bird Flu In Cows" [41]

"The first calls that Dr. Barb Petersen received in early March were from dairy owners worried about crows, pigeons and other birds dying on their Texas farms. Then came word that barn cats — half of them on one farm — had died suddenly."

Agriculture [42]
Environmental Health [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Source: AP [44], 05/02/2024
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"Plastic Pollution Talks Make Modest Progress But Sidestep Production Curbs" [45]

"Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution ran overtime into Tuesday morning amid tense debates over whether the world should seek to limit the amount of plastic being made. As the week-long talks in the Canadian capital of Ottawa ended before dawn, countries agreed to continue their work in ad hoc meetings before the final summit starting Nov. 25 in Busan, South Korea."

Chemicals [33]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [46]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [47], 05/01/2024
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"Biden Revamps Permitting In Boost For Clean Energy" [48]

"On Tuesday, the White House finalized its “Phase 2” revisions for the National Environmental Policy Act’s regulations, which top officials believe will speed up permitting for key infrastructure projects while maintaining environmental protections. The rule is considered a cornerstone of Biden’s green agenda as he mounts his 2024 reelection bid and is likely to face resistance from Republican lawmakers and industry trade associations."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [49]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [50], 05/01/2024
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Big Oil Privately Acknowledged Efforts To Downplay Climate Crisis: Docs [51]

"Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [53]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [54], 05/01/2024
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"U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing" [55]

"New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a burst of other environmental announcements, have alarmed some scientists who study marine protected areas because the plan would count certain commercial fishing zones as conserved."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [56], 05/01/2024
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"How Trump 2.0 Could Transform DOE" [57]

"Veterans of the first Trump administration predicted in interviews what their former boss might do with energy policy if he returns to the White House." "More oil and gas permitting. Aggressive deregulation. Federal career staff relegated to the sidelines."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [58], 05/01/2024
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"EU, Watchdogs Start Action Against Airlines Over Greenwashing" [59]

"The European Commission and national consumer protection authorities have started action against 20 airlines for misleading greenwashing practices, the EU said in a statement on Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Journalism & Media [53]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [46]
Transportation [60]
Public [18]
Europe [61]
Source: Reuters [62], 05/01/2024
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"Extreme Heat Is Closing Schools, Widening Learning Gaps Worldwide" [63]

"Hena Khan, a grade nine student in Dhaka, has struggled to focus on her studies this week as temperatures surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the capital city." "There is no real education in schools in this punishing heat," she said. "Teachers can't teach, students can't concentrate. Rather, our lives are at risk."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [35]
Public [18]
International [20]
Africa [64]
Asia [65]
Source: Reuters [66], 05/01/2024
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"New EPA Rule Could Accelerate Cleanup of Coal Ash Dumps" [67]

"For nearly a decade, a gap in federal regulation has allowed old coal ash dumps to avoid regulation. A new rule aims to close that loophole."

Chemicals [33]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [46]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 05/01/2024
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"EPA Bans Most Uses Of Toxic Paint Stripper Tied To Dozens Of Deaths" [69]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday a ban on most uses of methylene chloride, a toxic solvent used in paint stripping that has been linked to at least 88 accidental deaths since 1980."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [70], 05/01/2024
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