EJToday: Top Headlines

"California To Wrap Up Exxon Plastics Probe 'In Weeks', AG Says" [9]

"California will conclude a two-year investigation into Exxon and the fossil fuel industry's role in causing global plastic pollution by summer and decide if it will file a lawsuit against oil giant, its attorney general told Reuters on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
California [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 04/25/2024
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"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn" [18]

"As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’"

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Forests [22]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Wildlife [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: High Country News [27], 04/25/2024
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"A Global Study Just Revealed The World’s Biggest Known Plastic Polluters" [28]

"Coca-Cola and PepsiCo came in at the top of a global audit of plastic waste". "A new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances has pinpointed some of the major brands responsible for plastic pollution across six continents."

Chemicals [29]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [14]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
International [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 04/25/2024
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"U.S. Requires More Dairy Cows Tested For Bird Flu As Viral Concerns Grow" [35]

"Dairy cows must be tested for bird flu before moving across state lines under a federal order to be issued Wednesday, as evidence mounts the virus is more widespread than feared among cows in the United States."

Agriculture [36]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [30]
Food [37]
Wildlife [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [38], 04/25/2024
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"In Vietnam, Farmers Reduce Methane Emissions By Changing How They Grow Rice" [39]

"There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded."

Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
Asia [40]
Source: AP [41], 04/25/2024
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change [42]

"The hardy wild cousins of domesticated crops can teach us how to adapt to a hotter, more unpredictable future."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Natural Resources [24]
Public [15]
International [33]
Source: Civil Eats [43], 04/25/2024
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"Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada" [44]

"Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [14]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [25]
Public [15]
International [33]
Source: AP [45], 04/24/2024
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"Biden Admin Vows To Restore 8M Acres Of Wetlands" [46]

"The Biden administration announced a goal Tuesday to protect and restore 8 million acres of wetlands over the next six years in an effort to counter development pressures and recently weakened federal regulations."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [48]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Planning & Growth [49]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [50], 04/24/2024
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"Bird Flu Virus Found In Grocery Milk As Officials Say Supply Still Safe" [51]

"Viral fragments of bird flu have been identified in samples of milk taken from grocery store shelves in the United States, a finding that does not necessarily suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus is more widespread among dairy herds than previously thought, according to two public health officials and a public health expert who was briefed on the issue."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Health [30]
Food [37]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [52], 04/24/2024
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"7 in 10 Workers Worldwide Exposed To Extreme Heat Risks: Study" [53]

"Extreme heat linked to climate change threatens more than 70 percent of workers globally, according to a report released Monday by the International Labor Organization (ILO)."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [54]
People & Population [55]
Public [15]
International [33]
Source: The Hill [56], 04/24/2024
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"Unstable Nuclear-Waste Dams Threaten Fertile Central Asia Heartland" [57]

"Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies have revealed."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [29]
Disasters [47]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [58]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
Asia [40]
Source: Reuters [59], 04/24/2024
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"California, 21 Other States Back EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [60]

"A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful."

Air [61]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [62]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Reuters [63], 04/24/2024
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Jury: BNSF Contributed To 2 Deaths In Montana Town Sickened By Asbestos [64]

"A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened."

Air [61]
Chemicals [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [54]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [62]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [65]
Source: AP [66], 04/24/2024
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"Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem" [67]

"New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity."

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Studies [48]
Forests [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Science [68]
Wildlife [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [65]
Source: NYTimes [69], 04/24/2024
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Prehistoric Lake Sturgeon Is Not Endangered, US Says Despite Petition [70]

"Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished."

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Studies [48]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: AP [71], 04/24/2024
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