EJToday: Top Headlines

"Chicago, Northern Illinois Will See Billions Of Noise-Making Bugs Soon" [9]

"The cicadas are coming; billions of them." 'The noise is actually kind of deafening. It sounds like 100 chainsaws being used at the same time,' said Jim Louderman, a collections assistant in the Field Museum's Insect Division."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: WLS [15], 04/26/2024
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Tough New EPA Rules Would Force Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions [16]

"Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency."

Air [17]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [24], 04/25/2024
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"Air Quality In Some Parts Of US Worst In 25 Years, Report Says" [25]

"About 44 million Americans live in cities or counties that received a failing grade for air quality, which has deteriorated to its worst in 25 years across a swath of the U.S., in part because of wildfires, a report released on Wednesday found."

Air [17]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [20]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Reuters [26], 04/25/2024
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EPA Could Allow 10x as Much of Toxic Pesticide on Your Tomatoes and Celery [27]

"Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. “It’s exactly what we recommended against,” one panelist said."

Agriculture [28]
Chemicals [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [31]
Food [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [33], 04/25/2024
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EPA Faulted for Wasting Millions, Spread of Superfund Site Contamination [34]

"The Environmental Protection Agency may have wasted or risked millions of dollars by failing to prevent the spread of contamination hazardous to human health at a Superfund site in Pensacola, Florida, an agency watchdog report found."

Chemicals [29]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 04/25/2024
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"California To Wrap Up Exxon Plastics Probe 'In Weeks', AG Says" [38]

"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 [18]
Consumer [30]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Public [13]
California [39]
Source: Reuters [40], 04/25/2024
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"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn" [41]

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

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [31]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Forests [43]
Government [44]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: High Country News [45], 04/25/2024
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"A Global Study Just Revealed The World’s Biggest Known Plastic Polluters" [46]

"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 [30]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [23]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [13]
International [49]
Source: Washington Post [50], 04/25/2024
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"U.S. Requires More Dairy Cows Tested For Bird Flu As Viral Concerns Grow" [51]

"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 [28]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [20]
Food [32]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [52], 04/25/2024
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"In Vietnam, Farmers Reduce Methane Emissions By Changing How They Grow Rice" [53]

"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 [28]
Climate Change [18]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [13]
Asia [54]
Source: AP [55], 04/25/2024
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change [56]

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

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [18]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [13]
International [49]
Source: Civil Eats [57], 04/25/2024
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"Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada" [58]

"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 [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [31]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [23]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [48]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
International [49]
Source: AP [59], 04/24/2024
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"Biden Admin Vows To Restore 8M Acres Of Wetlands" [60]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [31]
Environmental Studies [61]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [62]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [63], 04/24/2024
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"Bird Flu Virus Found In Grocery Milk As Officials Say Supply Still Safe" [64]

"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 [28]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [20]
Food [32]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [65], 04/24/2024
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"7 in 10 Workers Worldwide Exposed To Extreme Heat Risks: Study" [66]

"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 [18]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [67]
People & Population [68]
Public [13]
International [49]
Source: The Hill [69], 04/24/2024
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