EJToday: Top Headlines

"Farmers Wary Of Proposal To Save Colorado River Water" [9]

"Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California's Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to save water and use it more efficiently. That's why he's installed water sensors and monitors to prevent waste on nearly two-thirds of his 3,000 acres."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [18], 03/17/2023
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"Pythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in Florida" [19]

"A study from the U.S. Geological Survey called the state’s python problem “one of the most intractable invasive-species management issues across the globe.”"

Biodiversity [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: NYTimes [23], 03/17/2023
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"E.P.A. Tells Dozens of States to Clean Up Their Smokestacks" [24]

"The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a rule forcing factories and power plants in 23 Western and Midwestern states to sharply cut smog-causing pollution that is released from their smokestacks and fouls the air in Eastern states."

Air [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [29], 03/16/2023
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"Is A Common Industrial Chemical Fueling The Spread Of Parkinson’s Disease?" [30]

"A cancer-causing chemical that is widely used to degrease aviation components and heavy machinery could also be linked to Parkinson’s disease, according to a new research paper that recommends increased scrutiny of areas long contaminated by the compound."

Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [27]
Science [32]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: LA Times [33], 03/16/2023
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Water Restrictions Lifted For Millions in SoCal, But Conservation Urged [34]

"Mandatory water restrictions are being lifted for nearly 7 million people across Southern California following winter storms that have boosted reservoirs and eased the severe shortage that emerged during the state’s driest three-year period on record."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Disasters [35]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [36]
Source: LA Times [37], 03/16/2023
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"California Salmon Season Is Canceled For The First Time Since 2009" [38]

"Federal regulators overseeing West Coast fisheries have effectively called off California’s entire 2023 ocean salmon fishing season, in an effort to protect fish populations that have dwindled during the ongoing drought."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [35]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
California [36]
Source: Sacramento Bee [40], 03/16/2023
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"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks" [41]

"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 [11]
Environmental Politics [42]
Journalism & Media [43]
Science [32]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Source: E&E News [45], 03/16/2023
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"Arctic Ice Has Seen An ‘Irreversible’ Thinning Since 2007, Study Says" [46]

"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 [11]
Science [32]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
International [47]
Antarctica & Arctic [48]
Source: Washington Post [49], 03/16/2023
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"Senate Hope For Permit Deal Alive After DOA House Energy Bill" [50]

"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 [11]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [42]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [52], 03/16/2023
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"Inside The Movement To Remake America’s City Streets" [53]

"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 [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Politics [42]
Infrastructure [13]
Planning & Growth [54]
Transportation [55]
Public [16]
International [47]
Source: Washington Post [56], 03/16/2023
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"Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals" [57]

"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 [20]
Environmental Health [27]
Natural Resources [58]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [21]
Public [16]
International [47]
Source: NYTimes [59], 03/16/2023
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"Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff" [60]

"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 [61]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [42]
Natural Resources [58]
Wildlife [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [62], 03/16/2023
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"Soggy California Drenched Anew As Nor'easter Buries New England, New York" [63]

"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 [11]
Disasters [35]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [36]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [64]
Source: Reuters [65], 03/15/2023
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"Haaland Reverses Trump-Era Izembek Road Decision" [66]

"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 [42]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [58]
People & Population [67]
Transportation [55]
Wildlife [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [68]
Source: E&E News [69], 03/15/2023
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"EPA Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Historic Water Rule" [70]

"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 [31]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [27]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [71], 03/15/2023
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