EJToday: Top Headlines

"Sens. Cruz, Manchin Team Up To Fight A Nonexistent Gas Stove Ban" [9]

"Two of Congress’ biggest beneficiaries of fossil fuel industry money have introduced legislation to block a federal gas stove ban that does not exist and has not been proposed."

Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: HuffPost [13], 02/06/2023
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"Adani’s Crisis Points to the Big Risk in India’s Net Zero Plan" [14]

"The crisis facing billionaire Gautam Adani has revealed a potential pitfall in India’s ambitious plan to reduce emissions: its reliance on the country’s most affluent and powerful private citizens."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Public [11]
Canada [17]
Asia [18]
Source: Bloomberg Green [19], 02/06/2023
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Cutting Red Tape For Clean Energy: The Pros And Cons Of Permitting Reform [20]

"Last year permitting reform emerged as one of the most divisive climate policy debates in the United States. During my own reporting on geothermal energy, an underutilized source of renewable power, industry representatives insisted that the onerous permitting process is the single biggest challenge to expanding geothermal development."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Transportation [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [25], 02/06/2023
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As SE States Warm, TVA Criticized On Prep For Dealing With Climate Hazards [26]

"Extreme weather patterns have sparked several improvements to the climate resiliency of Tennessee Valley Authority electrical infrastructure over the past two decades. However, a report from a government watchdog found the huge utility still has work to do in mitigating climate hazards to the regional power grid."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Public [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: NC Policy Watch [29], 02/06/2023
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"The Colorado River Drought Crisis: How Did This Happen? Can It Be Fixed?" [30]

"The Colorado River is in crisis. The problem has been building for decades but has come to a head in recent years because the major manufactured reservoirs on the river have fallen to dangerously low levels, prompting the Biden administration to call for unprecedented cuts in water usage among the 40 million people who rely on the river."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [27]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [32], 02/06/2023
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'Modern-Day Slavery' In The Congo Powers Rechargeable Battery Economy [33]

"Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in slave-like conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

Chemicals [34]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [35]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [37]
Public [11]
International [38]
Source: NPR [39], 02/06/2023
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Comment: Caledonian Pinewoods Face Extinction As Humanity Reshapes Planet [40]

"Once they dominated much of the landscape but after centuries of deforestation their dwindling remains – just two per cent of the original – are now believed to be facing an existential threat from a combination of factors, including climate change, the planting of non-native species, and artificially high numbers of deer."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [15]
Forests [42]
Public [11]
Europe [43]
Source: The Scotsman [44], 02/06/2023
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"Bird Flu 'Spills Over' To Otters And Foxes in UK" [45]

"The largest ever outbreak of bird flu is spilling over into mammals, including otters and foxes in the UK."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [41]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [47]
Natural Resources [36]
Wildlife [48]
Public [11]
International [38]
Europe [43]
Source: BBC News [49], 02/03/2023
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"Manchin, Westerman Plot New Push For Permitting Reform" [50]

"Capitol Hill’s permitting reform effort got new life Wednesday as two top Senate and House lawmakers held an initial summit on reviving the overhaul bid. This time, the House could take the lead."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [51]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [52], 02/03/2023
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"Court: US Needs To Consider Effects Of Drilling Near Chaco" [53]

"A federal appeals court has sided with environmentalists, ruling that the U.S. government failed to consider the cumulative effects of greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the approval of nearly 200 drilling permits in an area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [54]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [36]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [55]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: AP [57], 02/03/2023
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"Gas Stoves Back Under Scrutiny With New US Limits Proposed" [58]

"Gas stoves are coming under fresh scrutiny as a second federal agency has now stepped into the political firestorm with a proposal for new regulations for the appliances."

Climate Change [15]
Consumer [59]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [47]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [51]
Technology [60]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [61], 02/03/2023
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‘Hypocritical’: Environmental Groups Blocking Union Efforts, Workers Say [62]

"A wave of unionization has swept the non-profit sector – but workers say they are experiencing aggressive opposition and retaliation".

Activism [63]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [64], 02/03/2023
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Calif. Turning Mountain Lions Into Roadkill Faster Than They Can Reproduce [65]

"In the last eight years there have been 535 mountain lions reported killed on California highways — a steady toll of one to two each week that scientists suggest may exceed the reproductive rate of increasingly isolated and inbred puma clans."

Biodiversity [41]
Natural Resources [36]
Transportation [24]
Wildlife [48]
Public [11]
California [66]
Source: LA Times [67], 02/03/2023
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"They Outlasted the Dinosaurs. Can They Survive Us?" [68]

"Sturgeon are disappearing from North American rivers where they thrived for millions of years. And the quest to save them is exposing the limits of the Endangered Species Act."

Biodiversity [41]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [70], 02/03/2023
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Oversight Chair Seeks Info On Kerry’s International Climate Negotiations [71]

"House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Thursday requested information from U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on the details of Kerry’s international negotiations for the Biden administration, particularly with Chinese officials."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [72], 02/03/2023
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