EJToday: Top Headlines

"Biden Will Let Calif. Lead On Electric Trucks, Despite Industry Protest" [9]

"The EPA plans to grant California a waiver that will allow the state to phase out diesel-powered trucks, helping communities burdened by truck pollution".

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [18]
Source: Washington Post [19], 03/22/2023
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"Global Renewables Capacity Grew By 10% Last Year - IRENA" [20]

"Global renewable energy capacity grew by 9.6% last year but needs to grow by three times the current rate to limit global warming, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Public [16]
International [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 03/22/2023
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"Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable" [25]

"Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened recently: The metal’s price has fallen, helping to make electric vehicles more affordable."

Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Natural Resources [27]
Transportation [15]
Public [16]
International [23]
Source: NYTimes [28], 03/22/2023
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"Rise Of Deadly Fungus Spotlights Hospital Infection-Control Challenges" [29]

"A deadly fungus spreading at an alarming rate in U.S. health facilities has exposed the broader problem of how patient safety is jeopardized by underfunded and understaffed infection-prevention efforts, experts say."

Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [31], 03/22/2023
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"Brazil Evicts Miners From Yanomami Territory, Prepares For More Removals" [32]

"Brazil has ousted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, the head of the federal police's new environmental crimes division said Tuesday."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Forests [35]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [36]
Public [16]
South America [37]
Source: Reuters [38], 03/22/2023
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"Why Americans Should Eat Lentils Every Day" [39]

"While start-ups scramble to engineer a sustainable protein, from lab-grown meat to fake burgers, lentils are a ready solution, one with a proven record."

Agriculture [40]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [23]
Source: Washington Post [42], 03/22/2023
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"Obsidian Cliff: Humanity’s Tool Shed for the Last 11,500 Years" [43]

"X-ray technology has allowed researchers a glimpse at the reaches of the Yellowstone landmark’s prized stone and its importance to Indigenous people."

Natural Resources [27]
Technology [44]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [45], 03/22/2023
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Scientists Deliver ‘Final Warning’ On Climate: Act Now Or It’s Too Late [46]

"Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made up of the world’s leading climate scientists, set out the final part of its mammoth sixth assessment report on Monday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [47]
Public [16]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [48], 03/21/2023
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"Navajo Nation Water Rights Case Heard Before Supreme Court" [49]

"The latest case involving Indian Country was argued Monday before the Supreme Court. Arizona v. Navajo Nation, like many cases heard before the high court, is complicated and this case in particular deals with the tribe’s water rights as it relates to the Colorado River."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ICT [51], 03/21/2023
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"Biden To Create 2 National Monuments, In Nevada And Texas" [52]

"President Joe Biden on Tuesday will designate two landscapes — Nevada’s Spirit Mountain, an area that is sacred to a dozen Native American tribes, and Castner Range, a former military weapon testing facility in West Texas — as America’s newest national monuments."

Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [53]
Source: HuffPost [54], 03/21/2023
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"Judge Halts Biden Administration Waters Rule in Texas, Idaho" [55]

"A federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule late Sunday. The injunction applies only to Texas and Idaho. The 2023 WOTUS rule takes effect Monday in the rest of the country and determines which waters and wetlands receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act."

Agriculture [40]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [34]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [57], 03/21/2023
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"Biden Issues First Veto, Rejecting Bill To Reverse ESG Rule" [58]

"President Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have reversed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [59], 03/21/2023
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Fossil Fuel Execs See ‘Golden Age’ for Gas, If They Can Brand It as ‘Clean’ [60]

"At an industry conference, top executives lamented they had “lost the narrative” on natural gas, and outlined an effort to sell their product as the “cleanest energy in the world.”"

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [61]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Journalism & Media [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 03/21/2023
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"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again" [64]

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [53]
Source: Guardian [65], 03/21/2023
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"China's Mekong Dams Turn Thai Fishing Villages Into 'Ghost Towns'" [66]

"From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home."

Agriculture [40]
Environmental Justice [33]
Infrastructure [67]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [16]
Asia [68]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [69], 03/21/2023
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