EJToday: Top Headlines

"After Decades Of Environmental Issues, Pomona Is Updating Its Zoning Code" [9]

"Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for decades."

Activism [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
California [15]
Source: L.A. Public Press [16], 03/05/2024
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"Norway Gives Arctic Foxes A Helping Hand Amid Climate Woes" [17]

"One by one, the crate doors swing open and five Arctic foxes bound off into the snowy landscape. In the wilds of southern Norway, the newly freed foxes could struggle to find enough to eat, as the impacts of climate change make the foxes’ traditional rodent prey more scarce."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [14]
International [22]
Antarctica & Arctic [23]
Europe [24]
Source: Reuters [25], 03/05/2024
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"EPA Sets New Rules to Limit Damage From Disasters at Chemical Facilities" [26]

"The Biden administration issued new rules on Friday designed to prevent disasters at almost 12,000 chemical plants and other industrial sites nationwide that handle hazardous materials."

Chemicals [27]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: E&E News [31], 03/04/2024
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"Climate Change Is Raising Texas’ Already High Wildfire Risks" [32]

"Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in Texas, a danger made real this week as the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in state history, burns out of control across the Panhandle region. And that growing fire risk is beginning to affect the insurance market in Texas, raising premiums for homeowners and causing some insurers to withdraw from parts of the state."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [28]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 03/04/2024
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Oil Spill And Fertilizer Leak From Sunken Cargo Ship Threaten Red Sea [36]

"A vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs, desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water. They’re all at risk from large amounts of fertilizer and oil spilled into the Red Sea by the sinking of a cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [27]
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Military [39]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [40]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
International [22]
Middle East [42]
Source: AP [43], 03/04/2024
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"Global Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Hit Record High In 2023 - IEA" [44]

"Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) hit a record high last year, driven partly by increased fossil fuel use in countries where droughts hampered hydropower production, International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday."

Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [40]
Public [14]
International [22]
Source: Reuters [45], 03/04/2024
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"Winter Is Warming Almost Everywhere. See How It’s Changed In Your Town." [46]

"As another winter nears its close, we bid farewell to the season of merriment, good cheer and inane arguments about global warming."

Climate Change [19]
People & Population [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: Washington Post [48], 03/04/2024
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"Solar Geoengineering Proposal Withdrawn At UN Summit" [49]

"A proposal to expand research on solar geoengineering was withdrawn from consideration at the United Nations Environment Assembly on Thursday after nations failed to reach agreement over how to approach the knotty issue of reflecting sunlight away from the Earth."

Climate Change [19]
Technology [50]
Public [14]
International [22]
Source: E&E News [51], 03/04/2024
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FERC: "Biden Names 3 Nominees To Independent Energy Regulator" [52]

"President Biden announced three new nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday, which, if confirmed, would make the independent commission majority Biden appointees."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: The Hill [54], 03/04/2024
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"Court Rulings Give States New Power to Protect Groundwater" [55]

"In the space of a few weeks, judges in Idaho, Nevada and Montana have altered the landscape for conserving dwindling aquifers."

Agriculture [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NYTimes [56], 03/04/2024
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Appeals Court Ruling Could Allow Mine On Oak Flat, Land Sacred To Apaches [57]

"An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided federal court panel voted 6-5 to uphold a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction to halt the transfer of land for the project."

Activism [10]
Environmental Justice [58]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [47]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: AP [60], 03/04/2024
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Three Iditarod Champions Vie As Race Kicks Off With Ceremonial Start [61]

"The 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off with brisk, gusting winds and sunny skies at the race’s ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday, amid hundreds of barking sled dogs and thousands of cheering race fans."

Natural Resources [20]
Transportation [40]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Alaska and Hawaii [62]
Source: Alaska Public Media [63], 03/04/2024
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"E.P.A. to Exempt Existing Gas Plants From Tough New Rules, for Now" [64]

"Facing intense opposition from major industries and some Democrats, the Biden administration on Thursday said it would delay the most contentious element of its plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions from power plants."

Air [65]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: NYTimes [66], 03/01/2024
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"Watchdog Slams EPA Response To Pet Collar Woes" [67]

"EPA should figure out the risks of pesticide-laced pet collars linked to thousands of injuries, according to an Office of Inspector General report released Thursday."

Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [27]
Consumer [68]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
Source: E&E News [69], 03/01/2024
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Blizzard Warning As Storm Packing Up To 10 Feet Of Snow Moves Into Sierra [70]

"Much of the Sierra Nevada was under a blizzard warning Thursday as a storm that forecasters say is shaping up to be the strongest of the season began to blow into the region."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [28]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [30]
California [15]
Source: AP [71], 03/01/2024
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