EJToday: Top Headlines

"Grid Needs Boost to Hit Climate Goal, Biden Science Adviser Says" [9]

"The White House’s chief science office, known for mapping out futuristic energy technologies such as nuclear fusion and hydrogen, is now grappling with how to upgrade the century-old power grid to meet climate goals."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [15], 06/21/2023
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Tribal Activists Oppose Nevada Mine Key to Biden's Clean Energy Agenda [16]

"Just 45 miles from the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation where Daranda Hinkey and her family corral horses and cows, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan is taking shape: construction of one of the largest lithium mines in the world."

Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: AP [25], 06/21/2023
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Judge Orders Stretch Of Pipeline That Crosses Tribal Land To Shut Down [26]

"A federal judge has ordered a Canadian oil firm to shut down a section of its pipeline in Wisconsin that crosses tribal land, a partial victory for indigenous groups that have long opposed the project."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Canada [29]
Source: The Hill [30], 06/21/2023
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Amid Delays, Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bills to Speed Grid Connections [31]

"The state has ambitious goals to switch to electric vehicles and add clean energy to its grid, but some say it's contending with an “interconnection crisis.’’"

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
California [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 06/21/2023
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"Portugal To Swap $153 Million Cape Verde Debt For Nature Investments" [35]

"Portugal plans to swap the entire 140 million euro ($152.91 million) debt it is owed by Cape Verde for investments in the archipelago's environmental and climate fund, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [27]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [13]
Europe [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 06/21/2023
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World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born [38]

"Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, about 40 tons of deadly gas leaked out of a pesticide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal. ....Now, a new study shows that the accident ,,, affected not just those who were exposed to the gas that night but also the generation of babies still in the womb when the accident happened."

Chemicals [17]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Public [13]
Asia [41]
Source: NPR [42], 06/21/2023
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Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% Of Their Volume Amid Warming: Study [43]

"Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a report."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
Asia [41]
Source: AP [45], 06/21/2023
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"UN Adopts World's First Treaty To Protect High Seas Biodiversity" [46]

"NEW YORK - The U.N. has adopted the world's first treaty to protect the high seas and preserve marine biodiversity in international waters, marking a milestone after nearly 20 years of effort, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Monday.

The adoption followed an agreement reached in March by more than 100 countries on the of text of the High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction treaty, after more than 15 years of discussions and five rounds of U.N.-led negotiations.
Biodiversity [47]
Environmental Politics [27]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
International [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 06/20/2023
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Power Companies Spend Millions To Fight Maine’s Proposed Non-Profit Utility [50]

"Residents in Maine are about to be bombarded with a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign aimed at saving the state’s two dominant electric utilities from being voted out of existence in November."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [27]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: Floodlight [52], 06/20/2023
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"Tribes Seek Greater Involvement In Talks On Colorado River Water Crisis" [53]

"As the federal government starts negotiations on long-term plans for the overtapped Colorado River, leaders of tribes are pushing for more involvement in the talks, saying they want to be at the table in high-level discussions among the seven states that rely on the river."

Agriculture [54]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [19]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [55]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: LA Times [56], 06/20/2023
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"Senate To Release First Spending Bills" [57]

"The Senate will take its first swing this week at fiscal 2024 appropriations bills, with Democrats vowing to keep current spending levels as agreed in last month’s fiscal accord."

Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [58], 06/20/2023
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"The New War on Bad Air" [59]

"A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? And how do we let the fresh air back in?"

Air [60]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [32]
Environmental Health [40]
Pollution [61]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [48]
Source: E&E News [58], 06/20/2023
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"Tropical Storm Bret Forms, Forecast To Become Hurricane Near Caribbean" [62]

"The National Hurricane Center declared Tropical Storm Bret formed at 5 p.m. Eastern Monday, the second of the young Atlantic season. Located about halfway between the coast of Africa and the eastern Caribbean Sea, the system is likely to intensify, and it could approach or impact the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane by the weekend."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [39]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [63]
Source: Washington Post [64], 06/20/2023
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"Brazil Seizes World's Biggest Illegal Shark Fin Consignment" [65]

"Brazilian authorities said on Monday they had seized 28.7 metric tonnes of illegally obtained shark fins that would be exported to Asia, in what they called the world's largest confiscation of its kind at the origin."

Biodiversity [47]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
International [48]
South America [67]
Source: Reuters [68], 06/20/2023
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"Offshore Wind Foes In New Jersey Gathering Force Legally And Politically" [69]

"Opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are gathering force legally and politically as they seek to snuff out the nascent industry."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [27]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: AP [70], 06/20/2023
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