EJToday: Top Headlines

"Haaland Revokes Trump Orders, Protects 28M Alaska Acres" [9]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a Trump-era decision that would have opened millions of acres of federal land in Alaska to energy development and mining."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 08/30/2024
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EPA Rejects Plastics Industry’s Misleading Math About Recycled Content [17]

"The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.”"

Chemicals [18]
Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [20]
Waste [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: ProPublica [22], 08/30/2024
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"Seabed Mining Leader Vows To Investigate Predecessor" [23]

"One of Leticia Reis de Carvalho’s top priorities when she steps up in four months to lead an international agency overseeing deep-sea mining for electric vehicle battery metals: investigating her predecessor."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
International [25]
Source: E&E News [26], 08/30/2024
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Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ The Record Disagrees. [27]

"As president, Donald J. Trump slashed protections for clean air and water and weakened school nutrition standards."

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [31], 08/30/2024
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"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords." [32]

"The new guidelines from the Agriculture Department encourage third-party assessments of environment-related claims, which have come under fire."

Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [34]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [30]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [36], 08/30/2024
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As US Appetite for Electricity Grew in Early 2024, So Did Solar Power [37]

"The United States increased its electricity generation from utility-scale solar power by nearly one-third in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year."

Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 08/30/2024
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"Biden Administration Releases Plan To Expand US West Solar Development" [39]

"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering making 31 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for potential solar energy development, according to a proposal published on Thursday."

Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [41], 08/30/2024
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Video: Houthi Planted Bombs On Tanker Now Threatening Red Sea Oil Spill [42]

"Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Military [43]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [44]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [13]
Middle East [45]
Source: AP [46], 08/30/2024
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"What You Need To Know About E-Bikes In National Parks" [47]

"After years of legal battles and debate, the National Park Service has decided to treat electric bicycles more like regular bikes than motorized vehicles."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Transportation [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [49], 08/30/2024
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Industry Scientists Back EPA Finding That Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk [50]

"The consultants, who worked for Dow, the pesticide’s manufacturer, help corporate interests defend their products against environmental and health regulations."

Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [20]
Science [51]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 08/29/2024
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Plutonium Levels Near Los Alamos Similar To Chernobyl, Study Finds [53]

"Soil, plants and water along popular recreation spots near Los Alamos, New Mexico, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, are contaminated with “extreme concentrations” of plutonium, a new study has found, but calls for the federal government to act have been dismissed."

Environmental Health [28]
Military [43]
Natural Resources [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Source: Guardian [56], 08/29/2024
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"Surging Methane Emissions Could Be a Sign of a Major Climate Shift" [57]

"New studies suggest global warming boosts natural methane releases, which could undermine efforts to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas from fossil fuels and agriculture."

Climate Change [34]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
International [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 08/29/2024
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Emissions From Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Higher Than All But 3 Countries [59]

"Last year’s Canadian wildfires, which blanketed much of the eastern U.S. in smog, released more carbon emissions than all but three countries worldwide, according to research published Wednesday."

Climate Change [34]
Forests [48]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
International [25]
Canada [60]
Source: The Hill [61], 08/29/2024
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EPA Watchdog Says Air Chief Had ‘Disqualifying Financial Interest’ [62]

"An internal watchdog criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top air official for participating in the development of a rule that regulates an industry in which he reportedly had financial holdings."

Chemicals [18]
Economy & Business [63]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [30]
Government [64]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [65], 08/29/2024
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"They’re Knocking On Doors For Harris. But They Still Won’t Endorse Her." [66]

"The Sunrise Movement plans to contact 1.5 million Americans about voting for Kamala Harris. But it is waiting to decide about endorsing her until her climate plans are clearer."

Activism [67]
Climate Change [34]
Environmental Politics [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [68], 08/29/2024
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