EJToday: Top Headlines

"Orcas Sink Another Boat In Europe, And The Behavior Is Spreading" [9]

"A trio of orcas worked together to sink a yacht off the coast of Spain, the latest in a string of similar incidents involving the marine mammals and European boats."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: HuffPost [16], 05/22/2023
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"A Vanished Bird Might Live On, or Not. The Video Is Grainy." [17]

"If there’s new hope, it’s blurry. What’s certain: The roller coaster tale of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a majestic bird whose presumed extinction has been punctuated by a series of contested rediscoveries, is going strong."

Biodiversity [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Science [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [23], 05/22/2023
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Climate Change, Diversion Shrink World's Lakes By Trillions Of Gallons [24]

"Climate change ’s hotter temperatures and society’s diversion of water have been shrinking the world’s lakes by trillions of gallons of water a year since the early 1990s, a new study finds."

Climate Change [25]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [26], 05/19/2023
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El Niño Is Getting Stronger, Could Cost The Global Economy Trillions [27]

"With an El Niño expected to develop in coming months, new research shows the naturally occurring climate pattern could cost the global economy trillions of dollars as its effects linger over years — a figure much higher than previous estimates that only considered immediate economic tolls."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [28]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: Washington Post [29], 05/19/2023
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Senate Dems Enter Permitting Fray With Bill Aimed at Climate, Electricity [30]

"A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled their opening position in an ongoing debate over whether and how to try to overhaul the country’s process for approving energy and other infrastructure projects. The new proposal spearheaded by Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) focuses on renewable energy, community involvement and building out the nation’s power lines."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: The Hill [33], 05/19/2023
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Brazil Rejects Oil Drilling Project Near Mouth of Amazon River [34]

"Brazil’s environmental regulator has rejected a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River that had drawn strong opposition from activists who warned of its potential for damaging the area."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
South America [35]
Source: AP [36], 05/19/2023
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US Greenlights Major Transmission Line For Renewable Energy In West [37]

"The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [38], 05/19/2023
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"Villagers Evacuated As Wildfire Ravages Woodlands In Western Spain" [39]

"Emergency crews evacuated around 600 villagers in western Spain overnight as a wildfire blamed on arsonists ravaged up to 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) near the border with Portugal, officials said."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [28]
Forests [40]
Public [14]
Europe [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 05/19/2023
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"Green Banks Spring Up in States, Spurred by $27 Billion Fund" [43]

"The EPA’s new $27 billion clean energy fund is fueling interest in both red and blue states to launch their own green banks to leverage investment in solar, wind, and energy efficiency projects."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 05/19/2023
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"Colombia's Climate Migration Draft Law Hailed As 'Life Saver'" [46]

"People in Colombia who are uprooted within the country due to the impacts of climate change could receive legal recognition under a landmark climate migrant bill that this week cleared the first hurdle in Congress."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [28]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [47]
Public [14]
South America [35]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [48], 05/19/2023
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Judge Won't Shut Down Pipeline, Pleads With Wisconsin Tribe To Negotiate [49]

"A federal judge said Thursday he is unlikely to force an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline in northern Wisconsin, despite arguments from a Native American tribe that the line is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on reservation land."

Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Justice [12]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Source: AP [51], 05/19/2023
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"Most Teachers Support Teaching Students About Climate Change, Survey Finds" [52]

"Kids today will face a future with more severe droughts, stronger storms, and rising sea levels. Yet many schools are not preparing students for the climate of tomorrow."

People & Population [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [53], 05/19/2023
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"E.P.A. Announces Crackdown on Toxic Coal Ash From Landfills" [54]

"The Biden administration is moving to close a loophole that had exempted hundreds of inactive coal ash landfills from rules designed to prevent heavy metals like mercury and arsenic from seeping into groundwater, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday."

Chemicals [55]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [56]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [57]
Waste [58]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [59], 05/18/2023
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Earth May Briefly Hit Key Warming Threshold, UN Forecasts [60]

"There’s a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [56]
People & Population [47]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
International [15]
Source: AP [61], 05/18/2023
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"Canada’s Wildfires Have Been Disrupting Lives. Now, Oil and Gas Take a Hit." [62]

"Wildfires sweeping across western Canada that have driven thousands of people from their homes are also striking the heart of Canadian oil and gas country, forcing companies to curb production."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Public [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [63]
Canada [64]
Source: NYTimes [65], 05/18/2023
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