EJToday: Top Headlines

Death Toll From Wildfires In Russia’s Urals Hits 21, Authorities Suspect Arson [9]

"The death toll rose to 21 in a series of fires raging in Russia’s Urals region on Tuesday, some resulting from suspected arson, and medical officials warned the tally was likely to increase, state news agency TASS said."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Public [13]
Asia [14]
Europe [15]
Source: Reuters [16], 05/10/2023
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"The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans" [17]

"It was a rare sight, an endangered species emblematic of the Colombian Amazon, considered sacred by the region’s Indigenous communities: the pink dolphins."

Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [28]
South America [29]
Source: Washington Post [30], 05/10/2023
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"Warming-Stoked Tides Eating Huge Holes In Greenland Glacier" [31]

"Daily tides stoked with increasingly warmer water ate a hole taller than the Washington Monument at the bottom of one of Greenland’s major glaciers in the last couple years, accelerating the retreat of a crucial part of the glacier, a new study found."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Science [32]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
International [33]
Source: AP [34], 05/09/2023
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Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias? [35]

"An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come."

"Maria Martínez constantly calculates how much water is left in the 2,000-gallon tank that sits outside her home near El Paso.

When there’s less than 600 gallons, it’s time to place an order. A few loads of laundry and dirty dishes will use every last drop.
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
People & Population [37]
Planning & Growth [38]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Texas Tribune [40], 05/09/2023
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"Price to Plug Old Wells in Gulf of Mexico? $30 Billion, Study Says." [41]

"Ever since the first offshore platforms went up off Louisiana 85 years ago, the Gulf of Mexico has been an oil and gas juggernaut. But decades of drilling has left behind more than 14,000 old, unplugged wells at risk of springing dangerous leaks and spills that may cost more than $30 billion to plug, a new study has found."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 05/09/2023
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"Outdoor Brands Phase Out PFAS, “Forever Chemicals,” Ahead Of State Bans" [46]

"Some products with PFAS — a common treatment for water and stain resistant outdoor apparel — will soon be illegal to sell in many states."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Health [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [44]
Source: EHN [48], 05/09/2023
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Project Documents D.C. Region’s Dying Ash Trees [49]

"The clock is ticking for the few healthy ash tree groves still in existence around D.C."

Biodiversity [18]
Forests [12]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Source: WAMU/NPR [51], 05/09/2023
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Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype? [52]

"The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics."

Agriculture [53]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Transportation [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [44]
Source: Grist [55], 05/09/2023
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EPA Promises Action On Puerto Rico Coal Ash. Residents Tired Of Waiting [56]

"Biden’s EPA offers support to Guayama residents after decades of environmental injustice, but residents say they won’t be satisfied until the plant is closed and all its coal ash removed."

Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Source: Energy News Network [58], 05/09/2023
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Puppy Mills: Iowa Still Leads The Nation In Both Violators And Citations [59]

"Iowa continues to lead the nation in the number of regulatory violations committed by puppy mills."

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Justice [21]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [60]
Source: States Newsroom [61], 05/09/2023
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"Charles Is Not Your Climate King" [62]

"When Queen Elizabeth II died September 2022, her son Charles III became the new king of England. Immediately, headlines advised on how he could brand himself as the climate king."

Activism [63]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Government [64]
Public [13]
Europe [15]
Source: Earther [65], 05/09/2023
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"Wanted: Lost Crab Traps. Reward: $5" [66]

"Crab traps work a bit like Roach Motels: crabs crawl in, but they don’t crawl out. That’s good news for crab fishers’ chances of pulling in a good catch, but when traps get lost at sea, they become a menace to all sorts of animals."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [44]
Source: Hakai [67], 05/09/2023
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Almost 30,000 People Displaced As Alberta Continues Battling Wildfires [68]

"A change in weather conditions has helped firefighters fight the wildfires that have forced thousands of Albertans to flee their homes this past week, officials from the Alberta Emergency Management Agency and Alberta Wildfire said Sunday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [37]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Canada [69]
Source: CBC News [70], 05/08/2023
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"Fire Burns For Third Day At Shell Texas Chemical Plant" [71]

"A fire burned for a third day on Sunday at Shell Plc's chemical plant in the Houston suburb of Deer Park, Texas, a company spokesperson said."

Air [72]
Chemicals [19]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [20]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Reuters [73], 05/08/2023
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"Federal Pipeline Agency Rolls Out Methane Proposal" [74]

"Federal pipeline regulators Friday formally proposed their first regulations to crack down on natural gas leaks from pipelines to reduce pollution and the effects of climate change."

Air [72]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [44]
Source: E&E News [75], 05/08/2023
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