EJToday: Top Headlines

"Oceans Surged To Another Record-High Temperature In 2022" [9]

"The amount of excess heat buried in the planet’s oceans, a strong marker of climate change, reached a record high in 2022, reflecting more stored heat energy than in any year since reliable measurements were available in the late 1950s, a group of scientists reported Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 01/12/2023
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"After Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up" [16]

"After recovering from Saddam Hussein’s campaign to drain them, Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes are disappearing as a regional drought enters its fourth year and upstream dams cut off water flows. Marsh Arabs, resident for millennia, are leaving, and biodiversity is collapsing."

Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Middle East [20]
Source: YaleE360 [21], 01/12/2023
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UN Calls For Probe Of Killing Of Two Environmentalists In Honduras [22]

"A U.N. special rapporteur on human rights defenders on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into the killing of two environmental activists in Honduras, who had opposed an illegal mine polluting water supplies in a national reserve."

Activism [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [25]
Source: Reuters [26], 01/12/2023
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"Key House Republican Floats Energy Package" [27]

"House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) on Wednesday signaled the committee will move on a larger energy legislative package under her leadership."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: The Hill [32], 01/12/2023
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"World's Dams To Lose A Quarter Of Storage Capacity By 2050 - UN Research" [33]

"Nearly 50,000 large dams worldwide could lose more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050 as a result of sedimentation build-ups, eroding global water and energy security, according to United Nations research on Wednesday."

Infrastructure [34]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [35], 01/12/2023
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"'Dangerous' Tunisian Droughts Threaten Food Security" [36]

"Three years of drought have dried up Tunisian reservoirs, threatening harvests that are critical to the North African country's battered economy and pushing the government to raise tap water prices for homes and businesses."

Agriculture [37]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Africa [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 01/12/2023
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"Where the Bison Could Roam" [40]

"Bison once numbered in the tens of millions in the United States. Now, a nonprofit is working to restore the shortgrass prairie, where the American icons and their ecosystem can thrive again."

Biodiversity [17]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: NYTimes [42], 01/12/2023
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California Death Toll Reaches 17 As Floods And Extreme Wind Wreak Havoc [43]

"The latest in a series of intense winter storms continued to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs."

Agriculture [37]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [28]
Disasters [18]
Infrastructure [34]
Transportation [44]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [45]
Source: LA Times [46], 01/11/2023
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"Governments Urged To Confront Effects Of Climate Crisis On Migrants" [47]

"Governments must get to grips with the links between the climate crisis and the plight of migrants around the world, experts have said, as increasingly extreme weather is a mounting danger to already vulnerable displaced people, and is potentially pushing more people to flee their homes."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
People & Population [48]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [49], 01/11/2023
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"N.Y. Weighs East Coast’s First Statewide Building Gas Ban" [50]

"New York’s Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul called yesterday for the nation’s most aggressive ban on fossil fuels in new buildings, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the gas industry and state lawmakers."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Source: E&E News [52], 01/11/2023
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Reversing Trump, White House Moves To Weigh Climate In Infrastructure [53]

"Federal regulators have been instructed to consider planet-warming pollution before approving large projects like pipelines and airports."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Environmental Studies [54]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Transportation [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: HuffPost [55], 01/11/2023
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"U.S. Sets Up Office To Oversee Abandoned Oil Well Cleanup" [56]

"U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday issued an order to establish an office to ensure efficient use of the Biden administration's $4.7 billion investment in the cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Government [57]
Infrastructure [34]
Pollution [58]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Reuters [59], 01/11/2023
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"Climate Deniers Try to 'Fact Check' Real Reporting" [60]

"A prominent group of deniers with a history of dark money benefactors is now trying to claim media is biased, thanks to new funding."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [30]
Journalism & Media [61]
Science [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Earther [62], 01/11/2023
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"Critic Of Fossil Fuels To Lead Key Offshore Oil Agency For Biden" [63]

"The Biden administration is using a new opening at a powerful offshore energy agency to elevate a critic of fossil fuels who previously was blocked from a top Interior Department job because of opposition from oil industry allies in the Senate."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Government [57]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Washington Post [64], 01/11/2023
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"EPA Urges Groups to Apply for Record Environmental Equity Grants" [65]

"The EPA invited environmental justice advocates, communities, and other groups on Tuesday to apply for $100 million in environmental justice grants, a record amount provided under last year’s climate law."

Environmental Justice [66]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [67], 01/11/2023
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