EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Aiming To ‘Crack The Code’ On Deploying Geothermal Energy At Scale" [9]

"A limitless supply of heat exists beneath our feet within the Earth’s crust, but harnessing it at scale has proved challenging. Now, a combination of new techniques, government support and the pressing need to secure continuous clean power in an era of climate crisis means that geothermal energy is finally having its moment in the US."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [15], 04/02/2024
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Rust Belt Senators Cloud EPA Effort To Clean Up Steel Mills [16]

"Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped."

Air [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [21], 04/02/2024
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"Biden Issues First-Ever National Building Decarbonization Plan" [22]

"The Biden administration unveiled on Tuesday the first-ever national plan for decarbonizing the nation’s residential and commercial buildings sector. The plan calls for a 90% reduction in carbon emissions from buildings by 2050."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Planning & Growth [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 04/02/2024
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New Data Tools Peer Into Who's Lobbying State Legislators on Climate Policy [27]

"Separate efforts by Brown University researchers and OpenSecrets allow searches of who’s influencing state lawmakers. Less than half of states make lobbying information accessible for analysis."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 04/02/2024
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"New Count Of Gray Whales Along West Coast Suggests Rebound" [31]

"A new count of the gray whale population along the West Coast shows “signs of recovery” five years after hundreds of them washed ashore and the population began declining, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [Administration]."

Biodiversity [32]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Natural Resources [12]
Science [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [37]
Source: Seattle Times [38], 04/02/2024
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"Meet The Writers Pitching Hollywood Studios On Climate Change Stories" [39]

"Nicole Conlan writes jokes for Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show.” But her master’s in urban planning from USC and her experiences growing up in Colorado surrounded by skiers were just as relevant to her task on the Universal Studios lot last week."

Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [40]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: LA Times [41], 04/02/2024
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"Bird Flu Spreads To Dairy Cows In Idaho, Michigan And New Mexico" [42]

"A highly virulent bird flu first detected in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas this week has spread to additional herds, bringing the number of affected states to five and adding evidence the virus may be spreading cow-to-cow."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Health [44]
People & Population [45]
Wildlife [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [37]
Source: Washington Post [46], 04/02/2024
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"Extreme Drought In Southern Africa Leaves Millions Hungry" [47]

"Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe." "They’re aiming to help some of the 2.7 million people in rural Zimbabwe threatened with hunger because of the drought that has enveloped large parts of southern Africa since late 2023."

Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [48]
Food [49]
People & Population [45]
Public [13]
Africa [50]
Source: AP [51], 04/02/2024
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"Navajo Uranium Mines’ Unknown Cancer Link Risks Slowing Cleanup" [52]

"Uncertainty about the health effects of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation risks drawing out for decades the clean up of radioactive waste piles the EPA designated as Superfund sites in March."

Environmental Health [44]
Natural Resources [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
Pollution [20]
Waste [54]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [56], 04/02/2024
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Hay For Cattle Consumes Nearly Half The Water Drawn From Colorado River [57]

"With chronic water shortages afflicting the Colorado River, discussions about how to cut usage have increasingly focused on a thirsty crop that consumes an especially large share of the river’s water: hay that is grown to feed cattle and produce beef and dairy products."

Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: LA Times [58], 04/02/2024
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Scientists And Activists Are Being Censored Over Water Woes In Guadeloupe [59]

"U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, adding that they are concerned about tap water pollution, excessive prices and attempts to silence critics."

Consumer [60]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [40]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [61]
Source: AP [62], 04/02/2024
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FWS Tightens Rules On African Elephant Imports, Stops Short Of Ban [63]

"The Biden administration released updated rules Friday for importation of live African elephants and trophies derived from them."

Biodiversity [32]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Wildlife [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Africa [50]
Source: The Hill [64], 04/02/2024
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"Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire" [65]

"Alabama residents aim to test blood or urine for PFAS amid underground Moody Landfill fire."

Air [17]
Chemicals [66]
Environmental Health [44]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [67]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 04/02/2024
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"US Appeals Court Kills Ban On Plastic Containers Contaminated With PFAS" [69]

"A federal appeals court in the US has killed a ban on plastic containers contaminated with highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found to leach at alarming levels into food, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides and other products across the economy."

Chemicals [66]
Consumer [60]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [23]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [70], 04/02/2024
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"The Fescue Fighters" [71]

"A toxic grass that threatens a quarter of U.S. cows is spreading. Can it be stopped?"

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [32]
Environmental Health [44]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist/FERN [72], 04/02/2024
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