EJToday: Top Headlines

"Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals" [9]

"Last summer, the highly contagious strain of avian influenza that had been spreading through North American birds made its way into marine mammals, causing a spike in seal strandings along the coast of Maine. In June and July, more than 150 dead or ailing seals washed ashore."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 03/16/2023
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"Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff" [18]

"The National Audubon Society announced Wednesday that it’s keeping its name, following a lengthy internal debate and pressure from staff to sever ties to its namesake, bird artist and enslaver John James Audubon."

Activism [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 03/16/2023
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"Soggy California Drenched Anew As Nor'easter Buries New England, New York" [24]

"The latest in a series of atmospheric river storms soaked California on Tuesday, bringing another deluge of rain to the already-saturated state, while a Nor'easter swirling over New York and New England prompted emergency orders and closed roads."

Climate Change [25]
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Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 03/15/2023
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"Haaland Reverses Trump-Era Izembek Road Decision" [30]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland late Tuesday revoked a Trump-era land swap that would have paved the way for a road to be built through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge."

Environmental Politics [21]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [33]
Transportation [34]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Source: E&E News [36], 03/15/2023
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"EPA Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Historic Water Rule" [37]

"EPA is taking aim at six notorious “forever chemicals” with aggressive standards likely to usher in a new hard-line approach to the compounds."

Chemicals [38]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [40]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [41], 03/15/2023
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"Biden’s Green Allies Promise Lawsuit Over Alaska Oil Project" [42]

"The approval Monday of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve is teeing up a new high-profile legal brawl that will likely align the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers against environmentalists who have largely backed the president’s climate agenda."

Activism [19]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Source: E&E News [44], 03/15/2023
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"Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment" [45]

"Ohio filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday."

Chemicals [38]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [40]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: AP [47], 03/15/2023
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"House Republicans Unveil Energy, Permitting Package" [48]

"House Republicans on Tuesday officially unveiled the text of their planned energy and permitting package set to hit the House floor by the end of this month."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [40]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [50], 03/15/2023
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"Hundreds Dead As Cyclone Freddy Wrecks Malawi, Mozambique" [51]

"The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
Africa [52]
Source: AP [53], 03/15/2023
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"What’s Next In Ohio Corruption Probe After Guilty Verdicts?" [54]

"The largest corruption case in Ohio history culminated last week with guilty verdicts for ex-House Speaker Larry Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, the former head of the Republican Party. But the state’s attorney general said it’s “only the beginning of accountability” for the now-tainted $1 billion bailout of two aging nuclear power plants."

Laws & Regulations [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [55]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Source: AP [56], 03/15/2023
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"Nike To Drop Use Of Kangaroo Skins For Its Shoes In 2023" [57]

"Nike said it will stop using kangaroo skins for its shoes this year, weeks after a similar step from German rival Puma, which would end a highly controversial practice that has drawn ire from consumers and animal rights activists."

Biodiversity [10]
Consumer [39]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [58], 03/15/2023
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"Brown Widows Are Winning the Fight for Your Attic and Garage" [59]

"Few spiders in the United States have a more fearsome reputation than black widows. But throughout the South, the bulbous arachnids with red hourglasses on their bellies are engaged in a lethal competition with the brown widow, a relative from abroad — and they’re losing."

Biodiversity [10]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [60], 03/15/2023
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More Storms Ravage California, Northeast [61]

"Another atmospheric river is creeping into storm-ravaged California, pummeling communities with more rain, prompting fresh evacuation alerts and putting rescue teams on notice as residents work to recover from last week’s flooding storm."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [26]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [27]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: CNN [62], 03/14/2023
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"EPA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water" [63]

"The first-ever regulations on PFAS are a federal response to the toxic chemicals showing up in drinking water consumed by thousands of U.S. communities".

Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [11]
Infrastructure [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [64], 03/14/2023
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"Biden OKs Alaska Oil Project, Draws Ire Of Environmentalists" [65]

"The Biden administration said Monday it is approving a huge oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation as flying in the face of his pledges to slow climate change."

Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Source: AP [66], 03/14/2023
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