EJToday: Top Headlines

"Solar For All? U.S. Cities Take Green Power To Low-Income Homes" [9]

"To hear Emil King tell it, the benefits of the 8,000-odd solar panels shimmering before him on an industrial lot in Washington D.C. go far beyond helping the U.S. capital city fight climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [17], 03/01/2023
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Sapsucker Housing Crisis: Endangered Woodpecker ‘Condos’ Being Clear Cut [18]

"Almost two decades after the Williamson’s sapsucker was listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act, the B.C. government continues to sanction logging in the bird’s old-growth forest critical habitat".

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [14]
Canada [25]
Source: The Narwhal [26], 03/01/2023
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Eduardo Mendúa, Ecuadorian Who Fought Drilling on Indigenous Land, Murdered [27]

"Eduardo Mendúa, an Indigenous activist who was fighting to protect Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest from oil extraction, has been killed by gunmen, the Indigenous organization CONAIE reports."

Activism [28]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
South America [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 02/28/2023
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"House Republicans Accelerate March Toward Big Energy Package" [31]

"House Republicans are taking action on numerous bills that will make for part of their sweeping energy and permitting reform package, which they hope to put on the floor for a vote by the end of March."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [32], 02/28/2023
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Biden Adm Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’ [33]

"Critics are describing the Biden administration’s opening position in a United Nations effort to reach a global treaty or agreement to end plastic waste as vague and weak, despite its recognition of a need to end plastic pollution by 2040."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 02/28/2023
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"Extreme Heat Is A Health Crisis, Columbia Experts Say" [40]

"The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust international effort to address climate change, a panel of scientists warned Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [41]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: AP [42], 02/28/2023
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"US 2022 Power Plant Emissions Fell On Switch From Coal To Gas - EPA" [43]

"U.S. power plant emissions of pollutants that harm human health and warm the planet fell last year as the industry continued a switch from coal to natural gas, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [44], 02/28/2023
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Kerry To Serve In Climate Envoy Role At Least Through Nov. COP28 Summit [45]

"John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, said in a new interview with The Boston Globe that he told President Biden that he will serve in his role through at least the United Nations climate summit in November."

Climate Change [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [46], 02/28/2023
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"Texas Led the U.S. in Wind and Solar Energy Production Last Year" [47]

"Red states top a new list of the country's top wind and solar producers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Earther [48], 02/28/2023
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All Fish Tested From Michigan Rivers Contain ‘Forever Chemicals’ - Study [49]

"All fish caught in Michigan rivers and tested for toxic PFAS contained the chemicals – and at levels that present a health risk for anyone eating them, according to a new study."

Chemicals [34]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Food [51]
Pollution [52]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [53]
Source: Guardian [54], 02/28/2023
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"Border Plant Joins ESA List Despite Texas AG’s Objections" [55]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday dismissed border-control concerns raised by the Texas attorney general and announced federal protections for the prostrate milkweed, along with a designated critical habitat of 661 acres for the plant."

Biodiversity [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Source: E&E News [57], 02/28/2023
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"Warm Canadian Winter Threatens Algonquin Ice-Fishing Traditions" [58]

"Most winters, at least once a week, Mike Diabo will snowmobile to the shores of one of his local lakes in southern Quebec, carry his fishing gear across the frozen surface, and drill down through the ice to reveal the dark water beneath."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
Canada [25]
Source: Reuters [59], 02/28/2023
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"After Ohio Train Wreck, Biden Orders Door-To-Door Checks" [60]

"President Joe Biden on Friday directed federal agencies to go door-to-door in East Palestine, Ohio, to check on families affected by the toxic train derailment that has morphed into a heated political controversy."

Chemicals [34]
Disasters [61]
Environmental Health [41]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [62]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [53]
Source: AP [63], 02/27/2023
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"In India, ‘Phase Down’ Of Coal Actually Means Rapid Expansion Of Mining" [64]

"A tripling of size is planned at the fastest-growing coal mine in India".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [14]
International [38]
Asia [65]
Source: Washington Post [66], 02/27/2023
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"As Fatal Fungus Takes Its Toll, Can We Save Frog Species on the Brink?" [67]

"The deadly chytrid fungus has wiped out as many as 90 species of amphibians. Now researchers from Australia to California are exploring a host of ways to save threatened frog populations — from relocation to safer habitats to reintroducing frogs treated with a sort of vaccine."

Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Health [41]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: YaleE360 [68], 02/27/2023
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