EJToday: Top Headlines

"White House Threatens Veto For Republican Energy Package" [9]

"The White House on Monday threatened a veto of a House Republicans’ energy package, known as H.R. 1, if it makes it to President Biden’s desk."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 03/28/2023
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"Train Derails In Rural North Dakota, Causes Chemical Spill" [18]

"A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials. But local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety."

Chemicals [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [24]
Source: AP [25], 03/28/2023
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"What to Know About Philly's Tap Water After Chemical Spill" [26]

"More than 8,000 gallons of a latex chemical solution spilled into the Delaware River on Friday. So far, officials have said tap water remains safe to drink."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: Earther [29], 03/28/2023
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Bill Aiming To Preserve Kentucky’s Coal Power Plants Becomes Law [30]

"A bill that would make it harder for Kentucky’s utility regulator to allow utilities to retire coal plants on the state’s electricity grid became law Friday without Gov. Andy Beshear’s signature."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: States Newsroom [32], 03/28/2023
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Thousands of Pounds of PFAS Chemicals” Have Been Injected Into Texas Wells [33]

"A new report from a public health watchdog found that more than 40,000 pounds of PFAS has been injected into more than 1,000 wells across Texas — and warned that the chemicals could pose a risk to public health".

Chemicals [19]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: Floodlight [35], 03/28/2023
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"California Lawmakers OK Potential Fines For High Gas Prices" [36]

"California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation’s first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation’s most populous state last summer."

Consumer [37]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
California [38]
Source: AP [39], 03/28/2023
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Opinion: "I Am Haunted by What I Have Seen at Great Salt Lake" [40]

"From a distance, it is hard to tell whether the three figures walking the salt playa are human, bird or some other animal. Through binoculars, I see they are pelicans, juveniles, gaunt and emaciated without water or food. In feathered robes, they walk with the focus of fasting monks toward enlightenment or death."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [20]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [43]
Public [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [44]
Source: NYTimes [45], 03/28/2023
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"Tornado Tears Across Mississippi, More Than Two Dozen Dead" [46]

"Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful storm tore across Mississippi late on Friday, killing at least 25 people there and one person in Alabama as it leveled hundreds of buildings and spawned at least one devastating tornado."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [20]
People & Population [47]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Reuters [48], 03/27/2023
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Ohio Bill Would Require Teaching Of ‘Both Sides’ On Climate Change [49]

"Climate science is among a wide range of “controversial matters” included in the Higher Education Enhancement Act, which seeks to police classroom speech on abortion, immigration, diversity, and other issues."

"Ohio college and university instructors could be barred from teaching climate science without also including false or misleading counterpoints under a sprawling higher education bill that received its first hearing Wednesday.
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: Midwest Energy News [52], 03/27/2023
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"Much Of West Coast Faces Ban To Fish Salmon Amid Low Stocks" [53]

"As drought dried up rivers that carry California’s newly hatched Chinook salmon to the ocean, state officials in recent years resorted to loading up the fish by the millions onto trucks and barges to take them to the Pacific."

Climate Change [10]
Diversity [54]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [38]
Northwest (OR WA) [56]
Source: AP [57], 03/27/2023
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"Canada Pledges Great Lakes Funding After Trudeau-Biden Talks" [58]

"Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters."

Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Canada [59]
Source: AP [60], 03/27/2023
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Scientists Uncover Startling Amounts of DDT Along Seafloor Off LA Coast [61]

"First it was the eerie images of barrels leaking on the seafloor not far from Catalina Island. Then the shocking realization that the nation's largest manufacturer of DDT had once used the ocean as a huge dumping ground—and that as many as half a million barrels of its acid waste had been poured straight into the water."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [21]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [22]
Waste [62]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [15]
California [38]
Source: LA Times [63], 03/27/2023
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"House Slated To Take Up Major Energy Package Next Week" [64]

"Next week, the House is expected to take up a major energy package that Republicans in the chamber are putting forward as the party’s top priority."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [65], 03/27/2023
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"Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial" [66]

"Amid lawsuits filed by thousands of farmers linking the herbicide to Parkinson’s disease, the EPA is reconsidering its analysis of paraquat’s risks."

Agriculture [67]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Civil Eats [68], 03/27/2023
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Group Says Texas Fails To Hold Polluters Accountable For Unexpected Emissions [69]

"A new report found that companies in Texas have had 21,000 unexpected pollution releases that emitted 400,000 tons of air pollution over six years, but only 1% of them prompted action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."

Air [70]
Chemicals [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [71]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: Texas Tribune [72], 03/27/2023
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