EJToday: Top Headlines

"Iowa Official Finds Dead Fish In 50 Miles Of Fertilizer-Contaminated River" [9]

"State conservation officials have found no living fish in the East Nishnabotna River south of Red Oak — the result of a massive fertilizer spill at a farmers cooperative."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Disasters [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [17]
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch [18], 04/01/2024
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EV Charging Stations Key To Biden Climate Agenda, Yet Only 4 States Have Them [19]

"LONDON, Ohio — Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip.

Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV “because I think the technology is cool and the range is just long enough,” searched ahead of time for convenient charging stations between his home in Indianapolis and Allegheny National Forest in western Pennsylvania.
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Transportation [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [25], 04/01/2024
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"Chocolate Prices To Keep Rising As West Africa’s Cocoa Crisis Deepens" [26]

"Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm - dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners - is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down. Only last year, the 27-hectare plot in western Ghana was covered with nearly 6,000 cocoa trees. Today, less than a dozen remain."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
Africa [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 04/01/2024
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"Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun" [30]

"Legislation to protect critical wetlands faces uncertainty as titanium mine moves closer to permitting."

Biodiversity [31]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [33], 04/01/2024
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Last Coal-Burning Power Plant In New England Set To Close. Enviros Win. [34]

"The last coal-fired power plant in New England, which had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests, is set to close in a victory for environmentalists."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: AP [36], 04/01/2024
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"A River in Flux" [37]

"Extreme flooding and droughts may be the new norm for the Amazon, challenging its people and ecosystems."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [38]
Public [16]
South America [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 04/01/2024
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"Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told." [41]

"The oil and gas company-owned Richmond Standard tells mostly positive stories about the major industry that dominates this California city and its skyline."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [46]
Source: Floodlight/NPR [47], 03/29/2024
- Read more about "Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told." [41]
"Biden ESA Rules Reverse Trump Moves And Revive Big Debate" [48]

"The Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries reimposed stricter Endangered Species Act rules Thursday that reverse some of the Trump administration’s most controversial environment-related initiatives."

Biodiversity [31]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [38]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [50], 03/29/2024
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"Aerial Surveys Show US Landfills Are Major Source Of Methane Emissions" [51]

"Over half of U.S. landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources of methane, according to a new study in the journal Science published on Thursday.
The study is the largest assessment to date of methane from landfills, the third-largest source of U.S. methane emissions, and suggests an opportunity to tackle climate change by targeting a prevalent and potent greenhouse gas."

Chemicals [11]
Climate Change [20]
Infrastructure [22]
Pollution [14]
Waste [52]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Reuters [53], 03/29/2024
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Calif. Latino Communities Most at Risk From Brain-Damaging Weed Killer [54]

"Growers’ use of the neurotoxic weed killer paraquat is concentrated in just five agricultural counties, leaving low-income Latinos disproportionately exposed to a chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease, a new analysis shows."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [42]
Environmental Justice [43]
Laws & Regulations [49]
People & Population [55]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 03/29/2024
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"From Michigan to Nebraska, Midwest States Face an Early Wildfire Season" [57]

"The blazes come after a record dry winter in the region. “Year to date, we've had close to 300 wildfires statewide,” a Wisconsin official said. “The normal year-to-date 10-year average is about 40 fires.”"

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Forests [58]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [17]
Mexico [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 03/29/2024
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Sinking Coastal Lands Will Worsen Sea Level Rise Flooding in 24 US Cities [62]

"Flooding could affect one out of every 50 residents in 24 coastal cities in the United States by the year 2050, a study led by Virginia Tech researchers suggests."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 03/29/2024
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"Grid Watchdog’s Extreme Weather Plan Splits Electricity Industry" [64]

"Companies that produce power and grid operators that deliver it are at odds over response to deep freezes."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [49]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [65], 03/29/2024
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"This Kentucky Coal Mine Could Transform Into Pumped-Hydro Grid Storage" [66]

"With $81M from DOE, Rye Development aims to build the first pumped-hydro project on the site of a former mine to bolster the grid and revitalize the local economy."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Canary Media [67], 03/29/2024
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"Canoeing in a Superfund Site" [68]

"Paddling in the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, has inspired one recovering lawyer to write poetry about toxic sludge, floating condoms, and gentrification."

Chemicals [11]
Environmental Health [42]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: New Yorker [69], 03/29/2024
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