EJToday: Top Headlines

"Biden Administration Urges Court to Scrap Youth Climate Trial" [9]

"The Department of Justice wants an appellate court to quash the youth climate lawsuit Juliana v. US, which was greenlit last year for trial in Oregon."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 02/14/2024
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"Oregon’s Aspiring Tree Climbers Reach New Heights" [17]

"Students at Cottage Grove-based national tree climbing school push themselves to the limit to become professional pine cone collectors".

Forests [18]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Source: OPB [20], 02/14/2024
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"EPA Again OKs Use Of Toxic Herbicide Linked To Parkinson’s Disease" [21]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on its controversial finding that a toxic herbicide is safe for use across millions of acres of American cropland, despite what public health advocates characterize as virtual “scientific proof” the product causes Parkinson’s disease."

Agriculture [22]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [26], 02/13/2024
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Nearly Half Of The World’s Migratory Species Are In Decline: UN Report [27]

"Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [14]
International [31]
Source: AP [32], 02/13/2024
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"The Unlikely Coalition Behind Biden’s Liquefied Natural Gas Pivot" [33]

"Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause."

Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [37], 02/13/2024
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"‘Under The Radar’: Biden Is Pushing 2 Big Climate Rules As First Term Ends" [38]

"The White House is reviewing two rules that could push the federal government to spend billions each year on climate-friendly products and services, potentially sending reverberations across the economy."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Government [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [40], 02/13/2024
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"Supreme Court Watchlist: Agency Power, Air Rules, Water Rights" [41]

"The Supreme Court is halfway through another term that will have transformative consequences for environmental law."

Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [36]
Government [39]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [42], 02/13/2024
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"The Planet Needs Solar Power. Can We Build It Without Harming Nature?" [43]

"For pronghorn, those antelope-like creatures of the American West, this grassland north of Flagstaff is prime habitat. It gives the animals the food and conditions they need to survive fall and winter. But for a nation racing to adopt renewable energy, the land is prime for something else: solar panels."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [44], 02/13/2024
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"Revealed: The 1,200 Big Methane Leaks From Waste Dumps Trashing The Planet" [45]

"There have been more than 1,000 huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane from landfill waste dumps since 2019, the Guardian can reveal."

Climate Change [11]
Pollution [25]
Waste [46]
Public [14]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [47], 02/13/2024
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"Certified Natural Gas Is ‘Dangerous Greenwashing Scheme’, US Senators Say" [48]

"Certified natural gas – or methane gas that is purportedly produced in a low-emissions manner – is a “dangerous greenwashing scheme”, a group of progressive senators wrote in a letter to federal regulators on Monday."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Journalism & Media [49]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [50], 02/13/2024
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"As Use of A.I. Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires" [51]

"Generative artificial intelligence uses massive amounts of energy for computation and data storage and billions of gallons of water to cool the equipment at data centers. Now, legislators and regulators — in the U.S. and the EU — are starting to demand accountability."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Infrastructure [52]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Europe [54]
Source: YaleE360 [55], 02/13/2024
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"How Much Carbon Can Farmers Store In Their Soil? Nobody’s Sure." [56]

"Dirt, it turns out, isn’t just worm poop. It’s also a humongous receptacle of carbon, some 2.5 trillion tons of it — three times more than all the carbon in the atmosphere."

Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [57], 02/13/2024
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Extreme Climate Impacts Feared From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current [58]

"Disruption of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current could freeze Europe, scorch the tropics and increase sea level rise in the North Atlantic. The tipping point may be closer than predicted in the IPCC’s latest assessment."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [59]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [14]
International [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 02/12/2024
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"In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits" [61]

"Maine’s Legislature voted down a bill that would have limited large-scale pumping of groundwater in the state. Poland Spring, the bottled-water giant, had lobbied aggressively against the measure."

Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
Source: NYTimes [63], 02/12/2024
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Tijuana River Spewing Sewage Into San Diego, Threatening Public Health [64]

"Doctors have reported surges of gastrointestinal illness when intense storms like this week’s atmospheric rivers overwhelm wastewater treatment plants and flood communities with raw sewage."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [52]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [14]
California [65]
Mexico [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 02/12/2024
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