EJToday: Top Headlines

"California And Big Oil Are Splitting After Century-Long Affair" [9]

"It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S. state divorces itself from fossil fuels in its fight against climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
California [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 01/31/2024
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Alabama Landfill Burned for 50 Days. Nearby Residents Were Left in the Dark [16]

"A local official said proper authorities were notified, but state regulators said they weren’t made aware of the blaze until an inspection two weeks after the fire began."

Air [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 01/31/2024
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"In a Steel Town Outside Pittsburgh, an Old Fight Over Air Quality Drags On" [23]

"The debate over a pollution permit in Clairton, Pennsylvania, home to the nation’s largest coke plant, pits environmental groups and residents concerned about public health against U.S. Steel and its supporters."

Air [17]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [19]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 01/31/2024
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Electrified Transport Investment Soared Globally in ’23, Passing Renewables [26]

"Electrified transportation sped past renewable energy last year to become the world’s largest category of energy transition investment."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Transportation [27]
Public [13]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 01/31/2024
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"Millions Of Americans Face Risk Of A Toxic ‘Bomb Train’" [30]

"Less than a year ago, a disastrous train derailment sent a massive plume of dangerous chemicals billowing over East Palestine, Ohio, startling the town of nearly 5,000 residents and onlookers nationwide. Now, a new report warns that more of these catastrophes may loom: At any given moment, more than an estimated 3 million people are unknowingly at risk, as toxic trains full of a highly combustible and carcinogenic chemical used to make plastic move between Texas and New Jersey."

Chemicals [31]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [18]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [35]
Source: Washington Post [36], 01/31/2024
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"Why A Natural Gas Storage Climate ‘Disaster’ Could Happen Again" [37]

"A year after a major methane leak from underground gas storage, a new study identifies potentially thousands of similarly risky sites across the United States."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Infrastructure [33]
Pollution [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [35]
Source: Floodlight [38], 01/31/2024
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"Bird Flu Found In Penguins Near Antarctica, 200 Chicks Dead" [39]

"A deadly type of bird flu has been found in gentoo penguins for the first time, according to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), stoking concern that the virus could spread among Antarctica's huge penguin colonies."

Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Wildlife [41]
Public [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 01/31/2024
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"Energy Department Sets Efficiency Standards For Gas Stoves" [44]

"The Department of Energy unveiled a heavily anticipated, scaled-back regulation Monday to cut greenhouse gas emissions from stovetop cooking in the U.S., going with a compromise that pleased gas stove producers and environmentalists alike."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [19]
Technology [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [35]
Source: E&E News [46], 01/30/2024
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9 Species In 33 States May Soon Be On Endangered List: USFWS [47]

"Nine species could soon find themselves on federal threatened or endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says."

Biodiversity [40]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Wildlife [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [35]
Source: NEXSTAR [48], 01/30/2024
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"OSHA Issues Major Chemical Safety Enforcement Guide Changes" [49]

"A federal worker safety enforcement directive for refineries, chemical plants, and other facilities with large amounts of chemicals has received an overhaul for the first time in 30 years."

Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [50]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [34]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [35]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [51], 01/30/2024
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Colorado Enviro Group Sues Corps Of Engineers Over $2B River Diversion Plan [52]

"A Colorado environmental group is asking a federal judge to strike down a $2 billion plan that would reroute river water to the state’s expanding northern communities."

Environmental Politics [50]
Infrastructure [33]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [53]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Source: The Hill [55], 01/30/2024
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Viral Pork TikToks? It’s a Government-Backed Group Pushing Meat On Gen Z. [56]

"Ad campaigns from controversial quasi-government programs for pork, dairy, and beef are raising new questions around the checkoff program’s foray into social media."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [58]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [50]
Food [59]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [35]
Source: Politico [61], 01/30/2024
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NC PFAS Factory Claims Emissions Fell By 99.99%. Guardian Shows Otherwise [62]

"Chemours and state regulators say the Fayetteville Works plant has reduced air emissions, but we found levels of 'forever chemicals' as much as 30 times higher than state tests".

Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [19]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Guardian [63], 01/30/2024
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"First Penguins Die In Antarctic Of Deadly H5N1 Bird Flu Strain" [64]

"With confirmed or suspected cases in two Antarctic penguin species, researchers fear highly contagious virus could rip through colonies".

Biodiversity [40]
Environmental Health [18]
Wildlife [41]
Public [13]
International [28]
Antarctica & Arctic [42]
Source: Guardian [65], 01/30/2024
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Rice Hidden By Women Fleeing Slavery In The 1700s Could Help Descendants [66]

"Suriname’s Saamaka Maroons still grow rice from seeds an ancestor escaping from a plantation carried in her hair. Now a gene bank seeks to widen use of the rare species to help fight the climate crisis".

Agriculture [57]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [58]
Food [59]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
South America [67]
Source: Guardian [68], 01/30/2024
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