EJToday: Top Headlines

"Large Fires Becoming Even Larger, More Widespread" [9]

"In the journal Science Advances, a team of environmental scientists found that fire frequency has tripled in some parts of the United States — and that in the 2000s, wildfires grew up to four times the size of fires in previous decades."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 03/28/2022
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As Biden Promises U.S. LNG Exports, Gulf Coast Enviros Say Whoa [16]

"As many as 27 LNG terminal facilities in the United States could emit as much as 117 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, an amount equal to nearly all the cars in California."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 03/28/2022
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Chemical Spill At Compton Plastics Factory Triggers Odor Complaints [21]

"More than 200 odor complaints poured in to air quality regulators Thursday after a bag containing a chemical used to make plastic sheeting broke open at a Compton plant in the early morning, prompting investigations."

Air [22]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
California [26]
Source: LA Times [27], 03/28/2022
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"Maryland Moves To Take Over Troubled Baltimore Sewage Treatment Plant" [28]

"In a dramatic enforcement action, Maryland regulators moved Sunday to take over Baltimore’s troubled Back River sewage treatment plant after a weekend inspection found that city officials had failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to correct pollution violations and worsening maintenance problems found in an inspection late last week."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: Bay Journal [34], 03/28/2022
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"1,000-Year-Old Oaks Used To Create 'Super Forest'" [35]

"Planting more trees is one of a combination of solutions to combating climate change, but some trees are far better than others. Which ones though? Scientists have designed an experimental forest in England to work out the best formula for achieving ambitious tree planting targets."

Forests [12]
Public [13]
Europe [36]
Source: BBC News [37], 03/28/2022
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"Scientists Figure Out How Vampire Bats Got A Taste For Blood" [38]

"Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. They compared the genome of common vampire bats to 26 other bat species and identified 13 genes that are missing or no longer work in vampire bats."

Biodiversity [39]
Science [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [13]
International [42]
Source: AP [43], 03/28/2022
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Biden, E.U. Announce Push To Reduce Europe’s Reliance On Russian Energy [44]

"The United States and the European Commission announced Friday a joint task force to reduce Europe’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels, as the West looks to further punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [29]
Military [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [46], 03/25/2022
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"US Pipeline Agency Pulls Back Plan To Assess Climate Impacts" [47]

"Amid pushback from industry groups and lawmakers in both parties, federal energy regulators on Thursday scaled back plans to consider how natural gas projects affect climate change and environmental justice."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Military [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [48], 03/25/2022
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"The World’s Forests Do More Than Just Store Carbon, New Research Finds" [49]

"The world’s forests play a far greater and more complex role in tackling climate crisis than previously thought, due to their physical effects on global and local temperatures, according to new research."

Climate Change [10]
Forests [12]
Science [40]
Public [13]
International [42]
Source: Guardian [50], 03/25/2022
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"Nunavut Capital Struggles To Fix Water System" [51]

"Residents of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut, got word in early March they could finally stop boiling their water after months of boil water advisories and off-and-on water services. Nunavut is Canada’s largest territory, almost the size of Mexico, and is 84 percent Inuit."

Environmental Health [18]
People & Population [52]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [13]
Canada [53]
Source: Indian Country Today [54], 03/25/2022
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"Revealed: The Dangerous Chemicals In Your Food Wrappers" [55]

"Independent testing of more than 100 packaging products from US restaurant and grocery chains identified PFAS chemicals in many of the wrappers, a Consumer Reports investigation has found."

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [56]
Environmental Health [18]
Food [57]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [58], 03/25/2022
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"Pressure Grows For Deal To Save Nature At Crunch Talks In Geneva" [59]

"Time is running out for governments to reach an ambitious Paris-style agreement for nature, say campaigners, who warn that crucial negotiations to protect biodiversity are moving at a “snail’s pace”."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [13]
International [42]
Source: Guardian [60], 03/25/2022
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"EPA Moves To End Asbestos Cleanup Along Montana Railroad" [61]

"Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths."

Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [25]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [62]
Source: AP [63], 03/25/2022
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"Banks Undermine Their 'Net Zero' Pledges Through Lobbying - Report" [64]

"Thirty of the world's largest financial institutions are undermining their commitment to cutting carbon emissions by lobbying against climate regulation and by funding new fossil fuel projects, according to a report published on Friday."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [65]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [13]
International [42]
Source: Reuters [66], 03/25/2022
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"Explainer: Why South Gets More Killer Tornadoes At Night" [67]

"Forget “The Wizard of Oz.” Tornadoes are causing far more deaths and destruction east and south of Kansas these days. And they’re often doing it in the dark of night."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [68], 03/25/2022
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