EJToday: Top Headlines

"Great Lakes Ice Cover Plummets To Record Mid-February Low" [9]

"In the midst of an unusually warm winter across much of the northern United States and southern Canada, the Great Lakes now have the least ice cover on record for the middle of February, which is typically when the ice begins to reach its maximum extent for the season."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Canada [15]
Source: Washington Post [16], 02/17/2023
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Analysis: "The 2023 Farm Bill Should Be A Climate Bill, Democrats Say" [17]

"Don’t look now, but the divided Congress could pass a major climate change bill."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Food [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [24], 02/17/2023
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"Shell Greenwashing Challenge Highlights Risk of ESG Claims" [25]

"Greenwashing challenges in courts and at the SEC continue to pour in from advocates and investors targeting what they claim are false representations of corporate commitments to environmentalism and climate-friendly practices."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [27]
Public [12]
International [28]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 02/17/2023
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EPA To Restore Pesticide Protections For Farmworkers Rolled Back Under Trump [30]

"The Biden administration is proposing to restore regulations aiming to protect farmworkers from pesticides that had been rolled back under the Trump administration."

Agriculture [18]
Chemicals [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [34], 02/17/2023
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"Lake Powell Drops to a New Record Low as Feds Scramble to Prop it Up" [35]

"The wet winter, cutbacks in releases from Glen Canyon Dam and proposals from states to reduce demand aren’t enough to stem the reservoir’s decline, leading some activists to advise phasing it out."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: KUNC [36], 02/17/2023
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First Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest [37]

"On Monday, in a low-lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees. These weren’t just any trees, though: Some of the seedlings being nestled into the soggy soil had been genetically engineered to grow wood at turbocharged rates while slurping up carbon dioxide from the air."

Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [39]
Technology [40]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [41], 02/17/2023
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"Lonely Tunes: Humpback Whales Wail Less As Population Grows" [42]

"Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness. Scientists who tracked humpback whales in Australia noticed that fewer whales wailed to find mates as their population grew."

Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Studies [43]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [28]
Source: AP [44], 02/17/2023
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"Upset Ohio Town Residents Seek Answers Over Train Derailment" [45]

"Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym to seek answers about whether they were safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off."

Chemicals [31]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [20]
Pollution [47]
Transportation [48]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Source: AP [49], 02/16/2023
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Greens and Tribes Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short [50]

"The Bureau of Land Management ignored requests for a public hearing on the proposed rules for venting and flaring methane on public and tribal lands, hindering community members’ efforts to reduce the impacts of gas releases."

Air [51]
Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 02/16/2023
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"Deadly Arizona Crash, Leak Leaves Highway Stretch Blocked" [54]

"There is no timetable for reopening part of the main southern Arizona highway southeast of downtown Tucson, officials said Wednesday afternoon, a day after a deadly desert crash caused a hazardous material leak and forced evacuations nearby."

Chemicals [31]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [32]
Pollution [47]
Transportation [48]
Public [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Source: AP [56], 02/16/2023
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"World Bank President, Dogged by Climate Questions, Will Step Down Early" [57]

"David Malpass, under fire for months by critics who accused him of climate denialism, said he would resign in June, a year before his term ends."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Science [58]
Public [12]
International [28]
Source: NYTimes [59], 02/16/2023
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"Tesla Opens Its EV Charging Network To The Masses" [60]

"Tesla Inc.’s deluxe electric vehicle charging network will start to serve other automakers’ EVs, the Biden administration said Wednesday, in a move that could drastically expand Americans’ options for plugging in."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Infrastructure [52]
Transportation [48]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [61], 02/16/2023
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"Floating Ice Around Antarctica Just Hit A Record Low" [62]

"The amount of floating sea ice encircling Antarctica reached the lowest level ever recorded, scientists reported Tuesday, a sign that one of the most remote and mysterious facets of the climate system may, at last, be responding to the overall planetary warming trend."

Climate Change [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
International [28]
Antarctica & Arctic [63]
Source: Washington Post [64], 02/16/2023
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Mono Lake Tribe Asserts Water Rights, Urges Halt of Water Diversions to LA [65]

"Against the backdrop of a severe drought linked with global warming, conservation advocates and Native Americans in California are calling for a temporary emergency stop to all surface water diversions from Mono Lake, contending that continuing to drain the watershed, along with the long-term drought, threaten critical ecosystems, as well as the Kootzaduka’a tribe’s cultural connection with the lake."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [33]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
California [66]
Source: Inside Climate News [67], 02/16/2023
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Will SEC Scale Back ESG Requirements For Publicly Traded Corporations? [68]

"America’s top Wall Street regulator might scale back a proposal that would require public companies operating in the United States to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and any financial risks they face from global warming."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [69]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 02/16/2023
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