EJToday: Top Headlines

"Researchers Say Pathways Alliance Misleading Public With Greenwashing" [9]

"Canada’s largest oilsands companies are “misleading” the public about their industry’s environmental impact, according to new peer-reviewed research."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
Canada [17]
Source: The Narwhal [18], 04/09/2024
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"PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Pervasive in Water Worldwide, Study Finds" [19]

"A new study of more than 45,000 water samples around the world found that about 31 percent of groundwater samples tested that weren’t near any obvious source of contamination had PFAS levels considered harmful to human health by the Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
International [23]
Source: NYTimes [24], 04/09/2024
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"Groups Go To Court To Get Wolves Relisted In Montana, Idaho And Wyoming" [25]

"A prediction, several years in the making, came true on Monday when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management, seeking to restore protections for gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming arguing that the states’ aggressive hunting policies imperils the populations."

Biodiversity [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
Source: States Newsroom [31], 04/09/2024
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"Colombia Capital Bogota To Ration Water As Reservoirs Dry" [32]

"Colombia's capital Bogota will start rationing water this week to alleviate droughts wrought by the El Nino weather pattern, which has exacerbated the Andean country's dry season and caused reservoir levels to fall, Mayor Carlos Galan said on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [33]
Disasters [34]
Infrastructure [35]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
South America [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 04/09/2024
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US Braces For Cicadas By The Trillion As Two Periodic Broods Coincide [38]

"They look a little like cockroaches and have bulging orange eyes, and trillions of them are about to erupt from the earth in much of the midwestern and eastern United States. The emergence of two groups of cicadas will assemble a chorus of the insects not seen in several hundred years, experts say."

Biodiversity [26]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Guardian [39], 04/09/2024
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"How to Hit the Trail With Nothing but Amtrak and a Bicycle" [40]

"From Idaho to Alabama to Maine, adventure outdoors without taking a single car ride or plane trip".

Consumer [33]
Natural Resources [14]
Transportation [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
Canada [17]
Source: Sierra [42], 04/09/2024
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"EPA’s Regan Sees Urgency in New Rules Despite Legal Headwinds" [43]

"The EPA is urgently updating regulations to address climate change without regard to the Congressional Review Act, even as the agency faces legal headwinds, administrator Michael Regan said Friday."

Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [44], 04/08/2024
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Mexico’s Likely Next President Is A Climate Scientist But Not Outspoken [45]

"Mexico will elect a new president in June, at a time when climate change is already challenging the country in many ways. But don’t expect the leading candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, to make climate a central part of her campaign ahead of the June 2 election."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [16]
Mexico [46]
Source: AP [47], 04/08/2024
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"There’s an Explosion of Plastic Waste. Big Companies Say ‘We’ve Got This.’" [48]

"Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver."

Chemicals [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Waste [49]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
Source: NYTimes [50], 04/08/2024
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Rain and Rising Sea Levels Sending Sewage Into Charleston Streets and Ponds [51]

"Environmental advocates threaten to sue within weeks if Charleston Water does not present a plan to prevent hundreds of wastewater overflows."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [21]
Infrastructure [35]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 04/08/2024
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"Greta Thunberg Detained Twice At Demonstration In The Hague" [54]

"Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in The Hague, the Netherlands, for several hours on Saturday."

Activism [55]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [16]
International [23]
Europe [56]
Source: Reuters [57], 04/08/2024
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"Few Stations and $200 to Fill Up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’" [58]

"The state committed more than $250 million toward building out a network of stations for hydrogen fuel cell cars. It’s not going great."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [33]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [35]
Technology [59]
Transportation [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
California [60]
Source: Bloomberg [61], 04/08/2024
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New York Is Suing The World’s Biggest Meat Company Charging Greenwashing [62]

"Letitia James’s lawsuit accuses JBS of deceiving customers about being climate-friendly – and the implications could be far-reaching".

Agriculture [63]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [64]
South America [36]
Source: Guardian [65], 04/08/2024
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"World Record Temperature Jump In Antarctic Raises Fears Of Catastrophe" [66]

"An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem".

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [34]
Public [16]
International [23]
Antarctica & Arctic [67]
Source: Guardian [68], 04/08/2024
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"Electric Cars Pass the Tipping Point to Mass Adoption in 31 Countries" [69]

"Once 5% of new-car sales go fully electric, everything changes — according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of transitions underway across four continents."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [33]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [35]
Technology [59]
Transportation [41]
Public [16]
International [23]
Source: Bloomberg [70], 04/08/2024
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