EJToday: Top Headlines

"Meet The Writers Pitching Hollywood Studios On Climate Change Stories" [9]

"Nicole Conlan writes jokes for Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show.” But her master’s in urban planning from USC and her experiences growing up in Colorado surrounded by skiers were just as relevant to her task on the Universal Studios lot last week."

Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [14], 04/02/2024
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"Bird Flu Spreads To Dairy Cows In Idaho, Michigan And New Mexico" [15]

"A highly virulent bird flu first detected in dairy cows in Texas and Kansas this week has spread to additional herds, bringing the number of affected states to five and adding evidence the virus may be spreading cow-to-cow."

Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Health [18]
People & Population [19]
Wildlife [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [22], 04/02/2024
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"Extreme Drought In Southern Africa Leaves Millions Hungry" [23]

"Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe." "They’re aiming to help some of the 2.7 million people in rural Zimbabwe threatened with hunger because of the drought that has enveloped large parts of southern Africa since late 2023."

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Food [25]
People & Population [19]
Public [12]
Africa [26]
Source: AP [27], 04/02/2024
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"Navajo Uranium Mines’ Unknown Cancer Link Risks Slowing Cleanup" [28]

"Uncertainty about the health effects of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation risks drawing out for decades the clean up of radioactive waste piles the EPA designated as Superfund sites in March."

Environmental Health [18]
Natural Resources [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Pollution [31]
Waste [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 04/02/2024
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Hay For Cattle Consumes Nearly Half The Water Drawn From Colorado River [35]

"With chronic water shortages afflicting the Colorado River, discussions about how to cut usage have increasingly focused on a thirsty crop that consumes an especially large share of the river’s water: hay that is grown to feed cattle and produce beef and dairy products."

Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: LA Times [38], 04/02/2024
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Scientists And Activists Are Being Censored Over Water Woes In Guadeloupe [39]

"U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, adding that they are concerned about tap water pollution, excessive prices and attempts to silence critics."

Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [41]
Infrastructure [42]
Journalism & Media [11]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
Central America & the Caribbean [43]
Source: AP [44], 04/02/2024
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FWS Tightens Rules On African Elephant Imports, Stops Short Of Ban [45]

"The Biden administration released updated rules Friday for importation of live African elephants and trophies derived from them."

Biodiversity [17]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Wildlife [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Africa [26]
Source: The Hill [46], 04/02/2024
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"Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire" [47]

"Alabama residents aim to test blood or urine for PFAS amid underground Moody Landfill fire."

Air [48]
Chemicals [49]
Environmental Health [18]
Pollution [31]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 04/02/2024
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"US Appeals Court Kills Ban On Plastic Containers Contaminated With PFAS" [52]

"A federal appeals court in the US has killed a ban on plastic containers contaminated with highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found to leach at alarming levels into food, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides and other products across the economy."

Chemicals [49]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [41]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [53], 04/02/2024
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"The Fescue Fighters" [54]

"A toxic grass that threatens a quarter of U.S. cows is spreading. Can it be stopped?"

Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist/FERN [55], 04/02/2024
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Cicada-Geddon Invaders Coming. It’s The Biggest Bug Emergence In Centuries [56]

"Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries."

Biodiversity [17]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [57], 04/02/2024
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"Inside Bayer’s State-by-State Efforts to Stop Pesticide Lawsuits" [58]

"As the agrichemical giant lays groundwork to fend off Roundup litigation, its use of a playbook for building influence in farm state legislatures has the potential to benefit pesticide companies nationwide."

Agriculture [16]
Chemicals [49]
Environmental Health [18]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Civil Eats [59], 04/01/2024
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"EPA Cracks Down On Truck Emissions" [60]

"The Biden administration rolled out another rulemaking central to its climate agenda with a regulation slashing pollution from heavy-duty trucks."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [61]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [62]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [63], 04/01/2024
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Study Says Since 1979 Climate Change Has Made Heat Waves Longer, Hotter [64]

"Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Public [12]
International [21]
Source: AP [65], 04/01/2024
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Uranium Being Mined Near Grand Canyon As Prices Soar, US Pushes Nuclear Power [66]

"The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [67]
Natural Resources [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [30]
Pollution [31]
Waste [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Source: AP [68], 04/01/2024
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