EJToday: Top Headlines

"Growing Dust from Desert Wind Storms Has Curbed Warming, Study Finds" [9]

"The amount of dust generated by desert windstorms has grown markedly since the mid-19th century, helping to offset the global rise in temperature, new research shows."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: YaleE360 [15], 01/24/2023
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"Fear The Deer: Crash Data Illuminates America’s Deadliest Animal" [16]

"Behold the deer, the deadliest beast in North America. Deer are responsible for the deaths of about 440 of the estimated 458 Americans killed in physical confrontations with wildlife in an average year, according to Utah State University biologist Mike Conover, employing some educated guesswork in the latest edition of “Human-Wildlife Interactions.”"

Biodiversity [17]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Transportation [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Washington Post [23], 01/24/2023
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"In Soaked California, Few Homeowners Have Flood Insurance" [24]

"On Sunday morning, Kyle Starks woke up to floodwaters that reached the door of his Jeep after yet another heavy rain storm drenched California. Emergency crews showed up with boats to float Starks and other residents of his rural mobile home park in Acampo to safety."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [26]
Source: AP [27], 01/23/2023
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"Georgia Regulators Release Plans For Mine Near Okefenokee" [28]

"Georgia regulators released detailed plans Thursday for a titanium mine near the fabled Okefenokee swamp, a project that’s drawn the ire of environmental groups and the head of the Interior Department."

Environmental Politics [29]
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Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: E&E News [33], 01/23/2023
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"1st Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Certified For Use In US" [34]

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified the design for what will be the United States’ first small modular nuclear reactor."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [36]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [37], 01/23/2023
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"EPA Strategy For Alabama Landfill Fire: Smother It In Dirt" [38]

"There’s now more than just smoke hanging around the site of an underground landfill fire near Birmingham. In the two days since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency showed up to take control of the scene, the area has been abuzz with EPA trucks, bulldozers and excavators moving in to begin putting out the fire."

Air [10]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [40]
Pollution [12]
Waste [41]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Birmingham News [42], 01/23/2023
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"EPA to Regulate PFAS Effluent From Landfills, Launch Studies" [43]

"The EPA will begin a rulemaking aiming to reduce PFAS in landfill leachate discharges and will expand or begin studies on PFAS pollution from textile manufacturers and sewage treatment plants, the agency said."

Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [44], 01/23/2023
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"Salt Marsh Microbes Threaten to Reshape the Atmosphere" [45]

"Turf wars between microbes dictate how much carbon salt marshes store and how much methane they pump into the air."

Air [10]
Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Hakai [46], 01/23/2023
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"Native American Tribe In Va. Reclaims Big Parcel Of Its Homeland" [47]

"For centuries, a Native American tribe considered a large swath of land with cliffs jutting out along the Rappahannock River in Virginia’s Northern Neck as their ancestral heart and homelands."

Environmental Justice [40]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Source: Washington Post [49], 01/23/2023
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"Rough Road For Farm Bill As Divided Congress Takes Hold" [50]

"A chaotic start to the new Republican-led House may spell trouble for the 2023 farm bill."

Agriculture [51]
Biodiversity [17]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [52]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [29]
Food [53]
Government [54]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [55], 01/23/2023
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"What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear" [56]

"This week, the period underwear brand Thinx made public that it had reached a settlement in a 3-year-long class action lawsuit claiming its products contain harmful chemicals. The news of the settlement brought renewed focus on the chemical compounds at the center of the lawsuit — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” — and highlighted the broader issue of toxic ingredients in period products as a whole."

Chemicals [39]
Consumer [52]
Environmental Health [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [57], 01/23/2023
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"Yeah, Actually, Your Plastic Coffee Pod May Not Be Great For The Climate" [58]

"You may have come across news headlines about coffee this week, like this one from the BBC: "Coffee pod carbon footprint better for planet than filtered brew." ... The problem is, the positive take on coffee pods and the climate might not be true."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [52]
Food [53]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NPR [59], 01/23/2023
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"Thunberg Says Davos Elite 'Fuelling Destruction Of Planet'" [60]

"Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying it was "absurd" to listen to them while they fuelled 'the destruction of the planet.'"

Activism [61]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [62]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: AFP [63], 01/20/2023
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"Trump’s Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Ethics Rules, Watchdog Finds" [64]

"The inspector general for the Interior Department said on Thursday it had found no evidence that the former secretary, David Bernhardt, violated federal ethics or conflict-of-interest rules when the department made decisions that affected one of his former clients, a California water district."

Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [65], 01/20/2023
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"These Farmers Dominate The Colorado River. Cross Them At Your Peril" [66]

"The letter from Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly was greeted like an act of war in California’s Imperial Valley."

Agriculture [51]
Environmental Politics [29]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [22]
California [26]
Source: LA Times [67], 01/20/2023
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