EJToday: Top Headlines

"This Map Shows Where Biodiversity Is Most at Risk in America" [9]

"Let your eyes wander to the areas of this map that deepen into red. They are the places in the lower 48 United States most likely to have plants and animals at high risk of global extinction."

Biodiversity [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 03/04/2022
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Oil Jumps To $110 As OPEC Holds Output Steady Despite Russia’s War [15]

"U.S. oil climbed to the highest level in more than a decade in Wednesday trade, with global benchmark Brent topping $113 per barrel after OPEC and its oil-producing allies, which includes Russia, decided to hold production steady."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Military [17]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: CNBC [19], 03/03/2022
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"The World Is Awash in Plastic. Nations Plan a Treaty to Fix That." [20]

"With the bang of a gavel made of recycled plastic and a standing ovation, representatives of 175 nations agreed on Wednesday to begin writing a global treaty that would restrict the explosive growth of plastic pollution."

Chemicals [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [25], 03/03/2022
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"Death Toll Rises Following Historic Flooding In Australia" [26]

"Recovery efforts are beginning in Australia following days of excessive rainfall across the states of Queensland and New South Wales in eastern Australia that left thousands of properties and entire neighborhoods underwater. More rain is on the way for some of the hardest-hit areas, AccuWeather forecasters warn."

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [11]
Public [12]
Australia & Oceania [29]
Source: AccuWeather [30], 03/03/2022
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"Climate Responses That Backfire Are a Growing Problem, IPCC Says" [31]

"Not only are humans not adapting fast enough to hazards created by climate change, many of the relatively limited dollars they are putting toward preparing for a warmer future are being misspent, according to the world’s leading scientists."

Climate Change [27]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [18]
Source: Bloomberg [32], 03/03/2022
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Colorado Oil And Gas Regulators Approve ‘Strongest’ Financial Rules [33]

"Colorado regulators on Tuesday approved a sweeping set of new financial requirements for oil and gas companies that operate within the state, completing the last major rule change mandated by a landmark drilling reform law passed by Democrats in the General Assembly three years ago."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Source: Colorado Newsline [35], 03/03/2022
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"RCMP Spending to Protect CGL Pipeline Tops $21 Million" [36]

"The RCMP’s costs for policing a remote resource road on Wet’suwet’en territory have steadily dropped over the past three years, according to information obtained by The Tyee through freedom of information laws."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [37]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
Canada [38]
Source: The Tyee [39], 03/03/2022
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NIH Reviews Potentially Risky Experiments On Viruses, Other Pathogens [40]

"The National Institutes of Health this week ordered a sweeping review of government policies for experiments involving potentially dangerous viruses and other pathogens, a move the agency said will balance the benefits and risks of such research but is unrelated to the debate over the coronavirus pandemic’s origin."

Environmental Health [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [42], 03/03/2022
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"Ukraine War Upends Biden’s Agenda On Energy, Climate Change" [43]

"As Russian troops move deeper into Ukraine, President Joe Biden is taking steps to rein in rising energy costs even if those moves run counter to his agenda for addressing climate change."

Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [44]
Military [17]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: AP [45], 03/03/2022
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"Wildfires May Slow Recovery Of Ozone Layer - Study" [46]

"Increasing wildfires in a warming world may slow the recovery of the ozone layer, according to new research."

Air [47]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [28]
Forests [48]
Pollution [49]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: BBC News [50], 03/03/2022
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"A Historic Chance to Protect America’s Free-Flowing Rivers" [51]

"Ten bills in Congress would add conservation protections to 7,000 miles of river to safeguard drinking water, biodiversity and recreation."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [44]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [53]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Revelator [54], 03/03/2022
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US, World Powers To Tap Oil Reserves In Bid To Ease Gasoline Prices [55]

"The United States and other world powers have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves, a move intended to reduce gasoline prices that have climbed rapidly in recent weeks, according to the International Energy Agency."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: Washington Post [56], 03/02/2022
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Why Western Sanctions Aren’t Hitting Russia Where It Would Hurt Most [57]

"Even as the United States and its allies have hammered Russia’s economy in response to the invasion of Ukraine, they have held back perhaps the most powerful weapon in their arsenal: a total embargo on oil and gas."

Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [12]
International [18]
Source: AP [58], 03/02/2022
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"SOTU: What Biden Said — And Didn’t Say — On Climate" [59]

"President Biden used his first State of the Union address to reset his administration after a year of inflation and crises at home and abroad that has left him with nearly record-low approval ratings. But Biden did little to restart his stalled climate agenda."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Politics [44]
Journalism & Media [60]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [61], 03/02/2022
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"IG: FOIA ‘Awareness Program’ Troubled Some Interior Staff" [62]

"A Trump-era FOIA policy at the Interior Department caused some professionals to worry that “political considerations” were hampering the release of information, the department’s watchdog agency reported today."

Environmental Politics [44]
Journalism & Media [60]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [63], 03/02/2022
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