EJToday: Top Headlines

NOx: "E.P.A. Proposes Limits on Harmful Pollutant From Power Plants" [9]

"A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday could better protect communities against pollution from natural gas plants. For the first time in almost two decades, the rule would update emission limits of nitrogen oxides, a group of gases that are harmful air pollutants produced from burning fossil fuels."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 11/25/2024
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Asheville Restores Drinking Water After 53 Days – But Not All Want To Sip [18]

"Until earlier this week, most residents of this town east of Asheville had no drinkable tap water for 52 days. After the storm damaged infrastructure around the region, water had been partly restored in mid-October. It was good for flushing toilets but not safe for consumption. In some places, sediment left the water inky like black tea."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [19]
Infrastructure [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 11/25/2024
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"Congress Poised For Another Farm Bill Punt After Senate Nonstarter" [25]

"House Republicans rejected a farm bill proposal by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) this week, increasing the likelihood that lawmakers will pass another one-year extension of the massive legislation by the end of the year rather than a new, longer-term measure."

Agriculture [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Food [29]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [32], 11/25/2024
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"Court Deals Setback To Efforts To Regulate Pesticide-Coated Seeds" [33]

"A federal court this week dealt a blow to calls for new regulations on pesticide-coated seeds used in farming, ruling that US regulators were not acting improperly in exempting the seeds from registration review."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [14]
Wildlife [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [38], 11/25/2024
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The Peach That Traveled The Trail Of Tears And The Elders Working To Save It [39]

"The "Indian peach" survived genocide. Can it withstand climate change?"

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Justice [40]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [21]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [41]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Grist [43], 11/25/2024
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Trump Demands GOP ‘Kill’ Bill That Would Protect Journalists' Sources [44]

"In between his posts on Truth Social announcing nominees for his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump urged Republicans Wednesday to nix a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law."

Environmental Politics [28]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [46], 11/22/2024
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"Trump Has A Plan To Cripple Government Transparency" [47]

"Federal agencies set a record for censoring and withholding documents sought through freedom-of-information requests in Trump's first term. Now it's likely to be much worse."

Environmental Politics [28]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [48], 11/22/2024
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"Cop29 Climate Finance Deal Hits Fresh Setback As Deadline Looms" [49]

"Hopes of a breakthrough at the deadlocked UN climate talks have been dashed after a new draft of a possible deal was condemned by rich and poor countries."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
International [50]
Source: Guardian [51], 11/22/2024
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It’s Not Just Oil Giants. Their Favourite PR Firms Are in Baku, Too. [52]

"Fossil-friendly communications companies are represented on some national delegations to the climate talks, DeSmog analysis finds."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Journalism & Media [45]
Public [15]
International [50]
Source: DeSmog [53], 11/22/2024
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"Climate Change Drives Up Insurance Costs — And Missed Mortgage Payments" [54]

"New study finds a $500 insurance hike boosts mortgage delinquencies by 20%, stressing housing impact of changing climate."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [55]
Economy & Business [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Floodlight [56], 11/22/2024
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"Subways, Buses and Bike Lanes Scored Billions in Local Ballot Wins" [57]

"Voters overwhelmingly supported local measures to improve mass transit from Arizona to Tennessee."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [58]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Green [59], 11/22/2024
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Phillips 66 Faces Federal Charges Of Wastewater Dumping At Calif. Refinery [60]

"The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles has filed felony criminal charges against Phillips 66, accusing the company’s Carson refinery of illicitly dumping oil and grease into the county sewer system."

Chemicals [35]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [36]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [61]
Source: LA Times [62], 11/22/2024
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"Long Delayed Biden Rule Could Shake Up Offshore Oil Well Cleanups" [63]

"The Biden administration promised to release a new standard for ocean drilling that could help clean up a growing number of old oil and gas wells, but the first-of-a-kind rule has yet to arrive with just two months before President-elect Donald Trump reenters the White House."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [64], 11/22/2024
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Biden DOI Trying To Save The Colorado River Before Trump Takes Over [65]

"The Biden administration is swimming against the current to get seven Western states to agree to divvy up the Colorado River’s water in a way that would protect the river basin and the West’s largest single water source – and do it before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, according to a source familiar with the negotiations."

Agriculture [26]
Environmental Politics [28]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [66], 11/22/2024
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$375M Indigenous-Led Conservation Deal Signed In Northwest Territories [67]

"The agreement uses a Wall Street-inspired approach to conservation finance, with 380,000 square kilometres of land and water in its scope"

Activism [68]
Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Justice [40]
Fish & Fisheries [69]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [31]
Public [15]
Canada [70]
Source: The Narwhal [71], 11/22/2024
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