EJToday: Top Headlines

"Puerto Rico Hands Control of its Power Plants to a Natural Gas Company" [9]

"Puerto Rican authorities have hired a natural gas company to operate the island’s publicly-owned fleet of fossil fuel power plants, despite the commonwealth facing increasing pressure to rapidly transition its aging energy system to renewable sources."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 01/27/2023
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"U.S. Native Seed Shortage Hinders Land Restoration - Report" [18]

"The United States is facing a shortage of the native seeds it uses to restore natural habitats damaged by wildfire and other weather events made worse by climate change, according to a report released on Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)."

Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Reuters [25], 01/27/2023
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Colorado River Is Overused And Shrinking. Crisis Transforms The Southwest [26]

"The Colorado River begins as melting snow, trickling from forested peaks and coursing in streams that gather in the meadows and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Like arteries, its major tributaries take shape across Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, coming together in a great river like no other — a river that travels more than 1,400 miles and has defined the rise of the American Southwest over the last century."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Infrastructure [13]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [31]
Planning & Growth [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: LA Times [34], 01/27/2023
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"Meet The Top House Recipients Of Oil And Gas Money" [35]

"The oil and gas industry donated millions of dollars to members of the House in the last election cycle. Now, many of the top recipients are well-positioned to advance its interests."

Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [38], 01/27/2023
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In Atlanta, a Deadly Forest Protest Sparks Debate Over ‘Domestic Terrorism’ [39]

"Manuel Esteban Paez Teran seemed to be everyone’s favorite social justice activist. ... Now the 26-year-old activist is dead."

Activism [40]
Environmental Politics [29]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Washington Post [42], 01/27/2023
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"Climate Groups Decry Selection Of Oil Chief To Oversee COP28" [43]

"Hundreds of climate and environmental groups from around the world released a letter Thursday that decried the nomination of an oil executive to oversee the United Nations climate negotiations at COP28 this year.

Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates, host of the U.N. climate talks this year, named Sultan al-Jaber to the presidency of the conference Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. The company he runs as chief executive, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., produces 4 million barrels of crude oil per day and hopes to expand to 5 million daily by the end of the decade.
Activism [40]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
International [44]
Source: AP [45], 01/27/2023
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"New Museum In Mexico Spotlights Endangered Axolotl Salamander" [46]

"A new museum and conservation center dedicated to Mexico's critically endangered axolotl salamander is highlighting the amphibian's remarkable story that has captured the attention of scientists and the public alike."

Biodiversity [20]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [14]
Science [47]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [23]
Public [15]
Mexico [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 01/27/2023
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"Biden Bans Roads and Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest" [50]

"The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it has banned logging and road-building on about nine million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, aiming to settle a two-decade battle over the fate of North America’s largest temperate rainforest."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [29]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: NYTimes [52], 01/26/2023
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Enviros Seek Tougher Oil And Gas Rules To Protect Rare Whale In Gulf [53]

"Environmental scientists say Rice’s whale, discovered in 2021, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities in the gulf."

Biodiversity [20]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Texas Tribune [54], 01/26/2023
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Bill To Withdraw Va. From Carbon-Trading Program Dies In State Committee [55]

"A committee of the Virginia Senate on Tuesday defeated a bill backed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) that would withdraw the state from a regional carbon-trading initiative."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: The Hill [57], 01/26/2023
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Pa. Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Gas Wells In 5 Years, Ignored State Law [58]

"Pennsylvania’s environmental regulator says, over a five-year period, more than half of conventional oil and gas operators failed to report how much gas they pulled from the ground and whether their equipment is safe."

Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [37]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Pollution [14]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: NPR [59], 01/26/2023
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US Refuses Calls For Immediate Protection Of North Atlantic Right Whales [60]

"The U.S. government has denied two petitions to immediately protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales during the species’ calving season, raising concerns that this population of whales will continue to decline without intervention. There are currently about 340 of these whales left, making them one of the most threatened cetaceans in the world."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Transportation [61]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Mongabay [62], 01/26/2023
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Regulators Nix Proposal To Delay Closure Of Last California Nuclear Plant [63]

"In pointed language, federal regulators rebuffed a request Tuesday from the operator of California’s last nuclear power plant that could have smoothed its pathway to securing a longer operating life for its twin reactors."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [64]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [65]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [66]
Source: AP [67], 01/26/2023
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"Silencing Science: How Indonesia Is Censoring Wildlife Research" [68]

"Under President Joko Widodo, Indonesia has gained international praise for its conservation policies. But now the government is clamping down on scientists who are questioning official claims that the country’s endangered orangutan and rhino populations are increasing."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [29]
Environmental Studies [69]
Journalism & Media [70]
Public [15]
Australia & Oceania [71]
Source: YaleE360 [72], 01/26/2023
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"Agency Delays Protections For Imperiled Bat, Prairie Chicken" [73]

"The Biden administration is temporarily delaying stepped-up legal protections for two imperiled species following efforts by congressional Republicans to derail the actions."

Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [41]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [74], 01/26/2023
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