EJToday: Top Headlines

"NPS Cut Its Special Agents By Nearly Half, Memo Shows" [9]

"The National Park Service has reduced the number of criminal investigators who handle difficult cases by 45 percent over the last 20 years, and they will spend less time on property crimes and drug cases as a result, according to an internal memo."

Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [15], 01/05/2023
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Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [16]

"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
South America [20]
Source: Mongabay [21], 01/05/2023
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"Biden Taps Democrat On Interstate Energy Commission As Its Interim Chair" [22]

"President Biden will name Willie Phillips as interim head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the White House confirmed Tuesday."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [18]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [25], 01/05/2023
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"Antiquities Act Litigation Threatens Nevada Monument Proposal" [26]

"Tribes and environmentalists are hailing President Joe Biden’s commitment to use the Antiquities Act to create a national monument in Nevada to protect tribal sacred sites, preserve wildlife and Joshua tree habitat, and block the approval of a wind farm."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 01/05/2023
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"Emperor Penguins, Reindeer Among Threatened Species: WWF" [28]

"Emperor penguins and reindeer were among the species highlighted in a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report as severely threatened by the cascading impacts of climate change."

Biodiversity [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [13]
International [31]
Antarctica & Arctic [32]
Source: DW [33], 01/05/2023
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"Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’?" [34]

"One of the first times Luciana Vanni Gatti tried to collect Amazonian air she got so woozy that she couldn’t even operate the controls. An atmospheric chemist, she wanted to measure the concentration of carbon high above the rainforest."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [17]
Forests [19]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [13]
South America [20]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [36], 01/05/2023
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"Farewell To The Senate’s Biggest Climate Denier" [37]

"Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) leaves behind a legacy of climate disinformation, and a small army of pro-industry contrarians."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Science [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [39], 01/05/2023
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"EPA Clampdown on Soot Pollution Imminent" [40]

"With high stakes for both public health and industry, EPA is set to reveal at least the broad contours of its plans for tightening air quality standards for a particularly pernicious pollutant."

Air [41]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [44], 01/04/2023
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"Protests Near German Village Vacated To Expand Coal Mine" [45]

"Scuffles broke out on Monday outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that is drawing resistance from climate activists."

Activism [46]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [13]
Europe [47]
Source: AP [48], 01/04/2023
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"World Bank Seeks More Funds To Address Climate Change, Other Crises" [49]

"The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity to address climate change and other global crises and will negotiate with shareholders ahead of April meetings on proposals that include a capital increase and new lending tools, according to an "evolution roadmap" seen by Reuters on Monday."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [50]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: Reuters [51], 01/04/2023
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Colorado Plans To Reintroduce Wolves On Western Slope By 2023 Deadline [52]

"Colorado could be less than a year away from the state’s first relocation of gray wolves to parts of the Western Slope, as required by a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2020."

Biodiversity [29]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [30]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Source: States Newsroom [54], 01/04/2023
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"The Toll Extreme Weather Took In The U.S. During 2022, By The Numbers" [55]

"Storms fueled crippling floods in Missouri and Kentucky. A drought starved Lake Mead, Lake Powell and much of the American West, endangering water supplies and creating conditions for devastating wildfires."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [56]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [57], 01/04/2023
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"Judge Orders Proposed Rio Grande Decree To Be Made Public" [58]

"A U.S. judge serving as special master in the legal battle over management of the Rio Grande, one of North America’s longest rivers, has cleared the way for a proposed settlement to be made public."

Climate Change [17]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [59]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: AP [61], 01/04/2023
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"PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States as Year Begins" [62]

"Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine."

Chemicals [63]
Consumer [64]
Environmental Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [59]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [65], 01/04/2023
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"US Seeks Perfect Mix of Farming and Solar Panels" [66]

"Flat, sunny acres of land are prime real estate for solar energy developers who hold a key role in helping the US meet its climate goals. But developers are often eyeing fields of wheat, corn, and hay; ranches roamed by cattle and sheep; and plots bursting with berries and lettuce. If built there, solar panels can level farms that feed the country."

Agriculture [35]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Technology [67]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [68], 01/04/2023
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