EJToday: Top Headlines

Fight To The Finish For A Rare Daisy And A Gold Mine Near Death Valley [9]

"Botanist Maria Jesus has made a career out of trying to protect wild places where rare plants are making their last stand, and field work can mean bivouacking alone in a pup tent. Take the Inyo rock daisy, which only grows in the crevices of cliff walls in two largely roadless areas of the southern Inyo Mountains near Death Valley National Park."

Biodiversity [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Public [12]
California [13]
Source: LA Times [14], 03/01/2022
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"Biden Could Score a Climate Victory in a Single Word: Plastics" [15]

"The administration is supporting the crafting of a global treaty that would address pollution across the plastics life-cycle, from manufacture to disposal."

Chemicals [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
International [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 03/01/2022
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Sierra Snowpack Vanishing. 3rd Year Of Calif. Drought Looks Inevitable [23]

"California’s severe drought, which seemed to be retreating after soaking storms in October and December, is now all but certain to continue into a third year after the driest January and February in recorded history."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [25]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
California [13]
Source: San Jose Mercury News [26], 03/01/2022
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Dems Introduce $500 Million Air Quality Bill, Citing ProPublica Probe [27]

"Three Democratic U.S. representatives introduced a bill last week that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to create a pilot program for air monitoring in communities overburdened with pollution."

Air [28]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: ProPublica [33], 03/01/2022
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"Rash-Causing Moth Spreading Due To Warming, Scientists Find" [34]

"A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures, a group of scientists has found."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [24]
Forests [35]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: AP [36], 03/01/2022
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"One Way To Combat Russia? Move Faster On Clean Energy" [37]

"The war in Europe adds to the urgency of transitioning to clean energy sources such as solar and wind power that are harder for bad actors such as Russia to disrupt, those experts say."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [38]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: LA Times [39], 03/01/2022
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Climate Change: IPCC Report Warns Of ‘Irreversible’ Impacts Of Warming [40]

"Many of the impacts of global warming are now simply "irreversible" according to the UN's latest assessment." "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that humans and nature are being pushed beyond their abilities to adapt."

Climate Change [24]
Science [41]
Public [12]
International [21]
Source: BBC News [42], 02/28/2022
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"Supreme Court Will Hear Biggest Climate Change Case in a Decade" [43]

"In the most important environmental case in more than a decade, the Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a dispute that could restrict or even eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to control the pollution that is heating the planet."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Pollution [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: NYTimes [44], 02/28/2022
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"UN To Agree On Plan For 'Historic' Plastics Treaty" [45]

"More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic global treaty to tackle the plastic crisis afflicting the planet."

Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [19]
Waste [46]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
International [21]
Source: AFP [47], 02/28/2022
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US Oil Industry Leaps On Invasion Of Ukraine To Argue For More Drilling [48]

"The US oil and gas industry is using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to pressure the Biden administration to throw open more land and ocean for domestic drilling and to loosen regulations for large companies attempting to ramp up their fossil fuel extraction."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [38]
Journalism & Media [49]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Military [50]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: Guardian [51], 02/28/2022
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"Invasion Puts Ukraine’s Nuclear Reactors at Risk, Monitors Warn" [52]

"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unfolding in a nation with 15 atomic reactors operating near full capacity, exposing Europe’s second-biggest nuclear fleet to potential safety risks."

Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [29]
Military [50]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
Public [12]
Europe [54]
Source: Bloomberg [55], 02/28/2022
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"Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4 Billion" [56]

"The United States government netted a record $4.37 billion on Friday from the sale of six offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, a major step in the Biden administration’s goal of ushering in a future powered by renewable energy."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [32]
Source: NYTimes [57], 02/28/2022
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Canon Thinktank Pressured To Remove ‘Dangerous’ Climate Articles [58]

"A thinktank linked to Japanese technology giant Canon is coming under pressure to remove multiple articles from a research director who describes the climate crisis as “fake news” and compares campaigner Greta Thunberg to a communist."

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [38]
Journalism & Media [49]
Public [12]
International [21]
Source: Guardian [59], 02/28/2022
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"Chicken Frenzy: A State Awash in Hog Farms Faces a Poultry Boom" [60]

"Long home to industrial hog facilities, North Carolina has seen a huge increase in large-scale poultry farms, with more than 1,000 added in 2020 alone. The state scarcely regulates the poultry industry and its waste, which threatens waters in low-wealth communities of color."

Agriculture [61]
Environmental Justice [30]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [62]
Source: YaleE360 [63], 02/28/2022
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Will Farmed Totoaba Stop Extinction of World’s Most Endangered Porpoise? [64]

"International officials will soon decide the fate of Mexican totoaba fish farming—and with it, possibly the last glimmer of hope for the vaquita."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [38]
Fish & Fisheries [65]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [12]
Mexico [66]
Source: Hakai [67], 02/28/2022
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