EJToday: Top Headlines

"Germany Conducts Raids Against Climate Activists, Alleging Criminality" [9]

"German police launched a series of raids early on Wednesday across the country against a group of climate activists known for attacking art and gluing themselves to roads to raise awareness."

Activism [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
Europe [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 05/26/2023
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"A Boat Went Dark. Finding It Could Help Save The World’s Fish." [16]

"Today’s high seas are a bit like the Old West: a wilderness too vast to police, offering riches to those with a tolerance for danger and, sometimes, a dubious commitment to the law."

Fish & Fisheries [17]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
International [19]
Source: Washington Post [20], 05/26/2023
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IG Finds Violations In Park Police Force Against Media In 2020 Incident [21]

"Park Police officers violated policy when they hit a reporter with a baton and pushed another member of the media’s camera during the infamous 2020 clearing of protesters in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., an internal government watchdog has found."

Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [24], 05/25/2023
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"House Fails To Override Biden Veto Maintaining Solar Tariffs" [25]

"The House of Representatives fell short of the required two-thirds majority to override President Biden’s veto of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution resuming solar power tariffs."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [29], 05/25/2023
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In Panama, Legal Rights Given To Sea Turtles, Boosting 'Rights of Nature' [30]

"On a Panamanian beach long after dark, a group of undergraduate students dug into the sand to excavate a sea turtle nest, their lamps casting a soft red glow as they studied eggs, inventoried the success of the hatch and checked for any surviving hatchlings stuck at the bottom of the nest. Nearby, armed members of the National Border Service stood watch for protection in an area known for drug trafficking."

Biodiversity [31]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [13]
Central America & the Caribbean [34]
Source: AP [35], 05/25/2023
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"Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are Mostly Junk And Some May Harm, Research Says" [36]

"A new investigation into Chevron’s climate pledge has found the fossil-fuel company relies on “junk” carbon offsets and “unviable” technologies, which do little to offset its vast greenhouse gas emissions and in some cases may actually be causing communities harm."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [13]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [37], 05/25/2023
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"Scrapped DOE Funding For Battery Company Fuels New Concerns" [38]

"The Department of Energy’s decision to halt a contentious grant award to a battery company with ties to China is fueling new concerns on Capitol Hill over agency transparency and oversight."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [39], 05/25/2023
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"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch." [40]

"Biden administration officials in recent weeks hosted private listening sessions with environmental groups and oil companies ahead of the release of proposed oil and gas regulations that could represent some of the White House’s most lasting steps on public lands to help address climate change."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [41], 05/25/2023
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"U.N. Slams Carbon Removal As Unproven And Risky" [42]

"A United Nations panel is casting doubt on the promise of using machines to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and sea in order to fight climate change."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [43], 05/25/2023
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Pipeline Co. Spent Big on Police Gear Against Standing Rock Protesters [44]

"TigerSwan worked with law enforcement to fight an information war against the Indigenous-led water protectors."

Activism [10]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Justice [45]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Military [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Intercept [47], 05/25/2023
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"Interior Sec. Deb Haaland Talks With Arizona Tribes at the Grand Canyon" [48]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paid unannounced visits to the Grand Canyon and several northern Arizona tribes over the weekend, ending with what the agency said was the first-ever visit of a sitting Interior Secretary to Supai in the Havasupai Tribe's lands on the Canyon's floor."

Environmental Justice [45]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [49]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Arizona Republlic [50], 05/25/2023
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"Weird, Rare, and Everywhere" [51]

"In the bogs of Hecate Island, British Columbia, a writer and novice naturalist joins researchers for a glimpse of a multiyear biodiversity mission—and gets acquainted with some odd organisms."

Biodiversity [31]
Public [13]
Canada [52]
Source: Hakai [53], 05/25/2023
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Coastal Guam Residents Evacuate As Approaching Typhoon Mawar Threatens [54]

"Typhoon Mawar’s outer bands were whipping Guam Wednesday ahead of a potential landfall that could devastate the US territory with deadly winds, treacherous storm surge and heavy rainfall."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [55]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [56]
Source: CNN [57], 05/24/2023
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"US, EU Lawmakers Push To Depose UAE's Jaber From Climate Talks" [58]

"Over 100 members of the U.S. Congress and European Parliament called on Tuesday for Sultan al-Jaber to be removed as the designated head of the upcoming COP28 climate talks, saying the oil exec's appointment threatened the integrity of negotiations."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
International [19]
Source: Reuters [59], 05/24/2023
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"Climate Protests Over Private Jets Disrupt Geneva Airport Flights" [60]

"Around 100 climate protesters demanding a ban on private jets disrupted flights at Geneva Airport on Tuesday and blocked entry to an aircraft exhibition at Europe's flagship business jet event."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Transportation [61]
Public [13]
International [19]
Source: Reuters [62], 05/24/2023
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