EJToday: Top Headlines

"Dems Mount Effort To Restore Wetland Protections" [9]

"More than 100 House Democrats are marking the anniversary of the nation’s landmark water law with a push to restore wetlands protections in the aftermath of a landmark Supreme Court decision."

Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 10/19/2023
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"This N.Y.C. Building Is in the Bird-Killing Hall of Shame. It Wants Out." [18]

"The dazzling views of Central Park come with a dark side." "A shiny glass condo property in the city has become notorious for deadly crashes, so some residents are pushing for change."

Biodiversity [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Source: NYTimes [23], 10/19/2023
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"How Gas Utilities Used Tobacco Tactics To Avoid Gas Stove Regulations" [24]

"In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched "Operation Attack," a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas stoves into people's kitchens."

Climate Change [25]
Consumer [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Pollution [13]
Technology [31]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [32], 10/18/2023
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"FWS Helps Create Bank Of Endangered Species DNA" [33]

"Deep-frozen wildlife cell samples could enable the future cloning of at-risk species under a technically adventurous initiative by the Fish and Wildlife Service and its private partners."

Biodiversity [19]
Natural Resources [12]
Technology [31]
Wildlife [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [34], 10/18/2023
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"Climate Advocacy Group Plans to Spend $80 Million on Ads to Aid Biden" [35]

"Climate Power, a liberal advocacy group, plans to spend $80 million on advertising to lift President Biden’s standing on environmental issues and inform voters about the impact of legislation he signed last year."

Activism [36]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [37], 10/18/2023
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PHMSA Regulating 400,000 Miles of Gas Gathering Lines; Industry Unhappy [38]

"With little attention from the mainstream media, the Biden administration has begun imposing new rules on some 400,000 miles of gas pipes. Many are bigger and more dangerous lines laid since the boom in fracking."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 10/18/2023
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"DOJ Touts Broad Range of Environmental Justice Courtroom Wins" [41]

"The Justice Department’s new environmental justice team spent its first year busily bringing cases, forging settlements, and building a national infrastructure of environmental justice-focused prosecutors, according to the group’s first-ever annual report."

Environmental Justice [42]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [43], 10/18/2023
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"Alaska Cancels Snow Crab Harvest Again Due To Population Concerns" [44]

"The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday [Oct. 6] it will again cancel this year's Bering Sea snow crab harvest. Bristol Bay red king crab will re-open."

Climate Change [25]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [45]
Source: King 5 [46], 10/18/2023
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Little-Known Pollution Rule Keeps The Air Dirty For Millions Of Americans [47]

"A legal loophole has allowed the US Environmental Protection Agency to strike pollution from clean air tallies in more than 70 counties, enabling local regulators to claim the air was cleaner than it really was for more than 21 million Americans."

Air [48]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [49], 10/18/2023
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Foul-Smelling Biofuels Plant In Southwest Dallas Is Shutting Down [50]

"A plant near homes in southwest Dallas that renders animal fat into biofuel is shutting down after The Dallas Morning News found that it appears to be operating without proper zoning. Neighbors have complained for years about the smell of dead and rotting animals that they say comes from the facility owned by Envirotein."

Air [48]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [51]
Source: Dallas Morning News [52], 10/18/2023
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"Saving Yellowstone for the Grizzlies" [53]

"A conservation group acquired more than 1,500 acres just north of Yellowstone National Park to stop a gold mine that they say would have upset the habitat of bears and other wildlife."

Biodiversity [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 10/18/2023
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"Battling Desertification: Bringing Soil Back To Life In Semiarid Spain" [56]

"Southeastern Spain is experiencing the northward advance of the Sahara Desert, leading to declining rainfall, soil degradation, and climate change-induced droughts, threatening agricultural lands that have been farmed for many centuries."

Agriculture [57]
Climate Change [25]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Africa [58]
Europe [59]
Source: Mongabay [60], 10/18/2023
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"Federal Government Declares 21 Species Extinct" [61]

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared 21 species extinct Monday, including 10 birds and two freshwater fish."

Biodiversity [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [62], 10/17/2023
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Watchdog Finds La. Honeywell Chemical Plant Isn’t Reporting Emissions of CFCs [63]

"U.S. chemical manufacturer Honeywell International released chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)—climate super-pollutants and ozone depleting substances that are banned except for limited uses under an international environmental agreement—according to a report released Oct. 10 by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a non-profit environmental organization based in Washington, D.C."

Air [48]
Chemicals [64]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 10/17/2023
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Factory Fishing In Antarctica For Krill Threatens A Fragile Ecosystem [66]

"The Antarctic Endeavour glides across the water’s silky surface as dozens of fin whales spray rainbows from their blowholes into a fairy tale icescape of massive glaciers. But as a patrol of environmentalists approaches the Chilean super trawler in an inflatable boat, the cruder realities of modern industrial fishing come into view."

Biodiversity [19]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [67]
Antarctica & Arctic [68]
Source: AP [69], 10/17/2023
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