EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Officials Reverse Course On Pesticide’s Harm To Wildlife" [9]

"U.S. wildlife officials reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction, after receiving pledges from chemical manufacturers that they will change product labels for malathion so that it’s used more carefully by gardeners, farmers and other consumers."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Science [16]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: AP [20], 03/09/2022
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Fears For Bees As US Set To Extend Use Of Toxic Neonicotinoid Pesticides [21]

"EPA to approve plan for four types of neonicotinoid chemical to be used on US farmland – despite being banned in Europe".

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Guardian [22], 03/09/2022
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Biden Taps Expert To Head EPA’s Air Office As It Tackles Climate Rules [23]

"President Biden on Tuesday nominated Joseph Goffman to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office, elevating a seasoned expert on the nation’s environmental laws and setting up a tough confirmation battle in the narrowly divided Senate."

Air [24]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [26], 03/09/2022
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"22 U.S. States Back Stringent EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [27]

"Twenty-two states urged a U.S. appeals court to uphold new federal rules to reduce vehicle emissions by 28.3% through 2026, after other states and industry participants challenged the planned changes."

Air [24]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [31], 03/09/2022
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Redlining Means 45 Million Americans Breathe Dirtier Air, 50 Years Later [32]

"Decades of federal housing discrimination did not only depress home values, lower job opportunities and spur poverty in communities deemed undesirable because of race. It’s why 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air today, according to a landmark study released Wednesday."

Air [24]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Pollution [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [35], 03/09/2022
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"The Elephant in the Courtroom" [36]

"Advocates of animal rights want the Bronx Zoo to release Happy, an elephant smart enough to recognize herself in a mirror."

Biodiversity [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Wildlife [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: New Yorker [37], 03/09/2022
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"E.P.A. to Tighten Tailpipe Rules for the Biggest Polluters on the Road" [38]

"The Biden administration on Monday proposed strict new limits on pollution from buses, delivery vans, tractor-trailers and other heavy trucks — the first time in more than 20 years that tailpipe standards have been tightened for the biggest polluters on the road."

Air [24]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [33]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [39], 03/08/2022
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"Pentagon To Shut Down Leaking Fuel Tank Facility In Hawaii" [40]

"The Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel, the Pentagon said Monday."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [33]
Military [41]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
Source: AP [44], 03/08/2022
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NC Hurricanes Linked to Gastrointestinal Illness in Marginalized Groups [45]

"A new study finds communities of color face the greatest increase in emergency room visits for flood-borne illnesses, showing the growing health risks and disproportionate burdens of climate change."

Chemicals [12]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 03/08/2022
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"Florida Panhandle Wildfires Force Evacuation Of Hundreds Of Homes" [48]

"Steady winds across Florida’s Panhandle stoked a rash of wildfires on Monday that ignited in thickets of dead vegetation left in the wake of a 2018 hurricane, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of houses and a nursing home."

Climate Change [25]
Disasters [46]
Forests [49]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: Reuters [51], 03/08/2022
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"Carmakers Race to Control Next-Generation Battery Technology" [52]

"Already far behind Asian manufacturers in building electric car batteries, U.S. automakers and their suppliers are racing to develop a new generation of batteries that are cheaper, can pack in more energy and charge faster."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Technology [53]
Transportation [30]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [54], 03/08/2022
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"Inside FDA’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ Catastrophe" [55]

"Lawyers for DuPont knew the Food and Drug Administration had a serious concern that the company’s new food packaging product might be toxic."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [56]
Environmental Health [33]
Food [57]
Pollution [29]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [58], 03/08/2022
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"Environmental Groups Press California On Electric Car Rules" [59]

"More than 80 environmental groups and other organizations on Monday urged California Governor Gavin Newsom to impose tougher rules promoting electric vehicles even as the state is moving faster than President Joe Biden's administration."

Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [29]
Transportation [30]
Public [18]
California [60]
Source: Reuters [61], 03/08/2022
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Satellites Show Amazon Rainforest Is Hurtling Toward A ‘Tipping Point’ [62]

"More than half of the rainforest could turn into savanna — threatening wildlife, shifting weather patterns and fueling climate change".

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [25]
Forests [49]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [18]
South America [63]
Source: Washington Post [64], 03/08/2022
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Ukraine War Highlights Vulnerability Of Critical Energy Infrastructure [65]

"Minutes before Russian troops marched into Ukraine in late February, a satellite link connected to 5,800 wind turbines across Central Europe suddenly stopped working."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Infrastructure [66]
Military [41]
Technology [53]
Public [18]
International [67]
Source: DW [68], 03/08/2022
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