EJToday: Top Headlines

SEC Drops Key Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules [9]

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 02/23/2024
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"China 2023 Coal Power Approvals Rose, Putting Climate Targets At Risk" [18]

"China approved 114 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity in 2023, up 10% from a year earlier, with the world's top carbon polluter now at risk of falling short on climate targets after sanctioning dozens of new plants, research showed on Thursday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [15]
Asia [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 02/23/2024
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EPA Will Let 8 States Sell Gasoline With More Ethanol Year-Round In 2025 [23]

"The Biden administration will allow gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol to be sold year-round in eight states starting in 2025, it announced Thursday."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [25], 02/23/2024
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"How A Northwest Tribe Is Escaping A Rising Ocean" [26]

"In a mossy stretch of forest on Washington state's outer coast, streets and sidewalks have appeared in recent weeks, representing the future of the Quinault Indian Nation. The coastal tribe has spent a decade trying to move its villages out of reach of a rising Pacific Ocean and its tsunamis."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
Source: KUOW [31], 02/23/2024
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NewsNation Journalist Lambert Wins $80,000 Judgment Vs. Ohio City, County [32]

"A city and county in Ohio have agreed to pay $112,000 to resolve NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which stemmed from his unlawful arrest last year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio."

Chemicals [33]
Disasters [27]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [35], 02/23/2024
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"Poland's New Government Deprograms Its Once Far-Right Public Media" [36]

"It's 7:30 in the evening in Warsaw, and public news broadcaster TVP Info is about to broadcast live to millions of viewers across Poland. Producers in a crowded control room scurry in and out, sometimes stopping to peer through a narrow window into a studio where the host reads from a teleprompter."

Government [37]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
Europe [38]
Source: NPR [39], 02/23/2024
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"Tunisia Farmer Turns To Old Wheat Varieties As Climate Change Bites" [40]

"Tunisian wheat farmer Hasan Chetoui is seeking inspiration from the deep past as he tries to adapt to drought caused by climate change, sowing old wheat varieties that he hopes will produce crops throughout the year."

Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [10]
Food [41]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
Africa [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 02/23/2024
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"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation" [44]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."

Air [45]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: SCOTUSblog [48], 02/22/2024
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Not Just Toxics: Radioactive Waste Was Also Dumped Off Los Angeles Coast [49]

"For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment until a team of researchers came across them with an advanced underwater camera."

Environmental Health [46]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [51]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
California [52]
Source: LA Times [53], 02/22/2024
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"9th Circuit Ruling Axes Obama-Era Freeze On Coal Leasing" [54]

"A federal appellate court on Wednesday delivered a victory for the mining sector and scrapped a lower court ruling that froze new coal leases on public lands."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [55], 02/22/2024
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Dead Livestock And Poisoned Water — Texas Farmers Sue Over PFAS Pollution [56]

"Two Texas farm families have seen their health decline, their pets and livestock sickened and killed, their water poisoned and and their property values wiped out due to high levels of chemical contamination linked to a company marketing treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer and soil conditioner, according to a lawsuit filed by the families."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [46]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [20]
Waste [57]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: The New Lede [59], 02/22/2024
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Enbridge Wants Line 5 Shutdown Order Overturned on Tribal Land in Wisc. [60]

"A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by the pipeline company invokes a 1977 pipeline treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The Bad River Band says the treaty is superseded by 1854 tribal treaty rights."

Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [61]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Canada [62]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 02/22/2024
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Another Climate Impact Hits Public’s Radar: A Wetter World Is Mudslide City [64]

"L.A. saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Infrastructure [65]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 02/22/2024
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"How The Housing Industry Is Working To Stop Energy Efficient Homes" [67]

"Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses".

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [65]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [68], 02/22/2024
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Green Power Would Save Infant Lives, Help Millions Of Kids Breathe: Report [69]

"The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and clean power could save infants’ lives and help millions of children breathe easier, according to new research from the American Lung Association."

Air [45]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [28]
Pollution [20]
Science [70]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [71], 02/22/2024
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