EJToday: Top Headlines

"White House Blasts Exxon Over Historical $56 Billion Annual Profit" [9]

"The White House on Tuesday expressed outrage on Tuesday at Exxon Mobil Corp's record net profit in 2022 of $56 billion, a historical high not just for the company but for the entire Western oil industry."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 02/01/2023
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"Climate Disinfo Surges In Denial, Conspiracy Comeback" [18]

"False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: AFP [20], 02/01/2023
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How Does The Deadly Nipah Virus Spill From Bats To Humans? [21]

"It's dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, rings his chin. He says the procession of disease and death all started in the spring of 2004."

Environmental Health [22]
Science [23]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: NPR [24], 02/01/2023
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"Maine Regulators Allow Wind, Utility Project To Move Forward" [25]

"Maine utility regulators on Tuesday gave final approval to a wind power project that would provide enough electricity for at least 450,000 New England homes along with construction of a new transmission corridor in northern Maine to get the electricity to the regional power grid."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: AP [29], 02/01/2023
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Brazil Readies Task Force To Expel Miners From Yanomami Lands: Officials [30]

"Brazil is preparing a task force of armed forces, police and government agencies to soon launch an operation to expel illegal gold miners who invaded the Yanomami indigenous reservation, officials said on Tuesday."

Natural Resources [31]
Public [14]
South America [32]
Source: Reuters [33], 02/01/2023
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US Emissions of Most Potent Greenhouse Gas 56% Higher Than Estimates [34]

"While emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), the world’s most potent greenhouse gas, have fallen sharply in the U.S. in recent decades, actual emissions are significantly higher than the official government estimates, a new study concludes."

Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 02/01/2023
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"Deer Could Be a Reservoir of Old Coronavirus Variants, Study Suggests" [37]

"The Alpha and Gamma variants of the coronavirus continued to circulate and evolve in white-tailed deer, even after they stopped spreading widely among people, a new study suggests."

Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Health [22]
Science [23]
Wildlife [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [40], 02/01/2023
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"E.P.A. Bans Disposal of Mine Waste in Bristol Bay" [41]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday is set to move to protect one of the world’s most valuable wild salmon fisheries, at Bristol Bay in Alaska, by effectively blocking the development of a long-disputed gold and copper mine there."

Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [43]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
Source: NYTimes [47], 01/31/2023
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"California Holdout In Agreement Over Colorado River Cuts" [48]

"Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut their use, months after the federal government called for action and an initial deadline passed. California — with the largest allocation of water from the river — is the lone holdout."

Agriculture [49]
Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [50]
Disasters [51]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [53]
Planning & Growth [54]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [55], 01/31/2023
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"This Group Is Sharpening the GOP Attack On ‘Woke’ Wall Street" [56]

"Bankrolled by mysterious donors, a little-known group named Consumers’ Research has emerged as a key player in the conservative crusade to prevent Wall Street from factoring climate change into its investment decisions."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [57], 01/31/2023
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Watchdog Says White House Science Integrity Measure Amounts To A ‘Gag Rule’ [58]

"A whistleblower and advocacy group is raising concerns over what they call a “gag rule” against federal scientists that was included in White House scientific integrity guidelines."

Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [59]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Science [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [60], 01/31/2023
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New Wind and Solar Cheaper Than Operating All But One US Coal Power Plant [61]

"New analysis shows that renewables beat existing coal plants 99 percent of the time, thanks to long-term trends and an assist from the Inflation Reduction Act."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 01/31/2023
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"In Israel, Disposable Plastics Trigger Culture War, Test PM" [63]

"On Idit Silman’s first day as Israel’s new environmental protection minister, she handed out soft drinks in disposable plastic cups to hospital patients. The gesture held deep symbolic meaning in Israel, where soft drinks and single-use cups, plates and cutlery have become weapons in a culture war between the country’s secular Jewish majority and the smaller but politically powerful religious minority."

Consumer [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [53]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [64]
Waste [44]
Public [14]
Middle East [65]
Source: AP [66], 01/31/2023
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"Turmoil And Turnover Plague Audubon" [67]

"Workplace woes are taking a toll on the National Audubon Society. The 118-year-old bird conservation group, one of the oldest and best-known environmental advocacy groups in the country, has had a tumultuous few years."

Activism [68]
Diversity [69]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [70], 01/31/2023
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Dereliction of Doodie: Ontario’s Sewage Plans Could Hurt Great Lakes [71]

"The Doug Ford government says its vision for its second term is to get desperately needed homes built in Ontario. In York Region, the key to that vision is a massive pipeline that transfers water from one Great Lake region to another."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [43]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [72]
Canada [73]
Source: The Narwhal [74], 01/31/2023
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