EJToday: Top Headlines

"Norfolk Southern CEO Dodges Question On Support For Railway Reform Bill" [9]

"Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw said Wednesday that he supports certain aspects of a bipartisan railroad safety bill introduced after a train operated by the company crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, but declined to endorse the bill as a whole."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [19], 03/23/2023
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"California Sea Otters Killed By Rare Parasite Strain: Study" [20]

"An unusually virulent type of toxoplasmosis is killing California sea otters — and may pose an eventual public health threat to other marine animals and to humans, a new study has found."

Biodiversity [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
California [24]
Source: The Hill [25], 03/23/2023
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Kentucky Floodwaters Receded 6 Months Ago. For Many, The Crisis Goes On [26]

"‘People need housing now,’ says the head of one local nonprofit. ‘They need to know there’s a light at the end of this tunnel.’"

Climate Change [27]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Washington Post [30], 03/23/2023
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"Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021" [31]

"Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently."

Climate Change [27]
Forests [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 03/23/2023
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"Geothermal Power, Cheap and Clean, Could Help Run Japan. So Why Doesn’t It?" [35]

"For decades, new plants have been blocked by powerful local interests, the owners of hot spring resorts, that say the sites threaten a centuries-old tradition."

Energy & Fuel [13]
People & Population [36]
Public [17]
Asia [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 03/23/2023
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Musk's Company Plans To Dump Wastewater In The Colorado. Locals Concerned [39]

"Residents of a small Texas town view the controversial billionaire's Boring Company with suspicion."

Environmental Politics [40]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: HuffPost [43], 03/23/2023
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"Big Sky Bison Battles Spell Trouble For Haaland" [44]

"While Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wants to restore more bison across the country, Yellowstone’s famous herd suffered through one of the deadliest winters on record, with the animals easy prey for hunters as they sauntered across the park’s northern border in search of food."

Agriculture [45]
Biodiversity [21]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [46]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [47], 03/23/2023
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"Residents Sue St. James Parish To Halt Chemical Plants" [48]

"St. James Parish community groups are calling for a ban on new petrochemical plants to halt what they say is a history of racist land use decisions that have concentrated polluting industries in Black neighborhoods, according to a federal lawsuit."

Activism [49]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [41]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [50], 03/22/2023
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Older Americans Blockade Banks to Protest Fossil Fuel Financing [51]

"Climate activists are taking to the streets Tuesday in one of the biggest coordinated demonstrations over global warming since millions of the world’s youth walked out of their classrooms in 2019 to urge their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis. Except this time, it’s not young people leading the charge but Baby Boomers."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [40]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 03/22/2023
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"The Dark History Of Using Water As A Weapon" [53]

"As the UN conference on water kicks off, it’s vital to reflect on how water has been used as a tactical weapon and a strategic battlefield resource."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Justice [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
International [33]
Source: Fast Company [54], 03/22/2023
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"Biden Will Let Calif. Lead On Electric Trucks, Despite Industry Protest" [55]

"The EPA plans to grant California a waiver that will allow the state to phase out diesel-powered trucks, helping communities burdened by truck pollution".

Air [56]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [41]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [24]
Source: Washington Post [57], 03/22/2023
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"Global Renewables Capacity Grew By 10% Last Year - IRENA" [58]

"Global renewable energy capacity grew by 9.6% last year but needs to grow by three times the current rate to limit global warming, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Public [17]
International [33]
Source: Reuters [59], 03/22/2023
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"Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable" [60]

"Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened recently: The metal’s price has fallen, helping to make electric vehicles more affordable."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [27]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Natural Resources [46]
Transportation [16]
Public [17]
International [33]
Source: NYTimes [61], 03/22/2023
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"Rise Of Deadly Fungus Spotlights Hospital Infection-Control Challenges" [62]

"A deadly fungus spreading at an alarming rate in U.S. health facilities has exposed the broader problem of how patient safety is jeopardized by underfunded and understaffed infection-prevention efforts, experts say."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [63], 03/22/2023
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"Brazil Evicts Miners From Yanomami Territory, Prepares For More Removals" [64]

"Brazil has ousted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, the head of the federal police's new environmental crimes division said Tuesday."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [40]
Forests [32]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [46]
People & Population [36]
Public [17]
South America [65]
Source: Reuters [66], 03/22/2023
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