EJToday: Top Headlines

"Water Companies In England Face Outrage Over Record Sewage Discharges" [9]

"Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and seas last year in a 105% increase on the previous 12 months."

Environmental Health [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Europe [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 03/28/2024
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Lawsuit Over Kentucky Mining Disaster That Killed Dozens And Destroyed Homes [19]

"Chase Hays and more than 50 neighbors are suing Blackhawk Mining after a silt retention pond burst and killed 43 people".

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Infrastructure [12]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Guardian [28], 03/28/2024
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"Spending Package Would Extend Nuclear Insurance Backstop" [29]

"The fiscal 2024 spending package released Thursday proposes to prolong and expand a critical lifeline for the domestic nuclear energy industry."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [33], 03/28/2024
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"A Great Lakes Pipeline Tangles Politics in Two Battleground States" [34]

"Line 5 crosses tribal lands, runs beneath the water and needs major upgrades. Opponents fear spills. Supporters envision jobs. Everyone sees a fight."

Activism [35]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [31]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Canada [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 03/28/2024
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DOE Will Lend $1.5B To Restart Michigan Nuclear Power Plant, A US First [40]

"The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [31]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: AP [41], 03/28/2024
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Feds Propose Killing 500,000 'Invasive' Owls To Save Calif. Native Owls [42]

"A group of 75 animal rights organizations, including several in California, signed a joint letter sent to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Monday urging her to nix a proposal by the U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife to shoot nearly half a million “invasive” owls over the next 30 years."

Biodiversity [43]
Forests [44]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [46]
Northwest (OR WA) [47]
Source: SFGate [48], 03/28/2024
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Paused Ohio "Chemical Recycling" Plant Puts Spotlight On Appalachia [49]

"On a bright, cold day in February, Akim Lattermore stood in front of her house gesturing toward the site of a proposed facility that would convert old tires, electronic waste and plastic into fuel."

Chemicals [50]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: EHN [52], 03/27/2024
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"Supreme Court Refuses Antiquities Act Fight" [53]

"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of cases that could have diminished the president’s power to establish new national monuments — but critics of that authority say there are still multiple avenues to rein in the White House’s ability to conserve public lands."

Forests [44]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [54], 03/27/2024
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"NOAA Gets Dire Warning About Solar Geoengineering" [55]

"The agency is being asked to strengthen a toothless rule that requires only a heads-up before experiments to modify the weather."

Climate Change [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Technology [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [57], 03/27/2024
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"Berkeley Plans To Repeal First US Gas Ban" [58]

"The city of Berkeley, California, has agreed to repeal the nation’s first-ever gas ban, raising questions about the fate of similar restrictions on fossil fuels across the West."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
California [46]
Source: E&E News [59], 03/27/2024
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Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, New Report Finds [60]

"A year after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the study found vinyl chloride accidents have happened on average “once every five days since 2010.” An industry group says the chemical is safe and “makes modern life possible.”"

Chemicals [50]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 03/27/2024
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"The Surprising Reasons Why Big Oil May Not Want A Second Trump Term" [62]

"Some oil and gas industry executives fear Donald Trump’s protectionist policies could spark a global trade war".

Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [63], 03/27/2024
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"New Book Details How ‘Barons’ Took Over American Agriculture" [64]

"“Barons,” published Tuesday by Austin Frerick, a native Iowan and Yale University food policy fellow, argues that a runaway process of monopoly has gutted rural America while bleeding the taste from American food."

Agriculture [65]
Biodiversity [43]
Consumer [66]
Economy & Business [30]
Food [67]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [68], 03/27/2024
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To Protect Coal, West Va. Governor Vetoes Bill Expanding Renewable Energy [69]

"West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) on Tuesday vetoed a measure that would raise the allowable size for a solar plant operated by state utilities, citing concerns about its effects on the coal industry."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [14]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [70]
Source: The Hill [71], 03/27/2024
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"New Warning System Could Save Lives During Wildfires" [72]

"The system got its biggest test yet in February 2024 as a million-acre blaze ripped through the Texas Panhandle."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Forests [44]
Government [73]
Technology [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [74], 03/27/2024
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