EJToday: Top Headlines

"It’s a La Niña Year, And That Means Bigger, Badder Hurricanes" [9]

"Hurricane season is just on the horizon, and this year rising temperatures are headed toward a “La Niña” effect that could cause bigger and stronger tropical storms in the Atlantic."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Earther [15], 05/23/2022
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With Severe Drought, An Urgent Call To Rework Colorado River Pact [16]

"One hundred years after a landmark agreement divided the waters of the Colorado River among Western states, the pact is now showing its age as a hotter and drier climate has shrunk the river."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: LA Times [22], 05/20/2022
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"Former Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Lobbying Laws, Watchdog Finds" [23]

"The Interior Department’s internal watchdog on Thursday said it found no evidence that former secretary David Bernhardt violated lobbying laws regarding a former client, a California water district that is the nation’s largest agricultural water supplier, although he continued to advise them on legislative matters on occasion after he stopped being their lobbyist."

Environmental Politics [18]
Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [25], 05/20/2022
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Trump Nominees Still Control Key Mine Safety Agency in Biden’s 2nd Year [26]

"The power struggle inside a federal commission shows the real-world consequences of the Senate’s confirmation bottleneck."

"Sixteen months into the Biden presidency, Republicans still effectively control a federal agency that oversees mine safety, frustrating miner advocates who say the Trump nominees will continue to hand down decisions friendly to mine operators.
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: HuffPost [29], 05/20/2022
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"Pro-Trump Counties Continue To Suffer Far Higher Covid Death Tolls" [30]

"Even with widely available vaccines and newly effective treatments, residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the last presidential election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those that live in areas that went for President Biden. That's according to a newly-updated analysis from NPR, examining how partisanship and misinformation are shaping the pandemic."

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [18]
Science [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NPR [32], 05/20/2022
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Foresters Hope To Help Trees Migrate Amid Climate Change [33]

"Forestry technician Grace Smith has spent the spring working 10-hour days, planting trees in the woods of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Vermont."

Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [10]
Forests [35]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Source: NPR [37], 05/20/2022
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"Rare Monkeypox Case Confirmed In Massachusetts" [38]

"Massachusetts health authorities confirmed a case of monkeypox Wednesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was monitoring the possible spread of the rare but potentially serious viral illness."

Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Health [28]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Washington Post [39], 05/20/2022
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"Biden Forest Plan Stirs Dispute Over What Counts As “Old”" [40]

"President Joe Biden’s order to protect the nation’s oldest forests against climate change, wildfires and other problems devastating vast woodlands is raising a simple yet vexing question: When does a forest grow old?"

Biodiversity [34]
Forests [35]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [31]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [41], 05/20/2022
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"Extreme Heat Linked To Rise in US Death Rates: Study" [42]

"Extreme heat events, on the rise due to climate change, are associated with higher overall adult death rates across the U.S., a new study has found."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [43], 05/20/2022
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21 Democratic AGs File Motion To Intervene In Calif. Emissions Lawsuit [44]

"Democratic attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over California’s vehicle emissions standards."

Air [45]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: The Hill [47], 05/20/2022
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"What the Insect Crisis Means for Food, Farming — and Humanity" [48]

"Journalist and author Oliver Milman discusses the findings of his new book, how declining pollinator populations could harm vulnerable communities, and the most promising solutions."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Food [50]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [51]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Civil Eats [52], 05/20/2022
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"Vast Swath of US at Risk of Summer Blackouts, Regulator Warns" [53]

"A vast swath of North America from the Great Lakes to the West Coast is at risk of blackouts this summer as heat, drought, shuttered power plants and supply-chain woes strain the electric grid."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [54]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Green [55], 05/19/2022
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"Environmentalists Oppose More Life For California Nuke Plant" [56]

"Dozens of environmental and anti-nuclear organizations expressed opposition Tuesday to any attempt to extend the life of California’s last operating nuclear power plant, challenging suggestions that its electricity is needed to meet potential future shortages in the nation’s most populous state."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [57]
Public [13]
California [58]
Source: AP [59], 05/19/2022
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"SEC To Consider Sustainable Investing Rules" [60]

"The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to vote next week on rules that would crack down on the Wild West that has become environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [61]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [62], 05/19/2022
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Droughts, Fires, Floods: Could Climate Change Decide Australian Election? [63]

"Australia, a major coal exporter and one of the worst per capita emitters, goes to the polls Saturday. The result could be decisive for global climate goals, as voters demand lawmakers do more to cut emissions."

"The results of the Australian election this Saturday will set the climate agenda for one of the planet's worst per-capita CO2 emitters. It comes as the world faces a rapidly closing window to stop the most severe impacts of climate change.
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [13]
Australia & Oceania [64]
Source: DW [65], 05/19/2022
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