EJToday: Top Headlines

"LNG Production Comes With A Price, Gulf Coast Communities Warn" [9]

"US takes the global lead on liquid natural gas production and export, as economic promises and environmental worries collide." "In southwest Louisiana, amidst natural disasters and industrial expansion, everyone’s lost something — boats, income, family, homes — Leo Dyson admits."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: EHN [16], 01/25/2024
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"Brazilian Meat Giant With Mega Emissions Races To Attract US Investors" [17]

"An unusual collection of Senate leaders, British lords, environmentalists and a secretive lobbying group is urging the Biden administration to block a Brazilian meat processing giant linked to Amazon deforestation from offering shares to U.S. investors."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
South America [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 01/25/2024
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Biden Vetoes GOP Repeal Of Waiver Of ‘Buy America’ Rule For EV Chargers [26]

"President Biden is vetoing a Republican-led effort to remove his waiver of “Buy America” requirements for iron and steel that get incorporated into federally funded electric vehicle (EV) chargers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [28], 01/25/2024
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"Where Groundwater Levels Are Falling, and Rising, Worldwide" [29]

"An investigation into nearly 1,700 aquifers across more than 40 countries found that groundwater levels in almost half have fallen since 2000. Only about 7 percent of the aquifers surveyed had groundwater levels that rose over that same time period."

Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 01/25/2024
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Coastal GasLink Trial on Hold as Court Probes Police Excessive Force [33]

"The trial of three Indigenous land defenders arrested at a pipeline construction site on unceded Wet’suwet’en First Nation land was adjourned until spring on Friday, as the court looks into potential abuses by Canadian police."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [13]
Canada [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 01/25/2024
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Historic and Devastating Drought in the Amazon Was Caused by Climate Change [37]

"Climate change was the primary driver of a massive drought in the Amazon basin in 2023 and will likely cause future extreme droughts, with potentially dire consequences for global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from World Weather Attribution."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
South America [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 01/25/2024
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"Scientific Breakthrough May Save Northern White Rhino Through Surrogacy" [40]

"Scientists have made history by successfully transferring a rhinoceros embryo for the first time, conservationists announced Wednesday, an achievement that could help save the embattled species from the growing threat of poachers."

Biodiversity [41]
Technology [42]
Wildlife [43]
Public [13]
Africa [44]
Source: Washington Post [45], 01/25/2024
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Flash Floods Inundate San Diego As Heavy Rains Sweep Through Much Of US [46]

"Flash floods inundated homes and overturned cars in San Diego on Monday as torrential rain swept through a large swath of the U.S., toppling trees and overflowing streets across California."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [38]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
California [47]
Source: AP [48], 01/24/2024
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"EPA To Unveil Scientific Integrity Plan Soon. Will It Work?" [49]

"EPA is drawing closer to cementing President Joe Biden’s plans for protecting science across the federal government, but the agency’s proposed safeguards for its own researchers are already coming under scrutiny."

Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [51]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [52]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [53], 01/24/2024
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Tribes, Greens Ask US Court To Block $10B Transmission Project In Arizona [54]

"A federal judge is being asked to issue a stop-work order on a $10 billion transmission line being built through a remote southeastern Arizona valley to carry wind-generated electricity to customers as far away as California."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Infrastructure [55]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [56]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Source: AP [58], 01/24/2024
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"Why The War In Ukraine Is Bad For Climate Science" [59]

"Lack of data about conditions in the Russian Arctic is already hampering climate science, and will cause ever-growing gaps in our understanding of how climate change affects the fastest-warming region of the planet, scientists warn."

Climate Change [10]
Military [60]
Natural Resources [23]
Science [52]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [13]
International [31]
Antarctica & Arctic [61]
Source: NPR [62], 01/24/2024
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"Migratory Bird Rule Likely Shelved Until After November Election" [63]

"A new rule imposing penalties for migratory bird killings associated with energy development, construction, and poaching is unlikely to be proposed by the Interior Department before the end of the current presidential term, legal experts say."

Biodiversity [41]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [43]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [64], 01/24/2024
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"UN Expert Condemns UK Crackdown On Environmental Protest" [65]

"A severe crackdown on environmental protest in Britain with “draconian” new laws, excessive restrictions on courtroom evidence and the use of civil injunctions is having a chilling impact on fundamental freedoms, the United Nations special rapporteur has said."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [51]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [13]
Europe [66]
Source: Guardian [67], 01/24/2024
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"Swine Fever Threatens Food Source For Millions As Disease Hits Wild Herds" [68]

"Populations of wild pigs are crashing due to the spread of African swine fever (ASF), threatening the livelihoods of millions who depend on them for food, researchers warn. With a fatality rate of almost 100%, ASF has swept across Asia, Europe and Africa, devastating domestic and wild pig populations over the past 10 to 20 years."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [41]
Environmental Health [50]
Wildlife [43]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: Guardian [69], 01/24/2024
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Oil Lobby Launches Eight-Figure Ad Blitz Amid Record Fossil Fuel Extraction [70]

"The American oil lobby has launched an eight-figure media campaign this week promoting the idea that fossil fuels are “vital” to global energy security, alarming climate experts."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [51]
Pollution [71]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [72], 01/24/2024
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