EJToday: Top Headlines

"Electric Cars Are Taking Off, but When Will Battery Recycling Follow?" [9]

"Many companies and investors are eager to recycle batteries, but it could take a decade or more before enough used lithium-ion batteries become available."

Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Technology [14]
Transportation [15]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 12/23/2022
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"For Humpbacks, Bubbles Can Be Tools" [19]

"A lungful of air is like a multifunction toolkit for humpback whales."

Biodiversity [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Hakai [22], 12/23/2022
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"Extreme Cold Blasting South Ahead Of Developing Blizzard" [23]

"Dangerously cold Arctic air is blasting to the southeast across the central states ahead of the development of an intense winter storm poised to unleash blizzard conditions in portions of the Midwest, Great Lakes and interior Northeast. Temperatures are plummeting as the Arctic front plunges south, by as much as 40 degrees in an hour."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 12/22/2022
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"What Congress’s Spending Bill Includes For Energy, Sustainability" [27]

"Congress has released a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government for fiscal 2023. ... The mammoth funding package includes boosts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and billions in natural disaster aid, among other provisions."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [31], 12/22/2022
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"Court Faults EPA For Approving Bee-Killing Pesticide" [32]

"EPA failed to properly consider the environmental impacts of a controversial pesticide, according to an appeals court decision that faulted the agency over a Trump-era decision that drew outrage from environmental groups."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [10]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [34], 12/22/2022
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"Suit Challenges Review Underlying Alaska Oil Lease Sale" [35]

"Environmental groups on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over next week’s planned lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, saying the sale, mandated by Congress, is based on a faulty environmental review."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
Source: AP [37], 12/22/2022
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Record High Number Of Dead Trees Found As Oregon Copes With Extreme Drought [38]

"Flying over Oregon's woodlands, tree health specialist Danny DePinte was stunned by what he saw: a stretch of dead fir that seemed to go on and on."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Forests [39]
Natural Resources [40]
Public [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
Source: NPR [42], 12/22/2022
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"High Number Of Mosquitoes Found With Mutation That Resists Insecticides" [43]

"The insecticides that target disease-spreading mosquitoes are running into nature’s ultimate defense mechanism: evolution. Scientists reported Wednesday that mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam increasingly carry a mutation that makes them resistant to a commonly deployed insecticide."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Public [16]
International [17]
Source: Washington Post [44], 12/22/2022
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"New Mexico Seeks Tougher Provisions For US Nuclear Dump" [45]

"[New Mexico] officials on Tuesday released a draft permit that includes tougher provisions for the U.S. government to meet if it wants to continue dumping radioactive waste from decades of nuclear research and bomb-making in the New Mexico desert."

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
Waste [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: AP [49], 12/22/2022
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"Japan Adopts Plan To Maximize Nuclear Energy, In Major Shift" [50]

"Japan adopted a plan on Thursday to extend the lifespan of nuclear reactors, replace the old and even build new ones, a major shift in a country scarred by the Fukushima disaster that once planned to phase out atomic power."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [46]
Public [16]
Asia [51]
Source: AP [52], 12/22/2022
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"New Regulation Head Revesz Seen as Most Progressive Rules Czar" [53]

"Richard Revesz will take over as the long-awaited head of the Biden administration’s rulemaking review office, a confirmation that gives hope for rule-watchers looking ahead to more stringent environmental standards."

Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
People & Population [54]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [55], 12/22/2022
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"A Ravaged Quebec Coast Fights Climate Change by Retreating" [56]

"Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s coastal communities have learned through bitter experience that the way to advance against climate change is to retreat."

Climate Change [11]
People & Population [54]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [16]
Canada [57]
Source: AP [58], 12/22/2022
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"Postal Service Will Electrify Trucks By 2026 In Climate Win For Biden" [59]

"The U.S. Postal Service will buy 66,000 vehicles to build one of the largest electric fleets in the nation, Biden administration officials announced Tuesday, turning to one of the most recognizable vehicles on American roads — boxy white mail trucks — to fight climate change."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [60]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [61]
Transportation [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Washington Post [62], 12/21/2022
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"Congress Offers $1 Billion for Climate Aid, Falling Short of Biden’s Pledge" [63]

"Congress has proposed $1 billion to help poor countries cope with climate change, a figure that falls significantly short of President Biden’s promise that the United States will spend $11.4 billion annually by 2024 to ensure developing nations can transition to clean energy and adapt to a warming planet."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [64], 12/21/2022
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"E.P.A. Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks" [65]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday strengthened limits on smog-forming pollution from buses, delivery vans, tractor-trailers and other trucks, the first time in more than 20 years that tailpipe standards have been tightened for heavy-duty vehicles."

Air [66]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [67]
Transportation [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [68], 12/21/2022
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