EJToday: Top Headlines

Enviros Decry Proposed ‘Permit Lite’ For Some Missouri Coal Ash Ponds [9]

"A push by Missouri regulators to change permitting requirements for coal ash ponds has environmental groups worried important safeguards will be lifted and toxic chemicals and metals could leach into groundwater with few protections."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Source: States Newsroom [17], 05/25/2022
- Read more about Enviros Decry Proposed ‘Permit Lite’ For Some Missouri Coal Ash Ponds [9]
"Gas Wells Leak Explosive Levels Of Methane In Bakersfield" [18]

"Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes were leaking methane in the past several days."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
California [22]
Source: AP [23], 05/25/2022
- Read more about "Gas Wells Leak Explosive Levels Of Methane In Bakersfield" [18]
Greenhouse Gases Trapping Almost 50 Percent More Heat Than 30 Years Ago [24]

"Planet-warming gases are trapping more and more heat in the atmosphere, holding in significantly more heat than they were in previous decades, a new assessment has found."

Air [25]
Climate Change [19]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [26]
Source: The Hill [27], 05/25/2022
- Read more about Greenhouse Gases Trapping Almost 50 Percent More Heat Than 30 Years Ago [24]
"Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US" [28]

"With crossings expected to surge when the Covid-related closure of the U.S.-Mexico border to migrants ends, activists are pushing for a new immigration pathway for people who are impacted by climate disasters."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Justice [29]
Laws & Regulations [12]
People & Population [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 05/25/2022
- Read more about "Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US" [28]
Panel OKs Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps [32]

"A secretive vote in the arcane and Byzantine world of international safety standards late last month may lead to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from home heating and cooling systems in the coming years."

Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Technology [34]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [35], 05/25/2022
- Read more about Panel OKs Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps [32]
"Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%" [36]

"Mexican experts said Monday that 35% more monarch butterflies arrived this year to spend the winter in the country’s mountaintop forests, compared with the previous season."

Biodiversity [37]
Natural Resources [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mexico [40]
Source: AP [41], 05/25/2022
- Read more about "Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%" [36]
"Sharp Cut In Methane Now Could Help Avoid Worst Of Climate Crisis" [42]

"Cutting methane sharply now is crucial, as focusing on carbon dioxide alone will not be enough to keep rising temperatures within livable limits, scientists have warned."

Agriculture [43]
Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Studies [44]
Pollution [13]
Science [45]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: Guardian [46], 05/24/2022
- Read more about "Sharp Cut In Methane Now Could Help Avoid Worst Of Climate Crisis" [42]
"White House LNG Task Force Compared to Secretive Cheney Oil Group" [47]

"Activists are accusing a White House-backed task force of illegally operating in secrecy as it develops a plan to wean Europe off Russian energy supplies."

Chemicals [33]
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [49]
Government [50]
Infrastructure [51]
Journalism & Media [52]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Military [53]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Europe [54]
Source: Bloomberg [55], 05/24/2022
- Read more about "White House LNG Task Force Compared to Secretive Cheney Oil Group" [47]
Worried by Ukraine War, Enviros Petition Feds To Dump LNG By Rail [56]

"Environmental groups are urging the Biden administration to reverse a Trump-era rule that allows rail shipments of liquified natural gas (LNG). The groups say the war in Ukraine, and the subsequent plans by the White House to increase LNG exports, should not derail the Department of Transportation’s proposal to reinstate limits on LNG-by-rail."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [49]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Military [53]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: State Impact Pennsylvania [57], 05/24/2022
- Read more about Worried by Ukraine War, Enviros Petition Feds To Dump LNG By Rail [56]
Newsom Urges Aggressive Water Conservation, Warns Of Statewide Cuts [58]

"Gov. Gavin Newsom met with leaders of the state’s largest urban water suppliers Monday and implored them to step up efforts to get people to reduce water use as California’s drought continues to worsen. He warned that if conservation efforts don’t improve this summer, the state could be forced to impose mandatory water restrictions throughout the state."

Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [59]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [49]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [60], 05/24/2022
- Read more about Newsom Urges Aggressive Water Conservation, Warns Of Statewide Cuts [58]
"Companies Face Billions in Damages as PFAS Lawsuits Flood Courts" [61]

"For years, plaintiffs’ lawyers suing over health and environmental damage from so called forever chemicals, known collectively as PFAS, focused on one set of deep pockets — E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. But over the past two years, there’s been a seismic shift in the legal landscape as awareness of PFAS has expanded."

Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 05/24/2022
- Read more about "Companies Face Billions in Damages as PFAS Lawsuits Flood Courts" [61]
"Bernhardt And Zinke Inquiries Highlight Limits Of IG Reach" [63]

"In a report issued last week concerning former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, and in an earlier report concerning his predecessor, Ryan Zinke, Interior’s Office of Inspector General investigators said they were unable to secure testimony from either man."

Environmental Politics [49]
Government [50]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: E&E News [64], 05/24/2022
- Read more about "Bernhardt And Zinke Inquiries Highlight Limits Of IG Reach" [63]
"The Lithium War Next Door" [65]

"A lithium mining startup promised to make a rural pocket of North Carolina a clean-energy boomtown. But perceived slights and concerns over water have turned neighbors against the project."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [49]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [13]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [66]
Source: HuffPost [67], 05/24/2022
- Read more about "The Lithium War Next Door" [65]
"Contractor Quitting Puts Shell In Spotlight Over Climate" [68]

"A longtime contractor for Shell has publicly called out the oil and gas company’s climate plans, accusing the company of “double talk” by saying it wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions while working on tapping new sources of fossil fuel."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [49]
Journalism & Media [52]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: AP [69], 05/24/2022
- Read more about "Contractor Quitting Puts Shell In Spotlight Over Climate" [68]
"Climate Change Boosted Odds Of Recent Deadly Heat In India, Pakistan" [70]

"South Asia’s deadly heatwave in March and April was made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Monday. As April temperatures hit nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of northern India and Pakistan, at least 90 people died from heat-related causes, officials have said."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [11]
Science [45]
Public [15]
International [26]
Source: Reuters [71], 05/24/2022
- Read more about "Climate Change Boosted Odds Of Recent Deadly Heat In India, Pakistan" [70]

Pages