EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Judge Halts Government Effort To Monitor Crypto Mining Energy Use" [9]

"The US government has suspended its effort to survey cryptocurrency mining operations over their ballooning energy use following a lawsuit from an industry that has been accused by environmental groups of fueling the climate crisis."

Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 02/28/2024
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Wildfires Are Killing California's Ancient Giants. Can Seedlings Save Them? [20]

"On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing, killed in an extreme wildfire that raced through Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks."

Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Forests [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [26]
Source: NPR [27], 02/28/2024
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"Conservatives Gear Up For EPA Revamp In 2025" [28]

"Dramatic shifts to EPA’s priorities and structure are central to plans for a GOP-led White House drawn up by Trump-era officials and right-leaning influencers."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [30], 02/27/2024
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Shell Launches A ‘Climate Tech’ Startup Advertising Jobs In Oil And Gas [31]

"A sleek new startup promising to ‘advance the energy transition’ launched earlier this month promising to “[connect] thousands of innovators across the globe to tackle difficult energy and climate challenges”. "Onward touts a vision of a ‘clean energy future’, but experts say ventures like this are part of fossil fuel firms’ greenwashing plan".

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian/Drilled [32], 02/27/2024
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TX Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp [33]

"Texas regulators recently authorized a company to operate ponds to store and recycle millions of gallons of oilfield wastewater laced with toxic chemicals next to a Baptist summer camp in the Permian Basin."

Chemicals [34]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 02/27/2024
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Ore. Homeowners Face Soaring Premiums, Few Insurance Options Over Fires [40]

"Nancy Matela co-owns a vacation home in a wildfire zone northwest of Bend that has a new, annual property insurance premium of $9,000. It’s more than nine times what the company Safeco charged her a year ago."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [10]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
Source: States Newsroom [42], 02/27/2024
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"EPA Orders LA County Landfill To Curb Hazardous Waste Leakage Immediately" [43]

"Federal environment officials have ordered a Los Angeles County landfill to take urgent action to protect public health, citing noxious odors and hazardous waste issues in the surrounding community."

Air [44]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [45]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [46]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
California [26]
Source: The Hill [47], 02/27/2024
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Tractor Protests Threaten To Drive EU’s Green Farming Policies Into Ditch [48]

"It was the puddles of green sludge left by the tires of massive tractors in western Belgium’s industrial farmlands that drew the attention of biological engineer Ineke Maes. The slime was destructive algae, the result of the excess of chemicals used by farmers to boost their crops, but at a high cost to nature."

Agriculture [49]
Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
Europe [50]
Source: AP [51], 02/27/2024
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Ohio Awards Bids To Frack Oil And Gas Under State Parks, Wildlife Areas [52]

"An Ohio commission awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks Monday, despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [34]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [53]
Source: AP [54], 02/27/2024
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Florida Lawmakers Want To Eliminate Local Heat Protection Rules For Workers [55]

"A measure that will ban local governments from passing heat-protection ordinances inspired strong emotions from the public Thursday, but lawmakers approved the bill backed by big business interests."

Agriculture [49]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [35]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Source: Florida Phoenix [57], 02/27/2024
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"Climate Change Is Undoing Decades Of Progress On Air Quality" [58]

"A new report finds that 1 in 4 people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty.""

Air [44]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [29]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Grist [59], 02/27/2024
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"Climate Books For Black History Month" [60]

"To win allies for climate action, activists must understand how the environment, intersects with concerns for the health and well-being of people and communities. Inequities of the past and the present must be addressed by the policies and programs offered for a sustainable future."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Justice [45]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [61], 02/27/2024
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Robert Bullard Says 2024 Is the Year of Environmental Justice [62]

"“If we plan for environmental standards that would protect children, the most vulnerable in our society, we protect everybody. When we place the most vulnerable at risk, we place everybody at risk.”"

Environmental Justice [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Living on Earth [63], 02/26/2024
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"These Wildfires Never Went Out — They Just Moved Underground" [64]

"Under the ground, even under the snow, zombie fires are burning. The remnants of the most extraordinary wildfire season in recent Canadian history are still smoldering on a scale that experts say is unprecedented."

Air [44]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Forests [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Canada [65]
Source: Washington Post [66], 02/26/2024
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"Tired Of Diesel Fumes, These Moms Are Pushing For Electric School Buses" [67]

"Areli Sanchez’s daughter, Aida, used to be one of 20 million American kids who ride a diesel bus to school each day. ... She was admitted to the hospital for an asthma attack in second grade, and after that Sanchez began driving Aida to school."

Air [44]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [68]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [69], 02/26/2024
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