EJToday: Top Headlines

"The Giving Forest" [9]

"Amid the sprawling farmlands of northeast Wisconsin, the Menominee forest feels like an elixir, and a marvel. Its trees press in, towering and close, softening the air, a dense emerald wilderness that’s home to wolves, bears, otters, warblers and hawks, and that shows little hint of human hands. Yet over the last 160 years, much of this forest has been chopped down and regrown nearly three times."

Environmental Justice [10]
Forests [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 04/24/2023
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"Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court" [17]

"Some saw my former student’s actions as a climate protest. As I examined the years leading up to his death, I found his grief for our planet was undeniable."

Activism [18]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Government [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 04/24/2023
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"EPA Reaches Deal To Police Pennsylvania’s Pollution of Chesapeake Bay" [26]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to step up enforcement in Pennsylvania to ensure that it meets targets for reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, state and environmental officials announced Thursday."

Agriculture [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [21]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [30]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: Washington Post [34], 04/21/2023
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DC’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobby Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy [35]

"On two of the most consequential decisions facing Congress and the Biden administration on energy and climate change, the nation’s newest and largest clean power industry group has decisively aligned itself with companies that want to preserve markets for natural gas."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [37]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 04/21/2023
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"Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice" [39]

"President Biden on Friday plans to announce the creation of a White House Office of Environmental Justice, one of several actions to address the unequal burden that people of color carry from environmental hazards, according to the White House."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [10]
Government [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [40], 04/21/2023
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"Biden Plans Protections For Old-Growth Forests" [41]

"More than 110 million acres of federally owned forests are old enough to potentially warrant protection as safeguards against climate change, the Biden administration said Thursday in the federal government’s first effort to identify such lands across the country."

Climate Change [19]
Forests [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [42], 04/21/2023
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"Could California’s Next Dam Removal Take Place on This Endangered River?" [43]

"Removing two aging Eel River dams known as the Potter Valley Project would benefit salmon, lamprey and people, but what happens next remains unclear."

Energy & Fuel [37]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Infrastructure [44]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [14]
California [45]
Source: The Revelator [46], 04/21/2023
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After 18 Years, EPA Still Has No Method For Measuring CAFO Air Pollution [47]

"The agency says it will move forward on air emissions regulations for livestock operations this year."

Agriculture [27]
Air [48]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [21]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Investigate Midwest [49], 04/21/2023
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"White House Plans To Nominate Cancer Center Chief To Lead NIH" [50]

"The White House plans to nominate Monica M. Bertagnolli, a Boston cancer surgeon who became director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) last fall, to lead the National Institutes of Health, according to people familiar with the situation."

Environmental Health [28]
Government [22]
Science [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [52], 04/21/2023
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"Climate Tension: UN Chief Chides Biden, Other World Leaders" [53]

"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bluntly challenged the climate efforts of President Joe Biden and other world leaders Thursday in a message for a White House summit, charging that expanded oil and gas drilling and other policies of the richest countries amount to a “death sentence” for the planet."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [54]
Public [14]
International [55]
Source: AP [56], 04/21/2023
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"‘Devastating’ Melt Of Greenland, Antarctic Ice Sheets Found" [57]

"The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year as they were 30 years ago, according to a new comprehensive international study."

Climate Change [19]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [14]
International [55]
Antarctica & Arctic [58]
Source: AP [59], 04/21/2023
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"Environmental Advocates Warn Against Using PVC In Drinking Water Pipes" [60]

"A coalition of environmental organizations warned in a report Wednesday of potential health risks in replacing lead pipes with polyvinyl chloride (PVC)."

Chemicals [61]
Consumer [62]
Environmental Health [28]
Infrastructure [44]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [63], 04/21/2023
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"Why Millions Of Kids Aren't Getting Their Routine Vaccinations" [64]

"A new report released by UNICEF finds that 67 million children across the world missed out on either some or all routine vaccinations between 2019 and 2021, and 48 million children didn't receive a single dose during this time period."

Environmental Health [28]
Health [65]
People & Population [13]
Public [14]
International [55]
Source: NPR [66], 04/20/2023
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America's 10 Most Endangered Rivers 2023: Which Waterways Are Most At-Risk [67]

"Climate change and development projects have put many of America's rivers at risk, but some face greater danger than others, according to a new ranking."

Activism [18]
Biodiversity [68]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [20]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: USA TODAY [69], 04/20/2023
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"Biden to Pledge $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil" [70]

"The promise to help Brazil protect the Amazon must be approved by Congress, where Republicans are opposed to foreign climate aid."

"WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday will pledge $500 million over five years to fight deforestation in Brazil, a White House official said, in a move that would make the United States one of the largest donors to the global Amazon Fund.
Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Politics [21]
Forests [11]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
South America [71]
Source: NYTimes [72], 04/20/2023
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