EJToday: Top Headlines

"Why Americans Should Eat Lentils Every Day" [9]

"While start-ups scramble to engineer a sustainable protein, from lab-grown meat to fake burgers, lentils are a ready solution, one with a proven record."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Food [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [16]
Source: Washington Post [17], 03/22/2023
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"Obsidian Cliff: Humanity’s Tool Shed for the Last 11,500 Years" [18]

"X-ray technology has allowed researchers a glimpse at the reaches of the Yellowstone landmark’s prized stone and its importance to Indigenous people."

Natural Resources [19]
Technology [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [21], 03/22/2023
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Scientists Deliver ‘Final Warning’ On Climate: Act Now Or It’s Too Late [22]

"Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made up of the world’s leading climate scientists, set out the final part of its mammoth sixth assessment report on Monday."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [24], 03/21/2023
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"Navajo Nation Water Rights Case Heard Before Supreme Court" [25]

"The latest case involving Indian Country was argued Monday before the Supreme Court. Arizona v. Navajo Nation, like many cases heard before the high court, is complicated and this case in particular deals with the tribe’s water rights as it relates to the Colorado River."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ICT [29], 03/21/2023
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"Biden To Create 2 National Monuments, In Nevada And Texas" [30]

"President Joe Biden on Tuesday will designate two landscapes — Nevada’s Spirit Mountain, an area that is sacred to a dozen Native American tribes, and Castner Range, a former military weapon testing facility in West Texas — as America’s newest national monuments."

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Justice [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: HuffPost [33], 03/21/2023
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"Judge Halts Biden Administration Waters Rule in Texas, Idaho" [34]

"A federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule late Sunday. The injunction applies only to Texas and Idaho. The 2023 WOTUS rule takes effect Monday in the rest of the country and determines which waters and wetlands receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 03/21/2023
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"Biden Issues First Veto, Rejecting Bill To Reverse ESG Rule" [39]

"President Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have reversed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [41], 03/21/2023
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Fossil Fuel Execs See ‘Golden Age’ for Gas, If They Can Brand It as ‘Clean’ [42]

"At an industry conference, top executives lamented they had “lost the narrative” on natural gas, and outlined an effort to sell their product as the “cleanest energy in the world.”"

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [43]
Energy & Fuel [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 03/21/2023
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"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again" [47]

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Energy & Fuel [44]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Guardian [48], 03/21/2023
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"China's Mekong Dams Turn Thai Fishing Villages Into 'Ghost Towns'" [49]

"From February to April each year, Kam Thon spends most of her days knee-deep in the waters of the Mekong River by her village in northern Thailand, gathering river weed to sell and cook at home."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Justice [26]
Infrastructure [50]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
Asia [51]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [52], 03/21/2023
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"Report: 43,000 Estimated Dead In Somalia Drought Last Year" [53]

"A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [23]
Food [13]
People & Population [54]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
Africa [55]
Source: AP [56], 03/21/2023
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"Waste Pickers Collect Food Waste, Help Combat Climate Change" [57]

"Marilene Capentes pushes a cart along the streets of Malabon city just north of Manila every morning except Sundays, collecting bags of segregated garbage."

Climate Change [11]
Food [13]
Waste [58]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [59]
Source: AP [60], 03/21/2023
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"Nations Approve Key UN Science Report On Climate Change" [61]

"Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations."

Climate Change [11]
Science [62]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: AP [63], 03/20/2023
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"States Cannot Block Hazardous Waste From Ohio Derailment, EPA Says" [64]

"U.S. states cannot block shipments of hazardous waste from a Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment to licensed disposal sites, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Friday."

Chemicals [65]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Waste [58]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [66], 03/20/2023
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WHO Accuses China of Hiding Data That May Link Covid’s Origins to Animals [67]

"The World Health Organization rebuked Chinese officials on Friday for withholding research that may link Covid’s origin to wild animals, asking why the data had not been made available three years ago and why it is now missing."

Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Science [62]
Wildlife [68]
Public [14]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [69], 03/20/2023
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