EJToday: Top Headlines

"US Agency To Review Oil, Gas Leases Near Chaco in New Mexico" [9]

"The U.S. government, environmentalists and an energy company have reached a settlement over contested oil and gas leases in an area held sacred by Native American tribes."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: AP [16], 04/08/2022
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"Island-Wide Blackout Sweeps Puerto Rico After Power Plant Fire" [17]

"A fire that broke out at the Costa Sur power plant in Puerto Rico late Wednesday forced an island-wide outage, the biggest blackout this year so far due to an ailing electric grid. Power may not be restored to some parts of the island until Friday, according to Puerto Rico’s electricity grid operator."

Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Earther [20], 04/08/2022
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"Interior To Reverse Key Indian Affairs Policy In Place Since 1975" [21]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Thursday announced she will reverse a 1975 policy giving the Bureau of Indian Affairs final authority over tribal water plans."

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [26], 04/08/2022
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"Facebook Takes Down Brazil Environmental Disinformation Network" [27]

"Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Thursday it had removed a network of social media accounts with ties to the Brazilian military that posed as fake nonprofits to play down the dangers of deforestation."

Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [14]
International [29]
Source: Reuters [30], 04/08/2022
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"Here’s What The Ban On Russian Coal Could Mean For Europe" [31]

"European leaders, seeking to punish Russia for reports of atrocities carried out in Ukraine, on Thursday approved a ban on Russian coal, the imported energy source that would be the easiest to replace." "The European Union relies on Russia for almost half its coal, but new contracts with other countries could ease the transition, which would stretch over four months."

Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Military [33]
Public [14]
Europe [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 04/08/2022
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"These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting." [36]

"Bird-watchers love to see vagrants, or birds that have traveled far outside their range. But scientists say they have a lot to teach us in a world facing ecological change."

Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [32]
Natural Resources [38]
Wildlife [39]
Public [14]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [40], 04/08/2022
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"Supreme Court Revives Trump-Era Environmental Regulation" [41]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated an environmental regulation from the Trump administration that restricted the role states play in enforcing the Clean Water Act."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [43], 04/07/2022
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Blamed For High Gas Prices, Oil Execs Defend Themselves At House Hearing [44]

"Amid a swirl of partisan finger-pointing on who is responsible for rising energy prices, executives of six large oil and gas companies defended themselves on Wednesday against criticisms that they are seeking to boost corporate profits by refusing to produce more oil and gas."

Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [46], 04/07/2022
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"Storms Batter Aging Power Grid As Climate Disasters Spread" [47]

"Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nation’s aging electrical grid, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data."

Climate Change [32]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: AP [48], 04/07/2022
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A First: Researchers Find Microplastics Deep In Lungs Of Living People [49]

"Researchers say they have found microplastics — tiny pieces of plastic debris that come as a result of the disposal of industrial waste — deep in the lungs of living humans for the first time."

Air [50]
Chemicals [51]
Environmental Health [11]
Pollution [42]
Science [52]
Public [14]
International [29]
Source: NPR [53], 04/07/2022
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"US To Boost Water Supplies Hit By Climate Change" [54]

"The Interior announced that $420 million will be spent on projects in New Mexico, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa".

Environmental Politics [22]
Infrastructure [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: AP [55], 04/07/2022
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"Zoos Hiding Birds As Avian Flu Spreads In North America" [56]

"Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza."

Agriculture [57]
Biodiversity [37]
Environmental Health [11]
Wildlife [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: AP [58], 04/07/2022
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"New Power Plant Rule Awaits Supreme Court Ruling, EPA Chief Says" [59]

"The EPA will have a new standard to limit carbon emissions “ready to go as soon as the Supreme Court rules” on its authority to regulate in that space, agency head Michael Regan told lawmakers on Wednesday."

Air [50]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 04/07/2022
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"Trade Secret Protection Strategy for Chemicals to Get EPA Revamp" [61]

"The EPA will soon propose a rule to clarify what chemical manufacturers must do when they seek to keep details such as the company’s name, location, or identity of a chemical confidential."

Chemicals [51]
Economy & Business [45]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [62], 04/07/2022
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"How The War In Ukraine Could Speed Up Europe's Climate Plans" [63]

"The war in Ukraine has made getting more fossil fuels to Europe a top priority of the Biden Administration, in order to wean European Union members off Russian energy. But this comes as both Europe and the U.S. are behind on their goals to quickly reduce carbon emissions to avoid the worst consequences of climate change."

Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Military [33]
Public [14]
International [29]
Europe [34]
Source: NPR [64], 04/07/2022
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