EJToday: Top Headlines

Fire Unleashed Flood Of Toxic Runoff, Triggering Environmental Disaster [9]

"Nyla Olsen’s eyes moisten with rage as she recalls the day in early October when a surge of putrid water rolled out of the Dominguez Channel and turned life in Leeward Bay Marina into “a horror movie.”"

Chemicals [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
California [14]
Source: LA Times [15], 03/10/2022
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"Chevron Phillips to Pay Millions for Air Pollution in Texas" [16]

"Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP agreed to pay more than $120 million in fines and facility upgrades to resolve claims against its industrial flaring activities, according to a settlement announced Wednesday."

Air [17]
Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [11]
Public [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 03/10/2022
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"Russia Crisis May Drive A U.S. Natural Gas Surge" [22]

"The tragedy of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine presents a business opportunity for the U.S. natural gas industry if Europe turns sharply away from Russian gas."

Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Source: E&E News [26], 03/10/2022
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"Omnibus Package Opens Spigots For Water Project Earmarks" [27]

"A sprawling $1.5 trillion fiscal 2022 spending deal is awash in cash for water and natural resources projects, including a number of Republican proposals to gird coastal communities against the effects of climate change. The omnibus package is the first in years to contain congressionally directed spending, also known as earmarks."

Infrastructure [28]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [29], 03/10/2022
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Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks [30]

"The EPA clean trucks proposal released this week focuses on cleaner combustion engines, but environmental justice advocates want a zero-emissions transition."

Air [17]
Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [11]
Transportation [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 03/10/2022
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"A 30-Year-Long Fishing Dispute Fizzles Out" [35]

"With the United States Supreme Court declining to hear the case, a protracted legal battle between two Indigenous communities has nowhere to go."
Environmental Politics [36]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [39]
Source: Hakai [40], 03/10/2022
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"US Strikes Harder At Putin, Banning All Russian Oil Imports" [41]

"Striking harder at Russia’s economy, President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a ban on Russian oil imports in retaliation for Vladimir Putin’s onslaught in Ukraine. The major trade action, responding to the pleas of Ukraine’s embattled leader, thrust the U.S. out front as Western nations seek to halt Putin’s invasion."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Military [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [43], 03/09/2022
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"Biden Leans Into Climate Policy To Undercut Putin" [44]

"President Biden declared yesterday that climate and clean energy policies are an important tool to counter Russian aggression."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Military [42]
Public [13]
International [25]
Source: E&E News [45], 03/09/2022
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"Lawmakers Release Fiscal 2022 Spending Deal" [46]

"Congressional negotiators released a $1.5 trillion fiscal 2022 omnibus spending deal early this morning that falls short of Democratic ambitions for major clean energy and environment spending."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: E&E News [47], 03/09/2022
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Ukraine Warns Of Risk Of Radiation Leak At Occupied Chernobyl Plant [48]

"Ukraine appealed to Russia for a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday to allow repairs to be made to a power line to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, warning that there could be a radiation leak if the electricity outage continued."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [32]
Military [42]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [49]
Public [13]
Europe [50]
Source: Reuters [51], 03/09/2022
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"US Officials Reverse Course On Pesticide’s Harm To Wildlife" [52]

"U.S. wildlife officials reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction, after receiving pledges from chemical manufacturers that they will change product labels for malathion so that it’s used more carefully by gardeners, farmers and other consumers."

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [54]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [38]
Science [55]
Wildlife [56]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [57], 03/09/2022
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Fears For Bees As US Set To Extend Use Of Toxic Neonicotinoid Pesticides [58]

"EPA to approve plan for four types of neonicotinoid chemical to be used on US farmland – despite being banned in Europe".

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [54]
Chemicals [10]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [59], 03/09/2022
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Biden Taps Expert To Head EPA’s Air Office As It Tackles Climate Rules [60]

"President Biden on Tuesday nominated Joseph Goffman to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office, elevating a seasoned expert on the nation’s environmental laws and setting up a tough confirmation battle in the narrowly divided Senate."

Air [17]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [61], 03/09/2022
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"22 U.S. States Back Stringent EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [62]

"Twenty-two states urged a U.S. appeals court to uphold new federal rules to reduce vehicle emissions by 28.3% through 2026, after other states and industry participants challenged the planned changes."

Air [17]
Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [11]
Transportation [33]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Reuters [63], 03/09/2022
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Redlining Means 45 Million Americans Breathe Dirtier Air, 50 Years Later [64]

"Decades of federal housing discrimination did not only depress home values, lower job opportunities and spur poverty in communities deemed undesirable because of race. It’s why 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air today, according to a landmark study released Wednesday."

Air [17]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [65]
Pollution [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [66], 03/09/2022
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