EJToday: Top Headlines

"Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board" [6]

"President Joe Biden has tapped Catherine J.K. Sandoval for the US Chemical Hazard and Safety Investigation Board."

Chemicals [7]
Disasters [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [13], 06/09/2022
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"Battery Shortage Is Hampering The U.S. Switch To Wind, Solar Power" [14]

"U.S. renewable energy developers have delayed or scrapped several big battery projects meant to store electrical power on the grid in recent months, scuttling plans to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar energy."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Technology [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [18], 06/09/2022
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House Passes Water Resources Development Act 384-37 [19]

"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, which would further Everglades Restoration efforts, as well as improve management of the nation’s waterways, and fund flood control and coastal resiliency projects."

Environmental Politics [9]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: WPTV [24], 06/09/2022
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"Antarctica: Southern Ocean Floor Mapped In Greatest Ever Detail" [25]

"Scientists have made the most precise map yet of the mountains, canyons and plains that make up the floor of Antarctica's encircling Southern Ocean."

Science [26]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Antarctica & Arctic [27]
Source: BBC News [28], 06/09/2022
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"It’s A Moth, It’s A Drone, It’s ‘Smellicopter’" [29]

"Meet the Pacific Northwest-built machine that uses live insect antennae to sniff out disasters".

Air [30]
Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [7]
Technology [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: OPB [32], 06/09/2022
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"Vulnerable Nations Demand Funding For Climate Losses, Fearing UN 'Talk Shop'" [33]

"Loss and damage" caused by more extreme weather and rising seas is a key issue at mid-year U.N. climate talks in the German city of Bonn, as negotiators launched a three-year dialogue this week on a topic that has long divided rich and poorer economies."

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [8]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [9]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
International [36]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [37], 06/08/2022
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"Automakers Back U.S. Restoring California Emissions Authority" [38]

"Five automakers including Ford Motor Co, Volkswagen AG and Honda Motor Co on Tuesday backed efforts by President Joe Biden's administration to restore California's ability to set its own strict tailpipe and zero-emission vehicle standards."

Air [30]
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [39]
Transportation [22]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [40], 06/08/2022
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"In Nigeria's Disappearing Forests, Loggers Outnumber Trees" [41]

"Deep in a forest in Nigeria's Ebute Ipare village, Egbontoluwa Marigi sized up a tall mahogany tree, methodically cut it down with his axe and machete, and as it fell with a crackling sound, he surveyed the forest for the next tree."

Climate Change [15]
Forests [42]
Public [11]
Africa [43]
Source: Reuters [44], 06/08/2022
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"As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’" [45]

"Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City."

Air [30]
Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [15]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Source: NYTimes [47], 06/08/2022
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"Fight Looms Over New York’s Bid to Slow Crypto-Mining Boom" [48]

"Crypto interests are lobbying Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a groundbreaking bill that would temporarily halt new crypto-mining projects at fossil-fuel burning plants."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: NYTimes [50], 06/08/2022
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As Climate Makes Animals Migrate, 1000s of New Viruses Will Hop To Humans [51]

"“We can’t put this one back in the bottle,” said the researcher behind a recent study about the spread of zoonotic diseases."

Biodiversity [31]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [52]
Environmental Studies [53]
Wildlife [54]
Public [11]
International [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 06/08/2022
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"Oil And Gas Companies Underreported Methane Leaks, New Study Shows" [56]

"Big oil and gas companies have internal data showing that their methane emissions in the vast Permian Basin “are likely significantly higher than official data” reported to the Environmental Protection Agency, says a new report by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Pollution [39]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [57], 06/08/2022
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"Chesapeake Earns Another C Grade In Latest Report Card" [58]

"The Chesapeake Bay’s condition ticked upward in 2021 but not enough to raise its middling C grade in the latest report card from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science."

Agriculture [59]
Biodiversity [31]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [15]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Natural Resources [61]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [62]
Source: Bay Journal [63], 06/08/2022
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"Biden Funds Brownfields Cleanups But Communities Cite Challenges" [64]

"Cleanups of polluted urban sites are in line for billions of dollars in funding following last year’s infrastructure law—money that advocates of disadvantaged communities say should help steer redevelopment into much-needed grocery stores, affordable housing, and better-paying jobs."

Chemicals [7]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Health [52]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [65], 06/08/2022
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"History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster" [66]

"Residents of the New Mexico canyon scorched by the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires blame the government for the acres they lost".

Climate Change [15]
Disasters [8]
Environmental Justice [35]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [42]
Government [10]
Natural Resources [61]
People & Population [67]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [68]
Source: Searchlight N.M. [69], 06/08/2022
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