"A 30-Year-Long Fishing Dispute Fizzles Out"
"With the United States Supreme Court declining to hear the case, a protracted legal battle between two Indigenous communities has nowhere to go."
Source: Hakai, 03/10/2022
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"US Strikes Harder At Putin, Banning All Russian Oil Imports"
"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."
Source: AP, 03/09/2022"Biden Leans Into Climate Policy To Undercut Putin"
"President Biden declared yesterday that climate and clean energy policies are an important tool to counter Russian aggression."
Source: E&E News, 03/09/2022"Lawmakers Release Fiscal 2022 Spending Deal"
"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."
Source: E&E News, 03/09/2022Ukraine Warns Of Risk Of Radiation Leak At Occupied Chernobyl Plant
"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."
Source: Reuters, 03/09/2022"US Officials Reverse Course On Pesticide’s Harm To Wildlife"
"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."
Source: AP, 03/09/2022Fears For Bees As US Set To Extend Use Of Toxic Neonicotinoid Pesticides
"EPA to approve plan for four types of neonicotinoid chemical to be used on US farmland – despite being banned in Europe".
Source: Guardian, 03/09/2022Biden Taps Expert To Head EPA’s Air Office As It Tackles Climate Rules
"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."
Source: Washington Post, 03/09/2022"22 U.S. States Back Stringent EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules"
"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."
Source: Reuters, 03/09/2022Redlining Means 45 Million Americans Breathe Dirtier Air, 50 Years Later
"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."
Source: Washington Post, 03/09/2022"The Elephant in the Courtroom"
"Advocates of animal rights want the Bronx Zoo to release Happy, an elephant smart enough to recognize herself in a mirror."
Source: New Yorker, 03/09/2022"E.P.A. to Tighten Tailpipe Rules for the Biggest Polluters on the Road"
"The Biden administration on Monday proposed strict new limits on pollution from buses, delivery vans, tractor-trailers and other heavy trucks — the first time in more than 20 years that tailpipe standards have been tightened for the biggest polluters on the road."
Source: NYTimes, 03/08/2022"Pentagon To Shut Down Leaking Fuel Tank Facility In Hawaii"
"The Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel, the Pentagon said Monday."
Source: AP, 03/08/2022NC Hurricanes Linked to Gastrointestinal Illness in Marginalized Groups
"A new study finds communities of color face the greatest increase in emergency room visits for flood-borne illnesses, showing the growing health risks and disproportionate burdens of climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/08/2022"Florida Panhandle Wildfires Force Evacuation Of Hundreds Of Homes"
"Steady winds across Florida’s Panhandle stoked a rash of wildfires on Monday that ignited in thickets of dead vegetation left in the wake of a 2018 hurricane, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of houses and a nursing home."
Source: Reuters, 03/08/2022
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