"Safety Board: Several Issues Contributed to Massive Fire at BioLab"
"Lake Charles, LA - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board found five safety issues that contributed to the massive fire at BioLab during Hurricane Laura in 2020."
Source: KPLC, 04/25/2023
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"The Next Big U.S. Power Plant Fight Is Coming"
"On Monday, several outlets broke the story that the Biden administration is planning to release a plan to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. And even though the rule isn’t public yet, if history is any indication, conservative forces are already getting ready to take the EPA to court."
Source: Earther, 04/25/2023"Salamander Dads Are Turning Into Cannibals, Threatening Species Survival"
"The hellbenders’ alarming change in behavior may be linked to deforestation, a new study found."
"The hellbender salamander has been called a lot of things. Snot otter. Mud devil. Old lasagna sides.
And now, perhaps: baby-eating cannibal, according to new research into the parental habits of these giant amphibians.
An eight-year study of hellbenders living in the cold, rocky rivers of southwestern Virginia has found that male salamanders are increasingly consuming their own young in areas near decimated forests.
Source: NYTimes, 04/25/2023"E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants"
"President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants, according to three people who were briefed on the rule."
Source: NYTimes, 04/24/2023"UN’s Weather Agency: 2022 Was Nasty, Deadly, Costly And Hot"
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"Looking back at 2022's weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in."
Source: AP, 04/24/2023"In Puerto Rico, Solar Power Microgrids Boost Hurricane Resilience"
"When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico and decimated the Caribbean island's power grid five years ago, the lights stayed on in one building in the mountain town of Adjuntas."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 04/24/2023"FTC Eyes Revisions to the Guidelines that Shape Green Marketing"
"Environmental groups, industries and individuals are jostling to sway the Federal Trade Commission as the regulator mulls revising guidelines that shape how far companies can go in portraying themselves and their products as environmentally friendly."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/24/2023"Historic Investment In Urban Trees Underway Across The U.S."
"While Ameen Taylor feels fortunate he has a cooling tree cover in the front and back yards of his Detroit home, he knows it’s a different story for many residents of his hometown where neighborhoods often have little to no shade."
Source: AP, 04/24/2023Earth Day Greenwashing Must Not Detract From Message: Protest Founder
"Corporate greenwashing should not undermine the message behind Earth Day and has nothing to do with its original aims, one of the founders of the annual environmental event has warned."
Source: Guardian, 04/24/2023"New Federal Program Targets Abandoned Crab, Lobster Traps"
"The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska."
Source: AP, 04/24/2023"Unhealthy Air Alerts In Eastern North Carolina As Fire Rages"
"Air quality across much of eastern North Carolina has reached unhealthy levels in several coastal counties as a 55-square-mile (140-square-kilometer) wildfire burns the Croatan National Forest, the state Department of Environmental Quality said Saturday."
Source: AP, 04/24/2023"The Giving Forest"
"Amid the sprawling farmlands of northeast Wisconsin, the Menominee forest feels like an elixir, and a marvel. Its trees press in, towering and close, softening the air, a dense emerald wilderness that’s home to wolves, bears, otters, warblers and hawks, and that shows little hint of human hands. Yet over the last 160 years, much of this forest has been chopped down and regrown nearly three times."
Source: NYTimes, 04/24/2023"Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court"
"Some saw my former student’s actions as a climate protest. As I examined the years leading up to his death, I found his grief for our planet was undeniable."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/24/2023"EPA Reaches Deal To Police Pennsylvania’s Pollution of Chesapeake Bay"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to step up enforcement in Pennsylvania to ensure that it meets targets for reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, state and environmental officials announced Thursday."
Source: Washington Post, 04/21/2023DC’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobby Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy
"On two of the most consequential decisions facing Congress and the Biden administration on energy and climate change, the nation’s newest and largest clean power industry group has decisively aligned itself with companies that want to preserve markets for natural gas."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/21/2023
