EJToday: Top Headlines

"House OKs Resolution Overturning Biden Solar Tariff Pause" [9]

"The House approved legislation Friday morning to repeal President Joe Biden’s two-year pause on news tariffs for Chinese manufacturers routing panels through Southeast Asian countries."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 05/01/2023
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"California's Fire Season Under Way Weeks After Heavy Rain and Snow" [18]

"Barely five weeks after the last bout of heavy rain and snow in California's historically wet winter, firefighters on Friday battled the state's first large wildfire of the year in rugged foothills east of Los Angeles."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Forests [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
California [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 05/01/2023
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"Dispatcher Frustration Over Stress And Pay Risks US Wildfire Chaos" [25]

"Eric Wiersma says there's an 80% chance he'll quit his job helping direct crews to U.S. wildfires if office staff like him are denied new benefits intended for federal firefighters."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Forests [20]
Government [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [27], 05/01/2023
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"Will A New National Park Mend Tribal Ties?" [28]

"Everything seemed in place at Macon City Hall as Mayor Lester Miller slipped into his pink jacket to kick off the opening of the International Cherry Blossom Festival last month, when more than 350,000 Yoshino cherry trees hit their peak bloom."

Environmental Justice [29]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [31], 05/01/2023
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"The Places At Greatest Risk From Extreme Heat" [32]

"A record-shattering heat wave that blistered the Pacific Northwest in 2021 carried an important lesson, scientists say. Places that historically haven’t had to deal with extreme heat may not be prepared when it strikes."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [33]
People & Population [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [34]
Source: E&E News [35], 05/01/2023
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"Maine Transmission Line Is Stalled Despite Court Victories" [36]

"One of the largest clean energy projects in New England is racking up victories in court, but the project’s developer said Wednesday it won’t know until midyear when construction will resume."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [38], 05/01/2023
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"What Cheetahs, Armadillos and Whales Revealed About Human DNA" [39]

"Over a decade, scientists compared the genomes of 240 mammals to see how humans are the same — and different."

Biodiversity [40]
Science [41]
Public [15]
International [34]
Source: NYTimes [42], 05/01/2023
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"Climate Change Caused Catastrophic East Africa Drought, Scientists Say" [43]

"East Africa’s worst drought in at least 40 years, which has displaced more than a million people and pushed millions more to the brink of famine, would not have happened if not for human-caused climate change, a network of extreme-weather scientists said Thursday."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Food [45]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
Africa [46]
Source: Washington Post [47], 04/28/2023
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EPA and Texas Ignored Warnings at Chemical Site. Then an Inferno Erupted. [48]

"Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm before a disastrous fire struck in March 2019. The fire released toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks."

Chemicals [49]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [29]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Source: Public Health Watch [51], 04/28/2023
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"BC Hydro Secretly Handed Out $430 Million In Site C Dam Contracts" [52]

"Over the past three years, undisclosed BC Hydro employees quietly awarded more than $430 million in contracts — without any competition — to three dozen companies and consultants for work on the troubled Site C hydro dam, according to a list obtained by The Narwhal."

Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
Canada [53]
Source: The Narwhal [54], 04/28/2023
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House Dems Release Permitting Proposal Focused On Electricity, Renewables [55]

"House Democrats on Thursday released their permitting reform proposal after House Republicans advanced an energy bill that included measures aimed at streamlining the approval process for projects."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [56], 04/28/2023
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Enviros Hit GOP With Attack Ads Over Votes To Repeal Renewable Tax Credits [57]

"The League of Conservation Voters and Climate Power said Thursday it would run attack ads against five Republicans who voted to repeal tax credits for renewable energy as part of the GOP debt limit bill."

Activism [58]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [59]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [60], 04/28/2023
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"Anti-China Fervor Casts A Dark Cloud Over Solar And U.S. Climate Goals" [61]

"In Congress, there is sudden bipartisan momentum to reinstitute tariffs on Chinese components. The U.S. solar industry is alarmed."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [34]
Source: Washington Post [62], 04/28/2023
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Flooding on Upper Mississippi River To Halt Barge Traffic For Weeks: USDA [63]

"All barge traffic will be halted across a wide swath of the Upper Mississippi River for weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, as record winter snowfall in the upper Midwest is now melting and flooding into waterways."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Infrastructure [37]
Transportation [64]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [65]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [66]
Source: Reuters [67], 04/28/2023
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L.A.’s Water Lifeline Faces Unprecedented Flood Threat, Calamity [68]

"More than a month after heavy storms eroded a section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, work crews are still scrambling to complete repairs and shore up flood defenses in the face of a weeklong heat wave that threatens to trigger widespread snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [19]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [15]
California [23]
Source: LA Times [69], 04/28/2023
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