EJToday: Top Headlines

"Interior OKs Massive Power Line Key For West’s Renewables" [9]

"The Biden administration gave final approval to a $3 billion transmission line Tuesday that will carry electricity from the country’s largest onshore wind farm in Wyoming and help move more low-carbon energy into California."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 04/13/2023
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"Biden Releases $1B For Urban Trees" [17]

"The Biden administration said Wednesday it’s making $1 billion available to help plant and care for trees in cities and towns, a potent means to soften the impacts of a warming climate."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Forests [21]
Government [22]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [24], 04/13/2023
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‘Headed Off The Charts’: World’s Ocean Surface Temperature Hits Record High [25]

"The temperature of the world’s ocean surface has hit an all-time high since satellite records began, leading to marine heatwaves around the globe, according to US government data."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 04/13/2023
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EPA Says Americans Could Save $1 Trillion On Gas Under Its Auto Plan [30]

"Americans could stand to save up to $1.1 trillion on gasoline prices should the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to impose the toughest-ever auto emissions standards be adopted, the agency projected on Wednesday."

Air [31]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [34], 04/13/2023
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Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic PFAS Into Susquehanna River [35]

"Warnings that a large-scale plastics recycling plant planned along a floodplain in Central Pennsylvania could flush toxic PFAS into the Susquehanna River, a major source of drinking water for millions, are stirring a budding opposition movement."

Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [19]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 04/13/2023
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"Ghana First To Approve 'World-Changer' Malaria Vaccine" [40]

"Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a "world-changer" by the scientists who developed it."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Technology [42]
Public [14]
Africa [43]
Source: BBC News [44], 04/13/2023
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"First Wild Beaver In Wales In Years Caught Felling Trees In Garden" [45]

"On a hidden camera planted in their garden, a couple whose trees disappeared from their garden “overnight” have unmasked the unlikely culprit: the first wild beaver spotted in Wales in years."

Biodiversity [41]
Forests [21]
Infrastructure [12]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [46]
Public [14]
Europe [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 04/13/2023
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"EPA Releases ‘Strongest-Ever’ Carbon Rules For Cars" [49]

"EPA will propose tailpipe emissions rules Wednesday that could exponentially increase the number of electric vehicles on the nation’s roads within a decade."

Air [31]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [37]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [50], 04/12/2023
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"Interior Offers Extremes On Colorado River Cuts To Spur Compromise" [51]

"The Interior Department on Tuesday shared its proposal for expected cuts to Colorado River water allocations but acknowledged that the most extreme options — including a plan that would slash water deliveries to Arizona and Nevada — are unlikely to be included in a final decision this summer."

Agriculture [52]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [53], 04/12/2023
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Rich People’s Swimming Pools Are Fueling Water Crises In Cities; Study [54]

"Rich elites are fueling water crises by using huge amounts of limited water resources on things like their private swimming pools, irrigating their gardens and washing their cars, a new study says, adding that their use of water could affect urban areas “at least as much as climate change or population growth.”

Environmental Justice [55]
People & Population [56]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: Washington Post [57], 04/12/2023
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Iowa House Passes Bill Limiting Drone Surveillance Of Livestock Facilities [58]

"The Iowa House passed legislation Tuesday restricting drone surveillance of livestock facilities without the permission of the property owner."

Agriculture [52]
Environmental Health [19]
Journalism & Media [59]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [37]
Public [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [60]
Source: States Newsroom [61], 04/12/2023
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"To Fight Cancer, EPA Wants Sterilizer Companies To Emit Less" [62]

"The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Tuesday to limit the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions of medical devices each year."

Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [63], 04/12/2023
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Greens Sue EPA Over Refinery Water Pollution, Including In Louisiana [64]

"Several environmental groups are suing federal regulators over what they say is a failure to set safe limits on harmful chemicals pouring into waterways from refineries, including eight facilities in Louisiana that are considered among the nation’s top polluters."

Chemicals [36]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [55]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [66], 04/12/2023
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"Southwest Tribes Push For New National Monument Near Grand Canyon" [67]

"A coalition of Native American tribes in the Southwest is lobbying the Biden administration to create a sweeping national monument to protect federal lands adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park from uranium mining and other development."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [55]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [68]
People & Population [56]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [69]
Source: HuffPost [70], 04/12/2023
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"Fishing Regulators Need More Transparency, Ocean Groups Say" [71]

"Some regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to account — need to be more transparent about how they make their rules and regulations if fish species are to be protected and maintained for people reliant on healthy fish stocks for their livelihoods, conservation agencies and fishing industry players say."

Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Journalism & Media [59]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
International [28]
Source: AP [72], 04/12/2023
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