EJToday: Top Headlines

Justice Gorsuch Sold House to Guy Whose Firm Brought Clean Power Plan Suit [9]

"Politico reported this week that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has found himself in a small ethics conundrum—one tied to the oil and gas industry."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Earther [18], 04/27/2023
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"Will California’s Big Melt Be A Slow-Moving Disaster?" [19]

"Good news: California has a near-record snowpack in the Sierra, which could ease the impact of our deep drought. Bad news: There’s a heat wave coming this week. Really bad news: If the snow melts too fast, it could help cause devastating floods in the Central Valley."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
California [24]
Source: CalMatters [25], 04/27/2023
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Vying for 2024, Can Biden Repair Damaged Climate and Environmental Image? [26]

"Ahead of Biden’s reelection bid, announced on Tuesday, the president unveiled a slew of new efforts aimed at bolstering his environmental record. Will voters care?"

Activism [27]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 04/26/2023
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"Top US Banks Face Little Investor Pressure On Fossil-Fuel Financing" [30]

"Top U.S. bank investors gave only slim support on Tuesday to shareholder resolutions calling for the lenders to wind down new fossil fuel financing, setbacks for climate activists who had hoped for new constraints on the oil and gas industries."

Activism [27]
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [32], 04/26/2023
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Amid Fires, Calif. Scientists Probe How Smoke Affects Pregnancy and Children [33]

"When wildfires spread through parts of Northern California wine country in 2017, they melted electronics, combusted cars and exploded propane tanks. The fires sent acrid smoke billowing into the sky, its footprint wafting over the state and extending for 500 miles into the Pacific Ocean."

Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Forests [35]
Pollution [15]
Science [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 04/26/2023
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"EPA Solvent Rule Said to Signal Hurdles Ahead for US Industries" [38]

"The EPA’s recent proposal to limit a potentially deadly solvent’s use and production signals challenges for diverse industries as the agency prepares to release more rules restricting widely used chemicals, according to an industry attorney."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 04/26/2023
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Record Number Of Dam Removals Helps Restore Rivers Across Europe [41]

"A record number of river barriers, including dams and weirs, were removed across Europe in 2022, with at least 325 taken down in 16 countries, allowing rivers to flow freely and migratory fish to reach breeding areas."

Biodiversity [42]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Infrastructure [44]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [46]
Public [16]
Europe [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 04/26/2023
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"Blackout-Beset South Africa May Delay Closing Coal Stations" [49]

"South Africa may delay shutting down many of its highly polluting coal-fired power stations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday, a move that could stem a crisis of daily electricity blackouts but would slow a shift to greener energy sources."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Public [16]
Africa [50]
Source: AP [51], 04/26/2023
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"U.S. Identifies Gulf Of Maine Area For Offshore Wind Development" [52]

"President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it had finalized an area of nearly 10 million acres in the Gulf of Maine for potential offshore wind development, a major step toward expanding the industry into northern New England."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [53], 04/26/2023
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New Book: "Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways?" [54]

"Unsterilized laboratory wastewater from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, spewed out the top of a rusty 50,000-gallon outdoor holding tank, the pressure catapulting it over the short concrete wall that was supposed to contain hazardous spills."

Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Military [55]
Pollution [15]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Source: KFF Health News [58], 04/26/2023
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"Clean Energy, Ethanol Concerns Dog Debt Ceiling Bill" [59]

"Republicans leaders are eager to ram their debt ceiling package through the House this week, even with discomfort among some members with the bill’s energy and environment provisions."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [60], 04/26/2023
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"Governors Island to Be Site of $700 Million Climate Campus" [61]

"A “living laboratory” for climate solutions will rise on the idyllic 172-acre island off Lower Manhattan, led by Stony Brook University."

Climate Change [21]
Natural Resources [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
Source: NYTimes [63], 04/26/2023
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"Oil Companies Rejected by Supreme Court on Climate Suits" [64]

"The US Supreme Court turned away oil-company appeals that sought a key procedural edge in about two dozen lawsuits blaming the industry for contributing to climate change."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [65], 04/25/2023
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"Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling" [66]

"In the past three weeks, President Biden’s administration has proposed regulations to speed the transition to electric vehicles, committed $1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change and prepared what could be the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. And yet, many young voters alarmed by climate change remain angry with Mr. Biden’s decision last month to approve Willow, an $8 billion oil drilling project on pristine federal land in Alaska."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [67]
Source: NYTimes [68], 04/25/2023
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"Biden Threatens To Veto House Resolution To End Solar Panel Tariffs Freeze" [69]

"President Biden on Monday vowed to veto a congressional resolution that would undo his freeze on solar panel component tariffs should it reach his desk."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [70], 04/25/2023
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