EJToday: Top Headlines

"America’s Favorite Truck Is About to Test Tesla’s Dominance" [9]

"With this month’s release of the F-150 Lightning, Ford hopes to electrify new and traditional truck buyers alike, and—eventually—to replace its industry-defining gas-powered line."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Transportation [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Green [16], 04/15/2022
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"California Reveals Its Plan to Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035" [17]

"California on Wednesday made public an aggressive plan to mandate a steady increase in the sale of electric and zero-emissions vehicles, the first step in enacting a first-in-the-nation goal of banning new gasoline-powered cars by 2035."

Air [18]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 04/14/2022
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"U.S. Warns Newly Discovered Malware Could Sabotage Energy Plants" [23]

"U.S. officials announced Wednesday the discovery of an alarmingly sophisticated and effective system for attacking industrial facilities that includes the ability to cause explosions in the energy industry."

Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Military [25]
Technology [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [27], 04/14/2022
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"Environmental Justice Leaders Fault White House's Race-Neutral Approach" [28]

"As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to address the historic environmental injustices affecting low-income communities and communities of color."

Activism [29]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [32], 04/14/2022
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Wind Whips Destructive Wildfires In New Mexico, Colorado [33]

"A wind-driven wildfire swept through neighborhoods in a mountain community in drought-stricken south-central New Mexico, burning at least 150 structures and forcing the evacuations of schools with 1,700 students, officials said Wednesday."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Forests [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [35], 04/14/2022
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Calif. Joshua Tree Not Threatened, Regulators Say, Signalling Development [36]

"State biologists on Wednesday recommended against designating the western Joshua tree as threatened with extinction, saying claims in a petition filed by environmentalists about the effects climate change will have on the living symbols of the California desert are premature."

Biodiversity [37]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Politics [31]
Environmental Studies [39]
Natural Resources [40]
Planning & Growth [41]
Public [14]
California [21]
Source: LA Times [42], 04/14/2022
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"Amid Hopes and Fears, a Plastics Boom in Appalachia Is On Hold" [43]

"The rise of fracking in Appalachia has fed visions of turning the Ohio River Valley into a petrochemical and plastics hub. But overproduction of plastic, opposition to natural gas pipelines, and public concern about rampant plastic waste are upending those plans."

Chemicals [44]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: YaleE360 [45], 04/14/2022
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‘Historic’: Global Climate Plans Can Now Keep Heating Below 2C: Study [46]

"For the first time the world is in a position to limit global heating to under 2C, according to the first in-depth analysis of the net zero pledges made by nations at the UN Cop26 climate summit in December."

Climate Change [10]
Public [14]
International [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 04/14/2022
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Researchers Link Silica Dust Directly To Severe Black Lung Disease [49]

"Exposure to a toxic rock dust appears to be "the main driving force" behind a recent epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners, according to the findings of a new study. Lawmakers have debated and failed to adequately regulate the dust for decades."

Air [18]
Environmental Health [50]
Natural Resources [40]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [51], 04/14/2022
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"Battle Over Carbon Capture As Tool To Fight Climate Change" [52]

"Polly Glover realized her son had asthma when he was nine months old. Now 26, he carries an inhaler in his pocket whenever he’s out and about in Prairieville, Louisiana, part of Ascension Parish."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [31]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [53], 04/14/2022
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"Fossil Fuels v. Our Future: Young Montanans Wage Historic Climate Fight" [54]

"Sixteen young people are suing the state of Montana in what will be the first youth-led climate case to make it to trial".

Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [56]
Source: Guardian [57], 04/14/2022
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"Biden Will Allow Summertime Sales Of Higher-Ethanol Gas" [58]

"The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a waiver that would allow the blend known as E15 — which is made of 15 percent ethanol — to be used between June 1 and Sept. 15. The White House estimated that approximately 2,300 stations in the country offer the blend and cast the decision as a move toward “energy independence.”"

Agriculture [59]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [50]
Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Transportation [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [60], 04/13/2022
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Newsom's Wildfire-Prevention Program Hasn't Completed a Single Project [61]

"In the foothills of Mendocino County, where stretches of flat grazing land give way to thick brush and towering conifers, sits the community of Brooktrails. Idyllic, picturesque — and primed for burning."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [24]
Forests [34]
Public [14]
California [21]
Source: KQED [62], 04/13/2022
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"Backed-Up Pipes, Stinky Yards: Climate Change Is Wrecking Septic Tanks" [63]

"Lewis Lawrence likes to refer to the coastal middle peninsula of Virginia as suffering from a “soggy socks” problem. Flooding is so persistent that people often can’t walk around without getting their feet wet."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [50]
Infrastructure [64]
Pollution [20]
Waste [65]
Water & Oceans [66]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [67], 04/13/2022
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"New Sanctions Deal Fatal Blow to Russia's Arctic LNG" [68]

"The EU’s fifth round of sanctions against Russia following the its attack on Ukraine will hit hard on the country’s energy industry."

Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [64]
Military [25]
Public [14]
International [47]
Source: Barents Observer [69], 04/13/2022
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