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Md. Residents Oppose Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Near Their Homes [9]

"A Pepco pilot project to build the 1-megawatt unit poses fire and explosion risks, the residents say. Pepco says the planned facility, intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, meets all safety codes."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [14], 04/14/2023
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"EPA Awards $177 Million To Environmental Justice Groups" [15]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17 technical assistance centers around the country to help environmental justice organizations successfully apply for federal funds."

Environmental Justice [16]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [18], 04/14/2023
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"Boston Adopts New Building Code To Limit Use Of Fossil Fuels" [19]

"Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday signed a new city ordinance aimed at discouraging the use of fossil fuels in the construction of new buildings and major renovation projects."

Climate Change [20]
Consumer [21]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: AP [25], 04/14/2023
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"New York City Appointed A Rat Czar. Her Job Will Be A Tall Ask" [26]

"New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been locked in a multiyear war with millions of his constituents. "Everyone that knows me knows one thing: I hate rats," he said in an October 2022 press conference."

Biodiversity [27]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [28]
Waste [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: NPR [31], 04/14/2023
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"Hundreds Forced From Indiana Homes As Plastics Fire Burns" [32]

"An evacuation order affecting more than 1,000 people remained in place Wednesday night around a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border where crews worked to douse piles of burning plastics."

Air [33]
Chemicals [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [36]
Waste [29]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: AP [38], 04/13/2023
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"U.S. Judge Blocks Biden Clean Water Rule In 24 States" [39]

"A federal judge in North Dakota on Wednesday temporarily blocked implementation of a Biden administration rule establishing protections for seasonal streams and wetlands in 24 states, according to court documents."

Environmental Health [28]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [42], 04/13/2023
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US Becomes First Major Fishing Nation To Ratify Subsidies Deal: WTO Chief [43]

"The United States has become the first major fishing nation to ratify a deal to cut subsidies contributing to overfishing, the World Trade Organization chief said on Wednesday."

Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Justice [16]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 04/13/2023
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"Interior OKs Massive Power Line Key For West’s Renewables" [47]

"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 [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [48], 04/13/2023
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"Biden Releases $1B For Urban Trees" [49]

"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 [20]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [50]
Government [51]
Infrastructure [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [52]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [53], 04/13/2023
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‘Headed Off The Charts’: World’s Ocean Surface Temperature Hits Record High [54]

"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 [20]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Natural Resources [52]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [12]
International [45]
Source: Guardian [55], 04/13/2023
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EPA Says Americans Could Save $1 Trillion On Gas Under Its Auto Plan [56]

"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 [33]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Transportation [57]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NPR [58], 04/13/2023
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Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic PFAS Into Susquehanna River [59]

"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 [34]
Environmental Health [28]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 04/13/2023
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"Ghana First To Approve 'World-Changer' Malaria Vaccine" [61]

"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 [27]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Health [28]
Technology [62]
Public [12]
Africa [63]
Source: BBC News [64], 04/13/2023
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"First Wild Beaver In Wales In Years Caught Felling Trees In Garden" [65]

"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 [27]
Forests [50]
Infrastructure [22]
Natural Resources [52]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [30]
Public [12]
Europe [66]
Source: Guardian [67], 04/13/2023
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"EPA Releases ‘Strongest-Ever’ Carbon Rules For Cars" [68]

"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 [33]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [21]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [36]
Transportation [57]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [69], 04/12/2023
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