EJToday: Top Headlines

"New York City Appointed A Rat Czar. Her Job Will Be A Tall Ask" [9]

"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 [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Waste [13]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: NPR [17], 04/14/2023
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"Hundreds Forced From Indiana Homes As Plastics Fire Burns" [18]

"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 [19]
Chemicals [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [24]
Waste [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Source: AP [27], 04/13/2023
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"U.S. Judge Blocks Biden Clean Water Rule In 24 States" [28]

"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 [12]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Reuters [31], 04/13/2023
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US Becomes First Major Fishing Nation To Ratify Subsidies Deal: WTO Chief [32]

"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 [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
International [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 04/13/2023
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"Interior OKs Massive Power Line Key For West’s Renewables" [37]

"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 [38]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [40], 04/13/2023
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"Biden Releases $1B For Urban Trees" [41]

"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 [38]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [42]
Forests [43]
Government [44]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [45]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [46], 04/13/2023
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‘Headed Off The Charts’: World’s Ocean Surface Temperature Hits Record High [47]

"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 [38]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
International [35]
Source: Guardian [48], 04/13/2023
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EPA Says Americans Could Save $1 Trillion On Gas Under Its Auto Plan [49]

"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 [19]
Climate Change [38]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NPR [51], 04/13/2023
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Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic PFAS Into Susquehanna River [52]

"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 [20]
Environmental Health [12]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 04/13/2023
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"Ghana First To Approve 'World-Changer' Malaria Vaccine" [55]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [38]
Environmental Health [12]
Technology [56]
Public [15]
Africa [57]
Source: BBC News [58], 04/13/2023
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"First Wild Beaver In Wales In Years Caught Felling Trees In Garden" [59]

"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 [10]
Forests [43]
Infrastructure [39]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [14]
Public [15]
Europe [60]
Source: Guardian [61], 04/13/2023
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"EPA Releases ‘Strongest-Ever’ Carbon Rules For Cars" [62]

"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 [19]
Climate Change [38]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [50]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [63], 04/12/2023
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"Interior Offers Extremes On Colorado River Cuts To Spur Compromise" [64]

"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 [65]
Climate Change [38]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [66], 04/12/2023
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Rich People’s Swimming Pools Are Fueling Water Crises In Cities; Study [67]

"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 [34]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
International [35]
Source: Washington Post [68], 04/12/2023
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Iowa House Passes Bill Limiting Drone Surveillance Of Livestock Facilities [69]

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

Agriculture [65]
Environmental Health [12]
Journalism & Media [70]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [24]
Public [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [71]
Source: States Newsroom [72], 04/12/2023
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