EJToday: Top Headlines

"Analysis: Race To The Bottom For Deep-Sea Minerals Centers On Tiny Nauru" [9]

"The Pacific island nation of Nauru and its roughly 11,000 residents are at the center of the increasingly contentious debate over whether the world's seabeds should be mined for nickel and other green energy transition minerals."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [18]
Australia & Oceania [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 04/14/2023
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"Flood-Battered N.J. Poised To Enact Model Disclosure Law" [21]

"In early September, when New Jersey state Sen. Bob Smith introduced a bill to require that residents disclose the flood risk of real estate they’re selling, he was confident it would win approval."

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: E&E News [27], 04/14/2023
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Env. Justice Advocates Urge Calif. to Stop Issuing New Drilling Permits [28]

"The first thing Nalleli Cobo wanted to do when she heard the oil well in her South Los Angeles neighborhood was shutting down was scream. ... Cobo grew up breathing foul-smelling, toxic emissions from an oil production site just 30 feet from her home."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [31]
Public [17]
California [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 04/14/2023
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Md. Residents Oppose Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Near Their Homes [34]

"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 [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 04/14/2023
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"EPA Awards $177 Million To Environmental Justice Groups" [38]

"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 [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: AP [40], 04/14/2023
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"Boston Adopts New Building Code To Limit Use Of Fossil Fuels" [41]

"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 [22]
Consumer [23]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: AP [43], 04/14/2023
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"New York City Appointed A Rat Czar. Her Job Will Be A Tall Ask" [44]

"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 [23]
Environmental Health [29]
Waste [45]
Wildlife [46]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: NPR [47], 04/14/2023
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"Hundreds Forced From Indiana Homes As Plastics Fire Burns" [48]

"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 [49]
Chemicals [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [50]
Pollution [31]
Waste [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Source: AP [52], 04/13/2023
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"U.S. Judge Blocks Biden Clean Water Rule In 24 States" [53]

"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 [29]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: Reuters [54], 04/13/2023
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US Becomes First Major Fishing Nation To Ratify Subsidies Deal: WTO Chief [55]

"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 [25]
Environmental Justice [30]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [39]
International [18]
Source: Reuters [56], 04/13/2023
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"Interior OKs Massive Power Line Key For West’s Renewables" [57]

"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 [22]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: E&E News [58], 04/13/2023
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"Biden Releases $1B For Urban Trees" [59]

"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 [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [60]
Government [61]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: E&E News [62], 04/13/2023
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‘Headed Off The Charts’: World’s Ocean Surface Temperature Hits Record High [63]

"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 [22]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [64], 04/13/2023
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EPA Says Americans Could Save $1 Trillion On Gas Under Its Auto Plan [65]

"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 [49]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [66]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [39]
Source: NPR [67], 04/13/2023
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Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic PFAS Into Susquehanna River [68]

"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 [11]
Environmental Health [29]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 04/13/2023
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