EJToday: Top Headlines

"Southwestern US Rivers Get Boost From Winter Snowpack" [9]

"Federal water managers have more room to breathe this spring as two Southwestern rivers that provide New Mexico and Texas with drinking water and irrigation supplies are seeing the benefits of record snowpack and spring runoff."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Source: AP [16], 04/19/2023
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"US Cities See 'Urban Mining' Potential In Building Deconstruction" [17]

"The cavernous Maryland warehouse housing Community Forklift bulges with doors, windows, flooring and light fixtures, some lightly used, some more so, but all for sale at big discounts."

Infrastructure [18]
Waste [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [21], 04/19/2023
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"Berkeley Ban on Natural Gas Hookups Tossed by Ninth Circuit" [22]

"A California city’s ordinance banning natural gas hookups in new buildings was toppled Monday by the Ninth Circuit, which said that the ordinance is preempted by federal law."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 04/18/2023
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"Report: Climate Change, Disease Imperil North American Bats" [27]

"More than half of North America’s bat species are likely to diminish significantly as climate change, disease and habitat loss take their toll, scientists warned Monday."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [11]
Wildlife [29]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Canada [30]
Mexico [31]
Source: AP [32], 04/18/2023
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"As The Climate Suffers, Enforcement Needed For Corporate Green Pledges" [33]

"With many net-zero goals amounting to little more than greenwashing, new measures are required to bring accountability, experts say".

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [37]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [39], 04/18/2023
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"Water Rule Injunction Adds Confusion to Biden’s Protection Plan" [40]

"A federal court injunction this week against the Biden administration’s new waters protection rule in 24 states sparked questions over the clarity and path forward for the rule, even if the action doesn’t dramatically change which waters are protected."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [28]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [41], 04/18/2023
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"Insurance Woes Plague Efforts To Cut Growing Wildfire Risks" [42]

"Spiking U.S. insurance costs threaten the use of controlled fire, a crucial tool in reducing risks from climate-fueled wildfires".

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [43]
Economy & Business [34]
Forests [44]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [45], 04/18/2023
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"Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries" [46]

"The World Bank meetings were supposed to be a first step in a new era of affordable loans for developing nations hard hit by climate change like Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Barbados, one of many Caribbean islands battered by worsening hurricanes."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [43]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Infrastructure [18]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: AP [47], 04/18/2023
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"SEC Climate Rules Risk Legal Battle with Environmental Groups" [48]

"The SEC’s upcoming corporate climate disclosure rules face a new legal threat from environmentalists after Republicans and businesses have long signaled they would sue to stop the regulations."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 04/18/2023
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"Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Biden Plan for Offshore Wind" [50]

"The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [35]
Military [51]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg [52], 04/18/2023
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"DeSantis Takeover of Wetland Permits Erects New Building Hurdles" [53]

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, determined to untangle housing, mines, and other development from time-consuming environmental reviews, asked the Trump administration in its closing months to let the state take over permits for building on federal wetlands from the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Health [54]
Environmental Politics [35]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [57], 04/18/2023
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"Greenland's Melting Ice Could Be Changing Our Oceans. Just Ask The Whales" [58]

"When North Atlantic right whales went missing from waters in the Gulf of Maine, it was a red flag. With only about 340 animals left, the species is at risk of extinction. ... Now, scientists are linking that to deeper shifts in the ocean, brought on by climate change."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [59]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [38]
Canada [30]
Source: NPR [60], 04/18/2023
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"Fossil Fuels Find a Loophole in the Latest G-7 Climate Pledge" [61]

"The meeting of Group of Seven energy and environment ministers ended Sunday without a deadline to halt new coal investments or the kinds of firm commitments that climate advocates have said are necessary to limit global warming."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [14]
International [38]
Source: Bloomberg Green [62], 04/17/2023
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"Biden’s Ambitious Climate Plan For EVs Faces These Big Hurdles" [63]

"Many pieces must fall into place for electric vehicles to be the majority of those sold in the U.S. by 2032, as the White House hopes".

Air [64]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Transportation [65]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Washington Post [66], 04/17/2023
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Fort Lauderdale Was Inundated With 1/3 Of Its Annual Rainfall Within Hours [67]

"The city’s main hospital was knocked offline for all but emergency procedures. Floodwaters shorted out the electrical equipment and generators at City Hall. And for the second straight day, one of the nation’s busiest airports was closed, stranding tens of thousands of travelers."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [43]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Source: Washington Post [68], 04/17/2023
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