EJToday: Top Headlines

"Nexamp Nabs $520M To Build Community Solar Across The US" [9]

"Community solar helps people who can’t get rooftop solar access the benefits of solar ownership. Developer Nexamp just raised a boatload of money to build more of it."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Canary Media [16], 04/16/2024
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"California Dairies Scramble To Guard Herds Against Bird Flu" [17]

"Earlier this spring, California dairy farmers noted a puzzling drop in milk production in Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Ohio, Kansas and Michigan. Weeks later, news broke that several herds in these states, as well as North Carolina, had been diagnosed with avian influenza — the same strain that has devastated bird populations across the globe and shown a troubling ability to jump to mammals."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Food [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [22]
Source: LA Times [23], 04/16/2024
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Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Climate-Stressed Texas Panhandle [24]

"In a small Texas city, officials say land previously treated with a prescribed burn stopped the Windy Deuce Fire from entering neighborhoods. But the practice of intentionally burning excess vegetation has faced opposition from some private landowners."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
Forests [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [29], 04/16/2024
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"Record Number Of River Barriers Removed Across Europe In 2023" [30]

"Europe removed a record number of dams and other barriers from its rivers in 2023, a report has found, helping to restore its disturbed waterways to their natural states."

Infrastructure [13]
Natural Resources [27]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [14]
Europe [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 04/16/2024
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How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Biggest Disinformation Tactics [34]

"Increasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinformation is making climate coverage trickier both for journalists to produce and for the public to fully understand and trust."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [36]
Science [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [38], 04/16/2024
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Decades After US Butterfly Species Vanished, A Close Relative May Fill Gap [39]

"More than 80 years ago, a beautiful butterfly called Xerces Blue that once fluttered among San Francisco’s coastal dunes went extinct as stately homes, museums and parks ate up its habitat, marking the first butterfly species in the United States to disappear due to human development."

Biodiversity [19]
Wildlife [40]
Public [14]
California [22]
Source: AP [41], 04/16/2024
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"Biden Boosts Cost To Drill On Public Lands" [42]

"Oil companies will have to lay down significantly more money to drill on public lands following a sweeping final rule published by the Biden administration Friday that also increases federal royalty rates and aims to shrink the future footprint of the nation’s oil program."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [44], 04/15/2024
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"‘Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on ‘Greenwashing’" [45]

"From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [35]
Environmental Studies [47]
Food [21]
Journalism & Media [36]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 04/15/2024
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"Biden Administration Finalizes Lightbulb Efficiency Rules" [50]

"The Biden administration on Friday finalized lightbulb efficiency rules first proposed in late 2022."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [51], 04/15/2024
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"Utilities Brace for Costs of Compliance With New PFAS Water Rule" [52]

"Water utilities will face costly challenges meeting the EPA’s new limits on PFAS in drinking water, making litigation nearly inevitable, lawyers and analysts say."

Chemicals [53]
Consumer [46]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [35]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Pollution [54]
Technology [55]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [56], 04/15/2024
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"Biden Plans Sweeping Effort To Block Arctic Oil Drilling" [57]

"The U.S. set aside 23 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope to serve as an emergency oil supply a century ago. Now, President Joe Biden is moving to block oil and gas development across roughly half of it."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
Source: Bloomberg [59], 04/15/2024
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Greens Protest As DOT Approves Huge Oil Export Terminal Off Texas Coast [60]

"In a move that environmentalists called a betrayal, the Biden administration has approved the construction of a deepwater oil export terminal off the Texas coast that would be the largest of its kind in the United States."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
Source: AP [61], 04/15/2024
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"Biden Is Stalling On A Rule That Would Save Americans Nearly $1.5 Billion" [62]

"With just over six months before the election, at least one major Biden proposal appears to be stalled: an update to the federal housing rules that agency experts estimate would save homeowners nearly three times more money on energy bills than it would add to construction costs, spread out over a 30-year mortgage."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [46]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Planning & Growth [63]
Technology [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [64], 04/15/2024
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US Bets On Climate-Friendly Farming; Experts Doubt It Is Friendly Enough [65]

"President Joe Biden's administration is offering farmers money for adopting practices that store carbon in the soil to fight climate change, but Reuters interviews with soil science experts and a review of U.S. Department of Agriculture research indicate doubt that the approach will be effective."

Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [10]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reuters [66], 04/15/2024
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"The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”" [67]

"The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
People & Population [68]
Planning & Growth [63]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ProPublica [69], 04/15/2024
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