EJToday: Top Headlines

"DeSantis Takeover of Wetland Permits Erects New Building Hurdles" [9]

"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 [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [20], 04/18/2023
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"Greenland's Melting Ice Could Be Changing Our Oceans. Just Ask The Whales" [21]

"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 [11]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Studies [23]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Canada [26]
Source: NPR [27], 04/18/2023
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"Fossil Fuels Find a Loophole in the Latest G-7 Climate Pledge" [28]

"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 [22]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
International [25]
Source: Bloomberg Green [31], 04/17/2023
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"Biden’s Ambitious Climate Plan For EVs Faces These Big Hurdles" [32]

"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 [33]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [35]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [36], 04/17/2023
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Fort Lauderdale Was Inundated With 1/3 Of Its Annual Rainfall Within Hours [37]

"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 [22]
Disasters [38]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Washington Post [39], 04/17/2023
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"Biden Approves Alaska Gas Exports As Critics Condemn Another ‘Carbon Bomb’" [40]

"The Biden administration on Thursday approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a document showed, prompting criticism from environmental groups over the approval of another “carbon bomb”.

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Source: Guardian [42], 04/17/2023
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After Spying on Standing Rock Protest, TigerSwan Shopped Info to Oil Firms [43]

"Leaked documents and public records reveal a troubling fusion of private security, public law enforcement, and corporate money in the fight over the Dakota Access pipeline."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Justice [45]
Environmental Politics [13]
Military [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Intercept [47], 04/17/2023
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"The Incredible Disappearing Doomsday" [48]

"How the climate catastrophists learned to stop worrying and love the calm".

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [49]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Harpers [50], 04/17/2023
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"Unsound Climate Studies Sneak Into Print: Scientists" [51]

"Misleading studies sowing doubt about climate change are getting into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing recent papers linked to a lawsuit in Germany whose authors denied conflicts of interest."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [49]
Science [52]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [25]
Source: AFP [53], 04/17/2023
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"Atomic Angst Over? Germany Closes Last Nuclear Plants" [54]

"Germany will pull the plug on its last three nuclear power stations by Saturday, ending a six-decade programme that spawned one of Europe's strongest protest movements but saw a brief reprieve due to the Ukraine war."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Infrastructure [55]
Military [46]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [56]
Public [18]
Europe [57]
Source: Reuters [58], 04/17/2023
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Clean Energy Thriving in Texas. Why Are State GOPers Trying to Stifle It? [59]

"Texas leads the nation for generating the most electricity from solar and wind and plays an outsized role in manufacturing electric vehicles. A slew of new bills could change that."

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [55]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 04/17/2023
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Watch Out For Projectile Bird Poo As SW Florida Nesting Season Starts [62]

"Shorebirds nesting season started a few weeks ago, and hundreds of the tiny birds will be scrambling around undeveloped beaches between now and September."

Biodiversity [11]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [63]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Fort Meyers News-Press [64], 04/17/2023
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US GHG Emissions Up 6 Percent In 2021 Amid Pandemic Recovery: EPA [65]

"U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose 6 percent in 2021 as much of the country reopened as the COVID-19 vaccine became available, according to a federal analysis released Thursday."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Pollution [66]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: The Hill [67], 04/14/2023
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Indiana Plastics Fire Extinguished, But Residents’ Health Concerns Remain [68]

"After firefighters spent two days battling an inferno fueled by plastics in eastern Indiana, the fire has been fully extinguished, officials said. “We’re now able to turn our attention to collecting air and water samples to determine when the evacuation order can be lifted,” Richmond Mayor Dave Smith told CNN Thursday night."

Air [33]
Chemicals [69]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Health [12]
People & Population [70]
Pollution [66]
Waste [71]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [72]
Source: CNN [73], 04/14/2023
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"As World Warms, Droughts Come On Faster, Study Finds" [74]

"Flash droughts, the kind that arrive quickly and can lay waste to crops in a matter of weeks, are becoming more common and faster to develop around the world, and human-caused climate change is a major reason, a new scientific study has found."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [38]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
International [25]
Source: NYTimes [75], 04/14/2023
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