EJToday: Top Headlines

"Florida Health Officials Removed Key Data From COVID Vaccine Report" [9]

"The surgeon general’s guidance against the vaccine for young men ignored results showing infection was a greater risk for cardiac-related deaths."

"Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced in October that young men should not get the COVID-19 vaccine, guidance that runs counter to medical advice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [16], 04/10/2023
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Enviros Sue To Stop Ohio From Leasing State Parks For Oil And Gas Drilling [17]

"Four environmental groups are suing to stop a new law requiring Ohio to accept private petitions to drill for oil and gas underneath state parks."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
Source: Columbia Dispatch [24], 04/10/2023
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World Bank Is Getting a New Chief. Will He Pivot Toward Climate Action? [25]

"As World Bank shareholders gather in Washington for their annual spring meeting on Monday, the global institution appears to be on the brink of significant change."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [21]
Planning & Growth [28]
Public [14]
International [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 04/10/2023
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"Challenge To Biden ‘Cost Of Carbon’ Policy Dismissed" [31]

"A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals court."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [32], 04/10/2023
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"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Rises In March" [33]

"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose 14% in March from the previous year, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting the continued challenges for the new leftist government."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [34]
Public [14]
South America [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 04/10/2023
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"Bangladesh's Energy Plan Faces Gas Dilemma As Fuel Crisis Bites" [37]

"Jobayer Ahmed's textile business on the outskirts of Dhaka is going through a rough patch with the energy crisis in Bangladesh."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Public [14]
Asia [38]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [39], 04/10/2023
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Warming Wiped Out Thousands of Iconic Saguaro. Can Planting More Help? [40]

"Heat, drought and an invasive grass are driving wildfires killing the giant saguaros in Arizona, raising concerns about how the cactus will recover without human intervention."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [18]
Forests [34]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 04/10/2023
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Logging Plan on Yellowstone Border Shows Limits of Biden Climate Policy [44]

"Despite new “guidance,” the Forest Service moves to clear-cut mature pines in Montana without a detailed accounting of the cost in carbon emissions."

Biodiversity [41]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 04/10/2023
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"Climate Change Adding 50 Homers a Year in MLB, Study Says" [47]

"Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found."

Air [48]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [49]
Science [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [50], 04/10/2023
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"Biden Administration to Curb Toxic Pollutants From Chemical Plants" [51]

"The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a new regulation to significantly reduce hazardous air pollutants from chemical plants, a move that environmental advocates predicted would significantly reduce the health risks to by people living near industrial sites."

Chemicals [52]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [53]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [54]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: NYTimes [55], 04/07/2023
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"Biden Is Set To Propose Toughest-Ever Rules On Car Pollution To Spur EVs" [56]

"The Biden administration is on track to propose the toughest-ever US curbs on car pollution, while stopping short of an electric-vehicle mandate or ban on gas-powered models."

Air [48]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [49]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [54]
Transportation [57]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg [58], 04/07/2023
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose At ‘Alarming’ Rate Last Year, US Data Shows [59]

"Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – the greenhouse gases emitted by human activity that are the most significant contributors to global heating – continued to increase rapidly during 2022, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa)."

Agriculture [60]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Pollution [54]
Public [14]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [61], 04/07/2023
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"Biden Targets Race, Gender Impacts With Regulation Proposal" [62]

"US officials would formally gauge how their health, pollution, and workforce policies help or harm racial and ethnic minority groups, under a proposal released by the Biden administration."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [53]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [63], 04/07/2023
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"Biden Vetoes Clean Water Act Resolution" [64]

"President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a Congressional Review Act resolution against the administration’s rule to define the Clean Water Act’s reach."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [65]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [54]
Water & Oceans [66]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: E&E News [67], 04/07/2023
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"Southwest Alaska Tribes Sue To Stop Donlin Gold Project" [68]

"Three Alaska tribes are suing the federal government to halt the Donlin Gold project."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [65]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Pollution [54]
Water & Oceans [66]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [69]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [70], 04/07/2023
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