EJToday: Top Headlines

"EPA Awards $177 Million To Environmental Justice Groups" [9]

"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 [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [13], 04/14/2023
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"Boston Adopts New Building Code To Limit Use Of Fossil Fuels" [14]

"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 [15]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: AP [21], 04/14/2023
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"New York City Appointed A Rat Czar. Her Job Will Be A Tall Ask" [22]

"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 [23]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [24]
Waste [25]
Wildlife [26]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: NPR [27], 04/14/2023
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"Hundreds Forced From Indiana Homes As Plastics Fire Burns" [28]

"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 [29]
Chemicals [30]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [32]
Waste [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Source: AP [34], 04/13/2023
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"U.S. Judge Blocks Biden Clean Water Rule In 24 States" [35]

"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 [24]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [38], 04/13/2023
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US Becomes First Major Fishing Nation To Ratify Subsidies Deal: WTO Chief [39]

"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 [40]
Environmental Justice [10]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 04/13/2023
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"Interior OKs Massive Power Line Key For West’s Renewables" [43]

"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 [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [44], 04/13/2023
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"Biden Releases $1B For Urban Trees" [45]

"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 [15]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [46]
Forests [47]
Government [48]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [49]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [50], 04/13/2023
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‘Headed Off The Charts’: World’s Ocean Surface Temperature Hits Record High [51]

"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 [15]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [11]
International [41]
Source: Guardian [52], 04/13/2023
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EPA Says Americans Could Save $1 Trillion On Gas Under Its Auto Plan [53]

"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 [29]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Transportation [54]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [55], 04/13/2023
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Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic PFAS Into Susquehanna River [56]

"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 [30]
Environmental Health [24]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Source: Inside Climate News [58], 04/13/2023
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"Ghana First To Approve 'World-Changer' Malaria Vaccine" [59]

"Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a "world-changer" by the scientists who developed it."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [24]
Technology [60]
Public [11]
Africa [61]
Source: BBC News [62], 04/13/2023
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"First Wild Beaver In Wales In Years Caught Felling Trees In Garden" [63]

"On a hidden camera planted in their garden, a couple whose trees disappeared from their garden “overnight” have unmasked the unlikely culprit: the first wild beaver spotted in Wales in years."

Biodiversity [23]
Forests [47]
Infrastructure [18]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [26]
Public [11]
Europe [64]
Source: Guardian [65], 04/13/2023
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"EPA Releases ‘Strongest-Ever’ Carbon Rules For Cars" [66]

"EPA will propose tailpipe emissions rules Wednesday that could exponentially increase the number of electric vehicles on the nation’s roads within a decade."

Air [29]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [32]
Transportation [54]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [67], 04/12/2023
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"Interior Offers Extremes On Colorado River Cuts To Spur Compromise" [68]

"The Interior Department on Tuesday shared its proposal for expected cuts to Colorado River water allocations but acknowledged that the most extreme options — including a plan that would slash water deliveries to Arizona and Nevada — are unlikely to be included in a final decision this summer."

Agriculture [69]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Politics [46]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [70], 04/12/2023
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