EJToday: Top Headlines

Clean Energy Thriving in Texas. Why Are State GOPers Trying to Stifle It? [9]

"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 [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [19], 04/17/2023
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Watch Out For Projectile Bird Poo As SW Florida Nesting Season Starts [20]

"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 [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Fort Meyers News-Press [25], 04/17/2023
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US GHG Emissions Up 6 Percent In 2021 Amid Pandemic Recovery: EPA [26]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Pollution [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [29], 04/14/2023
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Indiana Plastics Fire Extinguished, But Residents’ Health Concerns Remain [30]

"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 [31]
Chemicals [32]
Disasters [33]
Environmental Health [34]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [27]
Waste [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: CNN [38], 04/14/2023
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"As World Warms, Droughts Come On Faster, Study Finds" [39]

"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 [40]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [33]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
International [41]
Source: NYTimes [42], 04/14/2023
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"Analysis: Race To The Bottom For Deep-Sea Minerals Centers On Tiny Nauru" [43]

"The Pacific island nation of Nauru and its roughly 11,000 residents are at the center of the increasingly contentious debate over whether the world's seabeds should be mined for nickel and other green energy transition minerals."

Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [32]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
International [41]
Australia & Oceania [46]
Source: Reuters [47], 04/14/2023
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"Flood-Battered N.J. Poised To Enact Model Disclosure Law" [48]

"In early September, when New Jersey state Sen. Bob Smith introduced a bill to require that residents disclose the flood risk of real estate they’re selling, he was confident it would win approval."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Disasters [33]
Economy & Business [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: E&E News [50], 04/14/2023
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Env. Justice Advocates Urge Calif. to Stop Issuing New Drilling Permits [51]

"The first thing Nalleli Cobo wanted to do when she heard the oil well in her South Los Angeles neighborhood was shutting down was scream. ... Cobo grew up breathing foul-smelling, toxic emissions from an oil production site just 30 feet from her home."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [52]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [27]
Public [17]
California [53]
Source: Inside Climate News [54], 04/14/2023
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Md. Residents Oppose Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Near Their Homes [55]

"A Pepco pilot project to build the 1-megawatt unit poses fire and explosion risks, the residents say. Pepco says the planned facility, intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, meets all safety codes."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 04/14/2023
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"EPA Awards $177 Million To Environmental Justice Groups" [58]

"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 [52]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: AP [59], 04/14/2023
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"Boston Adopts New Building Code To Limit Use Of Fossil Fuels" [60]

"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 [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: AP [61], 04/14/2023
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"New York City Appointed A Rat Czar. Her Job Will Be A Tall Ask" [62]

"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 [21]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [34]
Waste [36]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
Source: NPR [63], 04/14/2023
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"Hundreds Forced From Indiana Homes As Plastics Fire Burns" [64]

"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 [31]
Chemicals [32]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [35]
Pollution [27]
Waste [36]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: AP [65], 04/13/2023
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"U.S. Judge Blocks Biden Clean Water Rule In 24 States" [66]

"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 [34]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Reuters [67], 04/13/2023
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US Becomes First Major Fishing Nation To Ratify Subsidies Deal: WTO Chief [68]

"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 [12]
Environmental Justice [52]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [28]
International [41]
Source: Reuters [69], 04/13/2023
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