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Drought Fuels Wildfire Concerns As Canada Braces For Another Intense Summer [1]

"As widespread drought raises expectations for a repeat of last year’s ferocious wildfire season, response teams across Canada are grappling with the rapidly changing face of fire in a warming climate."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Canada [10]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [11], 05/13/2024

State Lawmakers Take Aim At Community Air Monitoring In Louisiana [12]

"Republican legislators have blunted the impact of citizen-led air monitoring, which is set to receive millions from the feds."

Activism [13]
Air [2]
Chemicals [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: Floodlight [23], 05/10/2024

"US Republican Attorneys General Sue To Stop EPA's Carbon Rule" [24]

"Republican attorneys general from 27 U.S. states and industry trade groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a landmark rule requiring sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [26], 05/10/2024

Amid Controversial Sale, U.S. Steel Falls Behind In Cleaner Steelmaking [27]

"U.S. Steel’s proposed sale to Nippon Steel stokes concerns over labor rights and national security, all while the company continues to break clean air laws in Western Pennsylvania."

Air [2]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Source: Daily Climate [29], 05/10/2024

CA Battle to Prioritize Public Health over Oil Company Profits Heats Up [30]

"On a dreary afternoon in January, a geyser of oily water shot over the fence of an oil and gas company in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington, splattering the street, cars and a local coffee shop with petroleum just a block away from Ashley Hernandez’s house."

Air [2]
Chemicals [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Pollution [20]
Public [8]
California [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 05/06/2024

"Foes Wage Attacks As Biden Rolls Out Power Plant Rules" [33]

"The Biden administration hopes its new rules will withstand an onslaught of legal and political opposition."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [34], 04/26/2024

Tough New EPA Rules Would Force Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions [35]

"Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [37], 04/25/2024

"Air Quality In Some Parts Of US Worst In 25 Years, Report Says" [38]

"About 44 million Americans live in cities or counties that received a failing grade for air quality, which has deteriorated to its worst in 25 years across a swath of the U.S., in part because of wildfires, a report released on Wednesday found."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Pollution [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [39], 04/25/2024

Jury: BNSF Contributed To 2 Deaths In Montana Town Sickened By Asbestos [40]

"A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened."

Air [2]
Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [41]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Source: AP [43], 04/24/2024

"California, 21 Other States Back EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [44]

"A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [45]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [20]
Transportation [41]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [46], 04/24/2024

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