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"Standoff Over Electric Vehicle Workers Poses Risk for Biden" [1]

"A looming auto industry strike could test the president’s commitment to making electric vehicles a source of well-paying union jobs."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 09/14/2023

Indian Trans Woman No Longer Begging After Donated Electric Rickshaw [12]

"When Preethi moved to Bengaluru in southern India 10 years ago after being kicked out of her family home for being transgender, she hoped for a better future."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
People & Population [14]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
Asia [15]
Source: AP [16], 09/06/2023

Biden Administration Offers $12B To Convert Auto Factories Into EV Plants [17]

"The Biden administration will put up to $12 billion into converting auto manufacturing facilities into plants for hybrid and electric vehicles, it announced Thursday."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [18], 09/01/2023

Trump Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Will Be Put On Hold For Safety [19]

"OMAHA, Neb. — A Trump-era rule allowing railroads to haul highly flammable liquefied natural gas will now be formally put on hold to allow more time to study the safety concerns related to transporting that fuel and other substances like hydrogen that must be kept at extremely low temperatures when they are shipped, regulators announced Thursday.

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [21], 09/01/2023

Cat 4 Idalia Projected To Hit Florida With ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Surge [22]

"Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning as it steamed toward Florida’s Big Bend region and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [23]
Transportation [8]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: AP [26], 08/30/2023
September 12, 2023

Guided Tour: A Sustainable Future for Steel & Cars in Detroit & Dearborn [27]

Join a guided bus tour of auto and steelmaking sites around the Detroit-Dearborn area that aims to shed light on opportunities to pave the way toward a cleaner and more sustainable future for steel and automaking in Michigan. 10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET. Free registration required.

Other Events [28]
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Planning & Growth [29]
Transportation [8]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]

"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt" [31]

"The Albright family left town after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near their Ohio home. Now, they are back, facing personal, medical and financial crises in a newly divided community."

Chemicals [32]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Source: NYTimes [33], 08/17/2023

‘Metal Box Heated From The Inside’: Food Truck Workers Battle Heat [34]

"As tortillas warm on the grill at Los Pookies – an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based food truck best known for its birria tacos – a swamp cooler blasts cool air and extractor fans try their best to suck the heat out of the metal trailer."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [13]
Food [35]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [36], 08/09/2023

Big Waves Becoming More Common Off California As Earth Warms: New Research [37]

"Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common off California’s coast as the planet warms, according to innovative new research that tracked the increasing height from historical data gathered over the past 90 years."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [38]
Transportation [8]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [9]
California [39]
Source: AP [40], 08/04/2023

6 Months After E. Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On Safety [41]

"Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger disasters. Both parties agreed that a legislative response was needed. Yet six months after life was upended in East Palestine, little has changed."

Chemicals [32]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [43], 08/03/2023

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