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"The Next Big U.S. Power Plant Fight Is Coming" [1]

"On Monday, several outlets broke the story that the Biden administration is planning to release a plan to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. And even though the rule isn’t public yet, if history is any indication, conservative forces are already getting ready to take the EPA to court."

Air [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Earther [13], 04/25/2023
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"Safety Board: Several Issues Contributed to Massive Fire at BioLab" [14]

"Lake Charles, LA - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board found five safety issues that contributed to the massive fire at BioLab during Hurricane Laura in 2020."

Chemicals [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: KPLC [18], 04/25/2023
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EPA Settlement Forces Chemical Plant To Cut Cancer-Causing Air Pollutants [19]

"A German company has agreed to substantially reduce air pollutants from a chemical plant near LaPlace, according to a settlement reached this week with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Air [2]
Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
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Pollution [10]
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National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [20], 04/25/2023
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2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Include Texas Gulf Coast Defender [21]

"Grassroots activists who took on British mining giants and a serial plastics polluter – and won – are among this year’s recipients of the world’s most prestigious environmental prize."

Activism [22]
Air [2]
Chemicals [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 04/25/2023
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EPA Accused Of Failing To Regulate Use Of Toxic Herbicide Despite Court Order [25]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency has in effect ignored a 2020 federal court order prohibiting the use of Monsanto and other producers’ toxic dicamba-based herbicides that are destroying millions of acres of cropland, harming endangered species and increasing cancer risks for farmers, new fillings in the lawsuit charge."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [15]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [28], 04/25/2023
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"Biden Threatens To Veto House Resolution To End Solar Panel Tariffs Freeze" [29]

"President Biden on Monday vowed to veto a congressional resolution that would undo his freeze on solar panel component tariffs should it reach his desk."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [31], 04/25/2023
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"Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling" [32]

"In the past three weeks, President Biden’s administration has proposed regulations to speed the transition to electric vehicles, committed $1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change and prepared what could be the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. And yet, many young voters alarmed by climate change remain angry with Mr. Biden’s decision last month to approve Willow, an $8 billion oil drilling project on pristine federal land in Alaska."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [33]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [34]
Source: NYTimes [35], 04/25/2023
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"Oil Companies Rejected by Supreme Court on Climate Suits" [36]

"The US Supreme Court turned away oil-company appeals that sought a key procedural edge in about two dozen lawsuits blaming the industry for contributing to climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 04/25/2023
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Why Journalists Should Investigate the Twin Mental Health and Climate Crises [38]

The complicated interplay between climate change and trauma, poorly understood and little covered, is holding back the response by individuals and communities to the realities of the climate crisis, argues the head of a network of mental health and other organizations. Here’s what he has found when it comes to how climate-generated anguish is blocking climate solutions and what can be done about it.

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Reporters Can Address Uncertainty Over Local Risk of Rising Seas [47]

U.S. coastal counties are home to 127 million people, making the risk to life and property of flooding from sea level rise a serious one. But how great that risk is varies widely from place to place. So the latest TipSheet makes the case for environmental journalists to explain the local reality to their audiences. Get context, story ideas and resources to do just that.

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Climate Change [3]
Diversity [49]
Environmental Justice [6]
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People & Population [52]
Water & Oceans [53]
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