"Safety Board: Several Issues Contributed to Massive Fire at BioLab"
"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."
Source: KPLC, 04/25/2023
Environmental Justice
EPA Settlement Forces Chemical Plant To Cut Cancer-Causing Air Pollutants
"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.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/25/2023
2023 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Include Texas Gulf Coast Defender
"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."
Source: Guardian, 04/25/2023
Why Journalists Should Investigate the Twin Mental Health and Climate Crises
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
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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"The Giving Forest"
"Amid the sprawling farmlands of northeast Wisconsin, the Menominee forest feels like an elixir, and a marvel. Its trees press in, towering and close, softening the air, a dense emerald wilderness that’s home to wolves, bears, otters, warblers and hawks, and that shows little hint of human hands. Yet over the last 160 years, much of this forest has been chopped down and regrown nearly three times."
Source: NYTimes, 04/24/2023
"E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants"
"President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants, according to three people who were briefed on the rule."
Source: NYTimes, 04/24/2023
"Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice"
"President Biden on Friday plans to announce the creation of a White House Office of Environmental Justice, one of several actions to address the unequal burden that people of color carry from environmental hazards, according to the White House."
Source: NYTimes, 04/21/2023
Citing Neo-Nazis, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Grid Protesters
"Utah, Georgia and Tennessee are the latest states to pass legislation designed to counter demonstrations like those against the Dakota Access pipeline."
Source: HuffPost, 04/20/2023
"Seattle Airport, Alaska Air And Delta Sued Over Jet Pollution"
"Neighbors of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday sued the airport's operator and two airlines over jet pollution they said is making them sick and damaging their properties."
Source: Reuters, 04/20/2023
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