"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
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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
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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"Unhealthy Air Alerts In Eastern North Carolina As Fire Rages"
"Air quality across much of eastern North Carolina has reached unhealthy levels in several coastal counties as a 55-square-mile (140-square-kilometer) wildfire burns the Croatan National Forest, the state Department of Environmental Quality said Saturday."
Source: AP, 04/24/2023
"In Puerto Rico, Solar Power Microgrids Boost Hurricane Resilience"
"When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico and decimated the Caribbean island's power grid five years ago, the lights stayed on in one building in the mountain town of Adjuntas."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 04/24/2023
"The Unlikely Center Of America’s EV Battery Revolution"
"Georgia is gaining thousands of jobs from electric vehicle manufacturing. But lawmakers are hesitant to fully embrace EVs — or the fight against climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 04/19/2023
"DeSantis Takeover of Wetland Permits Erects New Building Hurdles"
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, determined to untangle housing, mines, and other development from time-consuming environmental reviews, asked the Trump administration in its closing months to let the state take over permits for building on federal wetlands from the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/18/2023
Watch Out For Projectile Bird Poo As SW Florida Nesting Season Starts
"Shorebirds nesting season started a few weeks ago, and hundreds of the tiny birds will be scrambling around undeveloped beaches between now and September."
Source: Fort Meyers News-Press, 04/17/2023
Fort Lauderdale Was Inundated With 1/3 Of Its Annual Rainfall Within Hours
"The city’s main hospital was knocked offline for all but emergency procedures. Floodwaters shorted out the electrical equipment and generators at City Hall. And for the second straight day, one of the nation’s busiest airports was closed, stranding tens of thousands of travelers."
Source: Washington Post, 04/17/2023
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