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Florida Black Community’s Progress Is Threatened by Proposed LNG Plant

"Leaders in North Port St. Joe had big plans for tourism, real estate, even a Black history museum. Then they found out, almost by accident, that elected officials had been pushing the LNG terminal for years without telling them."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/08/2023

"Circuit Panel’s Halt of EPA Ozone Rule Threatens National Limits"

"A divided Fifth Circuit panel ruling to halt an EPA decision to disapprove key ozone plans in Texas and Louisiana foreshadows similar decisions across regional circuit courts that threaten to upend established precedent."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/08/2023

"West Oakland Faces A Test: Undoing Decades Of Environmental Injustice"

"Highway and city planners saddled a once-proud Black community with freeways and diesel fumes, while more affluent white neighborhoods were spared the traffic and toxics."

Source: Washington Post, 05/08/2023

Almost 30,000 People Displaced As Alberta Continues Battling Wildfires

"A change in weather conditions has helped firefighters fight the wildfires that have forced thousands of Albertans to flee their homes this past week, officials from the Alberta Emergency Management Agency and Alberta Wildfire said Sunday."

Source: CBC News, 05/08/2023

"Long Reviled as ‘Ugly,’ Sea Lampreys Finally Get Some Respect"

"The sucker-mouthed marine lamprey has been dismissed as grotesque and a threat to sport fish. But fisheries managers in New England and the Pacific Northwest are recognizing the ecological importance of lampreys in their native waters and are stepping up efforts to help them recover."

Source: YaleE360, 05/05/2023

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