EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers" [9]

"Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways."

Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Europe [19]
Source: AP [20], 11/04/2024
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"Trump Will Push To Get Fluoride Out Of Drinking Water, RFK Jr. Says" [21]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged Saturday that a future Trump administration would seek to remove fluoride from drinking water as a Day 1 goal, reversing a decades-old intervention widely credited for boosting public health."

Chemicals [22]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [24], 11/04/2024
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"Oil Bigwigs Open Wallets For Trump After Billion-Dollar Request" [25]

"Oil and gas tycoons made significant contributions to the Trump campaign after the former president asked the industry for $1 billion to support his reelection bid — and reportedly said it would be a “deal” for them to do so."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [29], 11/01/2024
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"What Trump Winning The Election Could Mean For The CDC" [30]

"State and local health departments would no longer be able to track opioid overdoses, provide cancer screenings and help people quit smoking, according to health officials, if Republicans carry out their plans to dramatically shrink the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a second Donald Trump presidency."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [16]
Science [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [33], 11/01/2024
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Slow Firefighting, Costlier Ag Likely If Trump Dismantles NOAA: Experts [34]

"Many industries rely on the agency’s weather and climate data. Even a small gap in its operations could raise food prices and drastically disrupt how people navigate the West’s changing climate."

Agriculture [35]
Climate Change [26]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 11/01/2024
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"China Resists Mounting Pressure To Do More On Climate Change" [39]

"With less than a month before the annual U.N. Climate Change Conference, China is so far defying pressure to set ambitious climate targets early and to do more to help poor nations cope with the ravages of a warming world."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
Asia [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 11/01/2024
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"See How The Inflation Reduction Act Is Affecting Your Community" [42]

"Not a single Republican lawmaker voted for the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. Since then, many of them have voted to repeal its clean energy provisions and criticized the law as a waste of taxpayer money. But red districts have emerged as the climate law’s biggest winners."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [44], 11/01/2024
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Offshore Wind Industry Says ‘Misinformation’ From Foes Is A Big Problem [45]

"The U.S offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread by opponents of wind farms."

Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [43]
Journalism & Media [46]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [47], 11/01/2024
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RFK Jr. Said Trump Promised Him Control of Public Health Agencies [48]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told supporters on an online organizing call this week that former President Donald J. Trump had “promised” him “control” of the nation’s public health agencies, should Mr. Trump win the election next week. The Trump campaign, however, would confirm no such commitments."

Consumer [10]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [49]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [50], 10/31/2024
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Big Ag, Pharma, Pesticides, Industries Hope to Sway COP16 Biodiversity Talks [51]

"Corporations have found ways to be heard during negotiations on reversing the drastic global decline in plant and animal life."

Biodiversity [52]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [54]
Public [18]
International [55]
Source: DeSmog [56], 10/31/2024
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"Clean Energy Is Booming in the U.S. The Election Could Change That." [57]

"Trump has suggested he would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, which has reshaped America’s energy landscape. It won’t be easy."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [58]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [59], 10/31/2024
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Paxton Sues Biden FWS Over Listing Freshwater Mussels As Endangered [60]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that his office is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Biden administration officials for declaring six freshwater mussel species endangered and another threatened earlier this year."

Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Source: Texas Tribune [62], 10/31/2024
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"Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need" [63]

"Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [52]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Civil Eats [64], 10/31/2024
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"Disaster Misinformation Is Part of the US Political Landscape Now" [65]

"In September 2018, I was in North Carolina riding out Hurricane Florence and reporting on its impacts. For a few days, I embedded with a FEMA rescue team stationed at Hope Mills Recreation Center near Fayetteville, accompanying emergency responders as they evacuated a senior center in the middle of the night and touring flooded neighborhoods by day."

Climate Change [26]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [46]
Science [32]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg [66], 10/31/2024
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"The American Climate Corps Faces an Uncertain Future If Trump Wins" [67]

"President Biden’s New Deal-inspired green jobs program has been a target of Republican criticism."

Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [31]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Green [68], 10/31/2024
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