EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"‘Bioweapons’ And Cover-Ups: The Untruths Behind RFK Jr.’s Disease Claims" [9]

"Kennedy has spread misinformation about the deadliest and most debilitating diseases of the modern era."

Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Government [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [20], 12/13/2024
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"How Trump Could Bring Fish Farms To The Gulf Of Mexico" [21]

"Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration four years ago and is likely to gain traction again after Trump begins his second term next month."

Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [26], 12/13/2024
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"Social Media Is a Growing Vehicle for Climate Misinformation" [27]

"A new report, published on Friday by international nonprofit Global Witness, found that climate misinformation and disinformation spread unchecked on TikTok during COP29, mostly in user comments on videos. The users they identified denied man-made global warming and rebuked efforts to combat it, claiming that climate change is a “lie” or “hoax.”"

Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [15]
Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 12/12/2024
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Trump Names Price For Avoiding All Environment Regulations: $1 Billion [31]

"President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he planned to expedite federal regulatory approvals, including all environmental permits, for any company or individual proposing to invest $1 billion or more in a construction project."

Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: HuffPost [34], 12/11/2024
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"Biden Moves Ahead With Drilling In Wildlife Refuge But Minimizes Acreage" [35]

"The Bureau of Land Management is required to auction off opportunities to drill in the Alaska wildlife refuge by the end of this year under 2017’s Tax Cuts and Job Act."

Biodiversity [36]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Source: The Hill [39], 12/10/2024
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"Lee Zeldin Didn’t Ask To Head EPA. Here’s Why Trump Picked Him." [40]

"When he served as a Republican congressman from New York, Lee Zeldin delighted environmentalists by championing efforts to protect critical wildlife habitat from potential development efforts, including a golf course proposed by Donald Trump." "Now, as Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Zeldin is pledging to deliver on the president-elect’s promise to eliminate several environmental regulations that the fossil fuel industry views as burdensome, according to half a dozen Senate Republicans who met with Zeldin this week."

Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [24]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [41], 12/09/2024
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Just One Mutation Can Make H5N1 Bird Flu A Threat To Humans: Researchers [42]

"California researchers say the world may be just one genetic tweak away from human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a worrisome mutation that could open the door to widespread human infections and possibly even a pandemic, according to some experts."

Agriculture [43]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [44]
Health [45]
Science [17]
Wildlife [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
California [46]
Source: LA Times [47], 12/06/2024
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"Unrest in Carbon Country" [48]

"One night in 2021, a farmer Steve Kenkel has known since childhood gave him a call. The farmer had news: there was going to be a CO2 pipeline coming through his property in Shelby County, Iowa."

Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Source: Drilled [51], 12/06/2024
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"Trump Energy Pick Misinterprets Studies To Support Claims, Scientists Say" [52]

"Chris Wright cites data to back his claim there is no climate crisis. Authors of the papers he cites say he is misinterpreting their work."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [15]
Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [53], 12/05/2024
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"Trump Picks Musk Ally Jared Isaacman To Head NASA" [54]

"President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder’s business."

Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Science [17]
Technology [55]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Reuters [56], 12/05/2024
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"What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Say About Climate Change" [57]

"President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet choices run the gamut from people who acknowledge the threat of climate change to those who deny the scientific consensus that emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are dangerously heating the planet."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: NYTimes [58], 12/04/2024
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"What Trump’s Second Administration Could Mean For Environmental Justice" [59]

"Biden poured billions into helping communities most threatened by pollution. Donald Trump could stop it."

Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [60]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [61], 12/04/2024
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Arizona’s Grijalva Will Step Down As Top Dem On House Resources Panel [62]

"Raúl Grijalva, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, will not seek to remain in that position in the next Congress, he said in a written statement Monday."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [63]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [23]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [37]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: States Newsroom [64], 12/03/2024
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Comment: News Corp ‘Special Report’ On Gas Paid For By Industry [65]

"The big news on Monday morning was that the story splashed across the front of News Corp’s biggest-selling tabloid newspapers wasn’t news at all. It was an advertorial paid for by a fossil fuel industry. Not that readers glancing at page one of the Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier-Mail or Adelaide Advertiser were let in on this secret."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [18]
International [29]
Source: Guardian [66], 12/03/2024
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Climate Advocates Tap Their Spiritual Reservoirs to Continue Their Cause [67]

"Donald Trump promises a new assault on climate policy and environmental regulations when he returns to the White House. Faith leaders say their beliefs compel a response."

Activism [68]
Climate Change [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [69]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [70]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [71], 12/03/2024
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