EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Meat, Oil And Pesticide Lobbyists Turned Out In Record Numbers At Cop16 [9]

"In total 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for Cop16 in Cali, Colombia, which ended in disarray and without significant progress on a number of key issues including nature funding, monitoring biodiversity loss and work on reducing environmentally harmful business subsidies."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Chemicals [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [19]
International [20]
Source: Guardian [21], 11/14/2024
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"Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies" [22]

"America’s oil industry released its wish list for the incoming Trump administration on Tuesday, a five-point plan that would eliminate many of the Biden administration’s most far-reaching efforts to reduce climate pollution and limit the warming that is driving ever more destructive and deadly extreme weather."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 11/13/2024
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"Lee Zeldin Knows How to Defend Trump. Will He Defend the Environment?" [28]

"When he ran for governor of New York two years ago, fellow Republicans privately exhorted former Representative Lee Zeldin to distance himself from Donald J. Trump and his debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. He leaned in instead, most likely dooming any chance of his winning in a Democratic-leaning state."

Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [29], 11/13/2024
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Despite Promise, Biden BLM Keeps OKing Plans To Cut Down Old Forests [30]

"In 2022, President Joe Biden announced a new effort to protect old forests, which are key to the fight against climate change. But it hasn’t made much of a difference."

Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: ProPublica/OPB [31], 11/13/2024
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"Cop29 Host Azerbaijan Hits Out At West In Defence Of Oil And Gas" [32]

"The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s UN climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry on Tuesday."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [33]
Public [19]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [34], 11/13/2024
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"Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0" [35]

"Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight."

Activism [36]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 11/13/2024
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"EPA Implements Climate Law’s Methane Fee As Republicans Plan Repeal" [40]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule Tuesday that implements a charge for oil and gas companies that release too much of the planet-warming gas methane."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: The Hill [41], 11/13/2024
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"Trump Considers ‘Energy Czar’ Post" [42]

"President-elect Donald Trump is considering appointing a White House “energy czar” to coordinate the incoming administration’s energy policies across the administration, according to two people with knowledge of the transition."

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [43], 11/13/2024
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"Trump Taps Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin As EPA Chief" [44]

"President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped former representative Lee Zeldin of New York to serve as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a crucial role that will oversee the rollbacks of dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental policies."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Washington Post [45], 11/12/2024
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"With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels" [46]

"As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter."

Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [48]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [49], 11/12/2024
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"COP29 Chief Exec Filmed Promoting Fossil Fuel Deals" [50]

"A senior official at COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil fuel deals, the BBC can report. A secret recording shows the chief executive of Azerbaijan's COP29 team, Elnur Soltanov, discussing "investment opportunities" in the state oil and gas company with a man posing as a potential investor."

Climate Change [23]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
International [20]
Source: BBC News [51], 11/12/2024
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"Climate Talks Open With Calls For A Path Away From The ‘Road To Ruin’" [52]

"United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main issue: money."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
International [20]
Source: AP [53], 11/12/2024
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‘Mass Deportations Would Disrupt The Food Chain’: Calif. Warns Of Threat [54]

"Take a drive through the Salinas or Central valleys in California and you’ll pass from town to town advertising its specialty fruit or vegetable: strawberries in Watsonville, garlic in Gilroy, pistachios in Avenal and almonds in Ripon. More than 400 types of commodities are grown in the Golden state – including a third of the vegetables and three-quarters of the fruits and nuts produced in the United States. Much of that food is grown by immigrant farm workers – many of whom are undocumented."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [55]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [56]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Guardian [57], 11/12/2024
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"Is a ‘Green’ Revolution Poisoning India’s Capital?" [58]

"India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools."

Air [59]
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Pollution [25]
Waste [60]
Public [19]
Asia [61]
Source: NYTimes [62], 11/12/2024
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"How Trump Could Shrink EPA" [63]

"Buyouts and budget cuts are some options the president-elect might consider to reduce the agency’s workforce."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [25]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [64], 11/08/2024
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