EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Oil Moguls Emerge as Key Cash Source for Trump as Race Nears End" [9]

"Oil executives have emerged as an increasingly important source of funding for Donald Trump, as industry titans open their wallets to bolster the Republican nominee’s campaign for a second term in the White House."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg [16], 10/07/2024
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"Supreme Court Confronts NEPA, Water Permits, Agency Power" [17]

"The Supreme Court has its sights set on another bedrock environmental law, following recent efforts to take on Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act protections."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [21], 10/07/2024
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EPA Drinking Water Limits For PFAS Are Under Threat – And That’s Nothing New [22]

"Though utilities’ mission is to provide clean water, their trade groups for decades have often fiercely opposed initiatives to improve quality"

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [24]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [28], 10/07/2024
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"Helene Response Hampered By Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories" [29]

"False claims are adding to the chaos and confusion in many storm-battered communities. Social media platforms such as X have allowed the falsehoods to spread."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [31]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [33], 10/07/2024
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"Mexico’s New President Promises To Resume Fight Against Climate Change" [34]

"In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [14]
Mexico [35]
Source: AP [36], 10/07/2024
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"Hurricane Helene Exposes FEMA Assistance Gap In Appalachian Areas" [37]

"As residents of western North Carolina piece together their lives following Hurricane Helene, few will be able to rely on federal flood insurance to help them rebuild."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: Reuters [39], 10/04/2024
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"How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene" [40]

"The amount of rain that Tropical Storm Helene unleashed over North Carolina was so intense, no amount of preparation could have entirely prevented the destruction that ensued. But decisions made by state officials in the years leading up to Helene most likely made some of that damage worse, according to experts in building standards and disaster resilience."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: NYTimes [41], 10/04/2024
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Biden EPA Restores Pre-Trump Farmworker Protections From Pesticides [42]

"The Biden administration this week restored Obama-era farmworker protections from pesticides that were rolled back under the Trump administration."

Agriculture [43]
Chemicals [23]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [45], 10/04/2024
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Residents Not Told When Carbon Capture Monitoring Well Leaks in Illinois [46]

"On Sept. 13, Decatur, Illinois, city councilperson David Horn found out a monitoring well at a carbon capture and storage site in his community was leaking. He did not find out through an internal council meeting, nor an emergency phone call from the city manager or an alert from environmental regulators. He found out like most other people did, through an article in E&E News."

Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 10/04/2024
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"A Shift Among Democrats: Embrace Record Levels of Oil and Gas" [49]

"JD Vance and Tim Walz on Tuesday both avoided talking about the main cause of global warming that is powering the kind of violent weather that struck the Southeast this week: the burning of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [50]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [51], 10/03/2024
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"Hurricane Gives Democrats A Climate Opening In Florida" [52]

"Democrats are deploying climate arguments against Republican Rick Scott in the state’s contentious Senate race."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: E&E News [53], 10/03/2024
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"Biden Signs Bill Cutting Environmental Reviews For Semiconductor Industry" [54]

"President Biden on Wednesday signed legislation exempting semiconductor manufacturing facilities from environmental reviews — despite objections from some Democrats and green activists who have expressed concerns about the potential for toxic waste."

Chemicals [23]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [20]
Technology [55]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [56], 10/03/2024
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"Exchange Between Vance and Walz Shows Gulf on Climate Change Views" [57]

"As Hurricane Helene made climate change an early focus of the vice-presidential debate, the running mates quickly demonstrated the stark differences between the parties on the issue."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [31]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: NYTimes [58], 10/02/2024
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"Biden, Harris To Tour Helene Damage In North And South Carolina, Georgia" [59]

"U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will travel on Wednesday to North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to assess the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern U.S. which has killed at least 140 people."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [26]
People & Population [32]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Source: Reuters [60], 10/02/2024
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"F.T.C. Clears Chevron’s Purchase of Hess With Board Condition" [61]

"The Federal Trade Commission said on Monday that it would let the oil giant Chevron acquire Hess but that the chief executive of Hess would not be allowed to join Chevron’s board because of how he communicated with leaders of OPEC."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [62], 10/02/2024
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