EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"EPA Chief Seeks To Reassure Employees As Specter Of Trump Looms" [9]

"In a speech to staff, Michael Regan rebuked the Trump administration’s efforts to sideline climate scientists."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [18], 06/28/2024
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"Another Chemical Recycling Plant Closure Offers ‘Flashing Red Light’" [19]

"For the second time this year, a chemical recycling plant built to turn waste into usable products has closed, casting further doubt on the viability of an upstart industry that has been plagued by financial and technical challenges in its effort to scale up."

Air [20]
Chemicals [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Source: EHN [24], 06/28/2024
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"Water-Rich Gila River Tribe Near Phoenix Flexes Its Political Muscles" [25]

"Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe’s water. His father, the late Rodney Lewis, was general counsel for the Gila River Indian Community and fought for the tribe’s rights to water in the Southwest, eventually securing in 2004 the largest Native American water settlement in U.S. history."

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: AP [32], 06/28/2024
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"Environmental Rulings To Watch At The Supreme Court" [33]

"As the Supreme Court gets ready to issue the final rulings of the term, the justices are still sitting on a handful of cases that could deal a blow to environmental protections and agency powers."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [34], 06/27/2024
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"Trump Says Clean Energy Is a Scam. That Could Benefit China, Experts Say." [35]

"President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in a Trump administration. Economists said that would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [36]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 06/27/2024
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"US Rep. John Curtis Wins Utah GOP Primary For Romney’s Open Seat" [40]

"A pair of moderate Utah Republicans won primary elections Tuesday for U.S. Senate and governor over far-right candidates who are loyalists to former President Donald Trump, the latest example of how Utah is a rare Republican state that doesn’t fully embrace Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Source: AP [41], 06/27/2024
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"Latino Environmental Group Launches Climate Campaign" [42]

"A top Latino environmental group is launching a series of bilingual ads on Monday, highlighting climate change as an issue that disproportionately affects Hispanics."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [43]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [44], 06/27/2024
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"Supreme Court Could Curb NEPA Reviews Next Term" [45]

"The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to setting new limits for how agencies account for climate and environmental risks for new projects." "The case follows the court’s recent trend of picking up controversial environmental issues."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [46]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [47], 06/26/2024
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‘Gas Certification’ Is Greenwashing, Greens Charge in Contested New Report [48]

"A growing effort by the fossil fuel industry to sell natural gas as a low-carbon fuel is little more than greenwashing, according to a new report by climate advocacy organizations."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 06/26/2024
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"CREW Files Bribery Complaint Against Trump Over Oil Industry Donations" [50]

"The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a criminal bribery complaint urging the Justice Department to investigate former President Trump’s solicitation of campaign donations from fossil fuel executives."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [51], 06/26/2024
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Oil Lobby Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State [52]

"In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [53], 06/25/2024
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"Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs" [54]

"U.S. companies have created more than 300,000 clean energy jobs since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022, according to a detailed new analysis from an environmental advocacy group."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: HuffPost [55], 06/25/2024
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Underfunded NYC Parks Dept. Losing Fight Against Invasives, Disrepair, Climate [56]

"Mayor Adams’ proposed budget cuts may place an outsized burden on park conservancies and small volunteer groups. With less than 1 percent of the city budget spent on parks, they’re finding it harder and harder to keep up."

Activism [57]
Biodiversity [58]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [26]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [59]
Public [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [60]
Source: Inside Climate News [61], 06/25/2024
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"Environmental Protests: Interview With UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst" [62]

"The repression that environmental activists using peaceful civil disobedience are facing in Europe is a major threat to democracy and human rights, according to U.N. special rapporteur Michel Forst."

Activism [57]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [43]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [38]
Source: Mongabay [63], 06/25/2024
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"Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of 'Advanced' Plastic Recycling" [64]

"The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a “solution” that works like magic. Don't be fooled."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [43]
Pollution [15]
Technology [65]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: ProPublica [66], 06/24/2024
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