EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"The Lost History Of What Americans Knew About Climate Change In The 1960s" [9]

"To judge by recent Supreme Court decisions, the world didn’t know much about climate change a half century ago."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: Grist [16], 08/09/2024
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ATSDR: "How A US Health Agency Became A Shield For Polluters" [17]

"Companies and others responsible for some of America's most toxic waste sites are using a federal health agency’s faulty reports to save money on cleanups, defend against lawsuits and deny victims compensation, a Reuters investigation found."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [19]
Pollution [20]
Science [12]
Waste [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 08/08/2024
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"Tim Walz Has Championed Climate as Governor" [24]

"Over the course of his two terms in office, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota has quietly emerged as one of the nation’s most forceful advocates for tackling climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [25], 08/07/2024
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"Navajo Uranium Standoff Risks Legal Clashes in ‘Nuclear West’" [26]

"The Navajo Nation took the unusual step of using its police force to try to impede uranium shipments across its land last week—a preview of legal environmental battles to come if other uranium mines open in the southwest."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [19]
Transportation [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 08/07/2024
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"EPA Alumni Ready To Resist Trump — Again" [33]

"An alliance formed in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2016 election is gearing up to defend the agency if the former president retakes the White House."

Activism [34]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [35], 08/07/2024
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"Residents Challenge State-Approved Incinerator In Front Of The Tetons" [36]

"Teton County residents have opened an additional front in their fight with Wyoming officials regarding development of state school trust land near Teton Village, this time challenging the approval of a commercial incinerator that opponents claim poses a grave health, fire and economic risk to locals."

Air [37]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [20]
Public [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
Source: WyoFile [39], 08/07/2024
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"Trump Says He Has ‘No Choice’ But To Back EVs After Musk Endorsement" [40]

"Donald Trump has for months denigrated electric vehicles, arguing their supporters should “rot in hell” and that assisting the nascent industry is “lunacy”. He now appears to have somewhat shifted his view thanks to the support of Elon Musk, the world’s richest person."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Transportation [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [42], 08/07/2024
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Wyoming Offers To Sell Land To Grand Teton Park — Or Developers [43]

"Under a chrome-colored sky ribboned by rainclouds, local outfitter Jake Hutton led a horseback tour of the Kelly Parcel, telling stories all the while."

Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [45]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [46]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
Source: NPR [47], 08/06/2024
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Reclusive Tribe Attacks Encroaching Loggers In Peru’s Amazon [48]

"Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization."

Activism [34]
Biodiversity [44]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [49]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [50]
Public [13]
South America [51]
Source: AP [52], 08/06/2024
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"Agency Votes to Replace Official Accused of Rushing Start of Seabed Mining" [53]

"The international agency charged with regulating seabed mining worldwide voted on Friday to replace its top executive, after accusations that the British lawyer running the agency was too closely aligned with the mining industry."

Biodiversity [44]
Chemicals [54]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [13]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [57], 08/05/2024
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"ABC Host Reportedly Received Death Threats After Trump Interview" [58]

"ABC News’s senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott has reportedly faced threats to her life after her piercing interview of Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists convention left the former president fuming."

Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [59]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [60], 08/05/2024
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"Harris Courts Swing Voters With Fracking Reversal" [61]

"Vice President Harris has reversed her position on fracking, signaling a move to the center on the issue. The rightward shift comes as she tries to court swing voters in states like Pennsylvania."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [62], 08/02/2024
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US Forest Service Failing To Protect Old Growth Trees From Logging: Critics [63]

"Biden’s efforts to save mature trees are not getting enough Forest Service support, according to some conservationists"

Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [49]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Guardian [64], 08/02/2024
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"Senate Unanimously Passes Biannual Water Projects Bill" [65]

"The Senate on Thursday unanimously reauthorized the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), the biennial legislation authorizing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects."

Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [66]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [67], 08/02/2024
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North Carolina Environmental Regulators at War Over Water Rules for PFAS [68]

"The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has privately leaned on the state’s powerful Environmental Management Commission to delay critical PFAS rules, emails obtained under state public records law show, including providing members with the résumé of a scientist who has downplayed the toxicity of the compounds."

Chemicals [54]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [56]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [69]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 08/02/2024
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