EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Four In Five People Want Stronger Climate Action, Says UNDP Survey" [9]

"Four in five people want their governments to take stronger action to tackle climate change, according to a United Nations survey. The UN Development Programme (UNDP), which published the poll on Thursday, said that 72 per cent of people across the 77 countries surveyed said they supported a quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Business Standard [15], 06/21/2024
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Enviros Want Florida Freshwater In The Everglades, Not Dumped At Coasts [16]

"Environmental groups want to use engineered wetlands to help replenish the river of grass and address toxic algae. The state’s politically powerful sugar growers say those wetlands are for their own polluted water."

Agriculture [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 06/20/2024
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Developing Countries Complain Of Access Difficulties At Bonn Climate Talks [23]

"Growing fossil-fueled authoritarianism in Azerbaijan and other COP host nations undermines climate action and human rights, researchers and policy experts report."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 06/20/2024
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"Senate Sends Package Bolstering Nuclear Power Sector To Biden’s Desk" [26]

"The Senate on Tuesday passed a package aimed at bolstering the nation’s nuclear power sector, sending it to President Biden’s desk."

Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [27]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: The Hill [29], 06/20/2024
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"A Key Court Ruling Could Weaken U.S. Environmental Protections" [30]

"The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether to overturn the Chevron doctrine, a landmark precedent that has stood for 40 years. Scrapping the doctrine could have major impacts on regulation in such areas as pollution, climate change, and endangered species."

Activism [31]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: YaleE360 [33], 06/20/2024
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Rep. Castor Urges OSHA To Speed Federal Heat Protections For Outdoor Workers [34]

"Two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation preventing local governments from requiring heat protections for outdoors workers, Tampa Bay-area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is calling on the Biden administration to finalize federal workplace protections against heat-related injury and illness."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: States Newsroom [37], 06/18/2024
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"EU Countries Approve Landmark Nature Law After Delays" [38]

"European Union countries approved a flagship policy to restore damaged nature on Monday, after months of delay, making it the first green law to pass since European Parliament elections this month."

Biodiversity [39]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [40]
Public [13]
Europe [41]
Source: Reuters [42], 06/18/2024
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"This Coal-Heavy Rural Co-Op Utility Is Buying Its First Solar Plants" [43]

"Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory. It’s acquiring its first large-scale solar power plants as it prepares to shift away from its current dependence on coal power."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [46]
Pollution [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Source: Canary Media [50], 06/18/2024
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"Trump Once Promised to Revive Coal. Now, He Rarely Mentions It." [51]

"The first time Donald J. Trump ran for president, he slapped on a miner’s helmet and told coal workers they would be “winning, winning, winning” when he entered the White House. Now, as Mr. Trump campaigns for another chance at the presidency, he rarely mentions America’s coal miners and has stopped making grand promises about their future."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [32]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: NYTimes [52], 06/18/2024
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"The Annual Sugarcane Burning in Florida Involves Stark Injustices" [53]

"Black communities are disproportionately impacted by Big Sugar's agricultural practices".

Agriculture [17]
Air [54]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [12]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Sierra [55], 06/18/2024
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Trump Rallies GOPers Against Biden Energy Policies, But Sidesteps IRA [56]

"Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump delivered a campaign-style energy address during a day of meetings with congressional Republicans on Thursday, hitting on trademark themes like “drill baby drill” and pledging to reverse Biden administration policies he said hamper fossil fuel development and favor electric vehicles."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [32]
Transportation [57]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Politico [58], 06/17/2024
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"Trump-Era EPA Meddled in PFAS Science, Agency Watchdog Finds" [59]

"In the final days of the Trump administration, a political appointee at the EPA ordered a last-minute review of the hazards of a “forever chemical,” triggering delay, confusion, and significant changes to a nearly final work product, the agency’s inspector general found in a Friday report."

Chemicals [60]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [61]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [32]
Science [62]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [63], 06/17/2024
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42 California Dams Need Repairs. But Newsom, Legislators Battle Over Funding [64]

"Several dozen dams throughout California could store up to 107 billion more gallons of water if they underwent repairs to fix safety problems. But facing a staggering state deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed cutting funding for a dam repair grant program in half this year, while state legislators want the $50 million restored."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
California [65]
Source: CalMatters [66], 06/17/2024
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"Azerbaijan Accused Of Media Crackdown Before Hosting Cop29" [67]

"State reportedly arrested at least 25 journalists and activists in last year as it prepares for September climate summit".

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [68]
Journalism & Media [69]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [70], 06/14/2024
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"How Biden Beat The Clock On Big Environmental Regs" [71]

"President Joe Biden’s regulators recently finalized a flood of major energy and environmental rules in hopes that they’ll stick even if Donald Trump returns to the White House."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: E&E News [72], 06/14/2024
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