EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"US Rep. John Curtis Wins Utah GOP Primary For Romney’s Open Seat" [9]

"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 [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]
Source: AP [15], 06/27/2024
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"Latino Environmental Group Launches Climate Campaign" [16]

"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 [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [20], 06/27/2024
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"Supreme Court Could Curb NEPA Reviews Next Term" [21]

"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 [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [29], 06/26/2024
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‘Gas Certification’ Is Greenwashing, Greens Charge in Contested New Report [30]

"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 [11]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 06/26/2024
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"CREW Files Bribery Complaint Against Trump Over Oil Industry Donations" [32]

"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 [33]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [34], 06/26/2024
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Oil Lobby Is Stifling Efforts to Reform Oil Well Cleanup in State After State [35]

"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 [23]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ProPublica [36], 06/25/2024
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"Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs" [37]

"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 [33]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: HuffPost [38], 06/25/2024
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Underfunded NYC Parks Dept. Losing Fight Against Invasives, Disrepair, Climate [39]

"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 [40]
Biodiversity [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [42]
Infrastructure [25]
Natural Resources [27]
Wildlife [43]
Public [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 06/25/2024
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"Environmental Protests: Interview With UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst" [46]

"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 [40]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [47]
Source: Mongabay [48], 06/25/2024
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"Selling a Mirage: The Delusion of 'Advanced' Plastic Recycling" [49]

"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 [50]
Consumer [51]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [18]
Pollution [28]
Technology [52]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: ProPublica [53], 06/24/2024
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"Bayer Lobbies Congress To Help Fight Lawsuits Tying Roundup To Cancer" [54]

"The biotech giant Bayer has lobbied Congress over the past year to advance legislation that could shield the company from billions of dollars in lawsuits, part of a national campaign to defeat claims that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer in people who use it frequently."

Agriculture [55]
Chemicals [50]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [56], 06/24/2024
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"Fees to Film on Public Lands Tossed for Nonprofit as Suit Proceeds" [57]

"A federal judge temporarily blocked commercial filming fees on public lands for an outdoor recreation nonprofit but allowed the fees to remain in place for others while a lawsuit plays out."

Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [58], 06/24/2024
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Hawaii Settles Lawsuit From Youths Over Climate Change. Here’s What To Know. [59]

"About two years after 13 children and teens sued Hawaii over the threat posed by climate change, both sides reached a settlement that includes an ambitious requirement to decarbonize the state’s transportation system over the next 21 years."

Activism [40]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [60]
Source: AP [61], 06/24/2024
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"Behind the Push to Re-brand LNG as 'Green'" [62]

"Earlier this month, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee sent a letter to President Biden, blaming rising gas prices on his administration’s energy policies and calling on him to back an industry wishlist that includes repealing air pollution standards, increasing oil and gas leasing, and lifting the temporary pause on permits for new LNG export terminals."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Drilled [63], 06/24/2024
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"The Weatherman Who Tried to Bring Climate Science to a Red State" [64]

"Chris Gloninger said he was hired to talk about global warming in his forecasts. That’s when things heated up."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [18]
Science [65]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [66]
Source: NYTimes [67], 06/24/2024
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