EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"N.Y. State Sues JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, Over Its Climate Claims" [9]

"The New York attorney general, Letitia James, on Wednesday sued JBS USA, the American arm of the world’s largest meatpacker, accusing the company of making misleading statements about its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit is a major setback for JBS, which is based in Brazil, as it pursues a listing on the New York Stock Exchange."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 02/29/2024
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"Dems Slam Ads Depicting National Parks Overrun By Migrants" [20]

"The National Republican Congressional Committee says the ads show parks under “extreme House Democrats.” Critics call the ads misleading and deceptive."

Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [22], 02/29/2024
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Greens To Petition Biden For Cleanup Rules For Offshore Oil Infrastructure [23]

"A coalition of environmental advocacy groups will petition the Biden administration to propose rules that require stricter enforcement for cleaning up leftover infrastructure for offshore drilling."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [29], 02/29/2024
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EU Approves Landmark Bill To Restore 20% Of Its Land And Seas By 2030 [30]

"EU lawmakers on Tuesday gave the final green light to a milestone bill aimed at protecting nature in the bloc, overriding conservative attempts to torpedo a law that has angered European farmers."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
Europe [31]
Source: AFP [32], 02/29/2024
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"‘No Means No’: Conservation Spat May Still Sink Farm Bill" [33]

"After more than a year of hearings, listening sessions and heavy lobbying by policy groups, the five-year bill that funds agriculture and nutrition programs doesn’t look much closer to becoming law than it did when the discussions began."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [34], 02/28/2024
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Cities Warn of Funding Struggle as EPA Preps PFAS Drinking Water Rule [35]

"Cash-strapped city water systems are struggling to envision how they’ll pay to filter “forever chemicals” out of drinking water in light of an EPA rule that could be finalized as soon as March."

Chemicals [36]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [39], 02/28/2024
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"US Judge Halts Government Effort To Monitor Crypto Mining Energy Use" [40]

"The US government has suspended its effort to survey cryptocurrency mining operations over their ballooning energy use following a lawsuit from an industry that has been accused by environmental groups of fueling the climate crisis."

Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Technology [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [42], 02/28/2024
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"Conservatives Gear Up For EPA Revamp In 2025" [43]

"Dramatic shifts to EPA’s priorities and structure are central to plans for a GOP-led White House drawn up by Trump-era officials and right-leaning influencers."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [44], 02/27/2024
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Shell Launches A ‘Climate Tech’ Startup Advertising Jobs In Oil And Gas [45]

"A sleek new startup promising to ‘advance the energy transition’ launched earlier this month promising to “[connect] thousands of innovators across the globe to tackle difficult energy and climate challenges”. "Onward touts a vision of a ‘clean energy future’, but experts say ventures like this are part of fossil fuel firms’ greenwashing plan".

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian/Drilled [46], 02/27/2024
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Tractor Protests Threaten To Drive EU’s Green Farming Policies Into Ditch [47]

"It was the puddles of green sludge left by the tires of massive tractors in western Belgium’s industrial farmlands that drew the attention of biological engineer Ineke Maes. The slime was destructive algae, the result of the excess of chemicals used by farmers to boost their crops, but at a high cost to nature."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
Europe [31]
Source: AP [48], 02/27/2024
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Ohio Awards Bids To Frack Oil And Gas Under State Parks, Wildlife Areas [49]

"An Ohio commission awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks Monday, despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support."

Biodiversity [50]
Chemicals [36]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [51]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: AP [53], 02/27/2024
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Florida Lawmakers Want To Eliminate Local Heat Protection Rules For Workers [54]

"A measure that will ban local governments from passing heat-protection ordinances inspired strong emotions from the public Thursday, but lawmakers approved the bill backed by big business interests."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [55]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [57]
Source: Florida Phoenix [58], 02/27/2024
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SEC Drops Key Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules [59]

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Reuters [60], 02/23/2024
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EPA Will Let 8 States Sell Gasoline With More Ethanol Year-Round In 2025 [61]

"The Biden administration will allow gasoline containing a higher percentage of ethanol to be sold year-round in eight states starting in 2025, it announced Thursday."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [62], 02/23/2024
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"Supreme Court Likely To Block EPA Ozone Regulation" [63]

"The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies."

Air [64]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: SCOTUSblog [65], 02/22/2024
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