EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Secretive Hydrogen Hub Talks Test Energy Agency Community Plans" [9]

"The Biden administration is negotiating with hydrogen industry leaders on legally binding commitments involving tens of thousands of new jobs and lower emissions, a pledge crucial to winning community support and achieving US environmental justice goals."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 01/04/2024
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"Brace Yourself For A Blockbuster Year On Energy And Climate" [19]

"It’s officially an election year, which means politics — and the prospect of another White House showdown pitting President Joe Biden against former President Donald Trump — will influence just about everything in the energy and environmental arena between now and Election Day on Nov. 5."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [22], 01/03/2024
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"Biden Air Rules Face Tough 2024 in Courts After Ambitious Year" [23]

"The Biden administration pushed through a packed clean air to-do list in 2023, shoring up against a tougher legal landscape and multiple courtroom battles that threaten to delay cornerstone air and climate plans."

Air [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 01/03/2024
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Water Increasingly At The Center Of Conflicts From Ukraine To Middle East [27]

"In countries including India, Kenya and Yemen, disputes over water have triggered bloodshed."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Military [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
International [31]
Source: LA Times [32], 01/03/2024
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"Biden Administration Grants Louisiana Power To Approve Carbon Capture Wells" [33]

"The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects at a time when the state’s influential energy sector wants to make the Gulf Coast a hub for the rapidly expanding industry.'

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: AP [36], 01/02/2024
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"Contrary To Politicians’ Claims, Offshore Wind Farms Don’t Kill Whales" [37]

"Scientists say there is no credible evidence linking offshore wind farms to whale deaths. But that hasn’t stopped conservative groups and ad hoc “not in my back yard”-style anti-development groups from making the connection."

Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [39]
Science [40]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [41], 01/02/2024
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"How 2023 Changed The Way States Do Climate Policy" [42]

"Minnesota Democrats, newly in control of the state government, began 2023 by enacting a clean electricity standard. Michigan lawmakers followed suit months later — as one of their final acts before gaveling out for the year."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [43], 12/22/2023
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"COP29 Climate Summit Host Azerbaijan Touts Country's Gas Potential" [44]

"After winning a fraught bid to host next year's United Nations climate talks in Baku, a senior Azerbaijani official promoted the country's gas reserves in aiding the global the energy transition."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [16]
International [31]
Source: Reuters [45], 12/20/2023
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Colorado Releases First 5 Wolves In Reintroduction Plan Approved By Voters [46]

"Somewhere on a remote mountainside in Colorado’s Rockies, a latch flipped on a crate and a wolf bounded out, heading toward the tree line. Then it stopped short. For a moment, the young female looked back at it’s audience of roughly 45 people who stared on in reverential silence. Then she disappeared into the forest."

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Wildlife [48]
Public [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Source: AP [50], 12/20/2023
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Former Official Says EPA Fails To Protect Public From Toxic Pesticides [51]

"Federal regulators are discouraged from speaking up about potentially dangerous pesticides, according to a former agency official."

Agriculture [47]
Chemicals [52]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [53], 12/20/2023
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"Why People Still Fall For Fake News About Climate Change" [54]

"It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #climatescam is taking off."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [39]
Science [40]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Grist [55], 12/19/2023
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"Biden Admin Approves Smallest Offshore Oil Program In History" [56]

"The Biden administration approved the smallest offshore oil program in U.S. history Friday, a move that’s already provoked both outrage from Republicans and disappointment from climate activists who had urged the president to take more dramatic action."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [57], 12/18/2023
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"Biden Administration Supports Removal of Four Dams on the Snake River" [58]

"Decommissioning the dams is the first step toward restoring salmon runs and respecting Native treaties".

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [59]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [60]
Source: Sierra [61], 12/15/2023
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"Brazil Congress Overturns Lula Veto On Limit To Indigenous Land Claims" [62]

"Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims, setting up a likely clash at the Supreme Court."

Agriculture [47]
Biodiversity [38]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [63]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [29]
Wildlife [48]
Public [16]
South America [64]
Source: Reuters [65], 12/15/2023
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"COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out" [66]

"Going into overtime under the cover of a dark winter night in Dubai, climate negotiators at COP28 cooked up a weak sauce of climate half-measures that fail to adequately address the existential risk of global warming to millions of people around the globe, according to leading climate experts at the conference."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [67]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
International [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [68], 12/14/2023
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