EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Offshore Wind Industry Says ‘Misinformation’ From Foes Is A Big Problem [9]

"The U.S offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread by opponents of wind farms."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [18], 11/01/2024
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RFK Jr. Said Trump Promised Him Control of Public Health Agencies [19]

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told supporters on an online organizing call this week that former President Donald J. Trump had “promised” him “control” of the nation’s public health agencies, should Mr. Trump win the election next week. The Trump campaign, however, would confirm no such commitments."

Consumer [20]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Science [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [26], 10/31/2024
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Big Ag, Pharma, Pesticides, Industries Hope to Sway COP16 Biodiversity Talks [27]

"Corporations have found ways to be heard during negotiations on reversing the drastic global decline in plant and animal life."

Biodiversity [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [31]
Wildlife [32]
Public [16]
International [33]
Source: DeSmog [34], 10/31/2024
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"Clean Energy Is Booming in the U.S. The Election Could Change That." [35]

"Trump has suggested he would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, which has reshaped America’s energy landscape. It won’t be easy."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Technology [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [37], 10/31/2024
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Paxton Sues Biden FWS Over Listing Freshwater Mussels As Endangered [38]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that his office is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Biden administration officials for declaring six freshwater mussel species endangered and another threatened earlier this year."

Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Source: Texas Tribune [41], 10/31/2024
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"Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need" [42]

"Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way."

Agriculture [43]
Biodiversity [28]
Chemicals [44]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Civil Eats [46], 10/31/2024
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"Disaster Misinformation Is Part of the US Political Landscape Now" [47]

"In September 2018, I was in North Carolina riding out Hurricane Florence and reporting on its impacts. For a few days, I embedded with a FEMA rescue team stationed at Hope Mills Recreation Center near Fayetteville, accompanying emergency responders as they evacuated a senior center in the middle of the night and touring flooded neighborhoods by day."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [14]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg [48], 10/31/2024
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"The American Climate Corps Faces an Uncertain Future If Trump Wins" [49]

"President Biden’s New Deal-inspired green jobs program has been a target of Republican criticism."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Green [51], 10/31/2024
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"Army Of Bots Promotes Petrostate Hosting Global Climate Talks" [52]

"At least 1,800 bots on the social media site X are promoting the controversial choice of Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer, to host next month’s U.N. Climate Change Conference known as COP29, according to a new analysis shared exclusively with The Washington Post."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Technology [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [33]
Europe [53]
Source: Washington Post [54], 10/30/2024
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"10 State AG Races To Watch On Climate And Energy" [55]

"Ten states are gearing up to elect the legal officials who will duke it out in court on their behalf on issues such as the nation’s response to climate change and the transition to renewable fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [56], 10/30/2024
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"How Elon Musk Might Use His Pull With Trump to Help Tesla" [57]

"Although Donald Trump has opposed policies that favor electric cars, if he becomes president he could ease regulatory scrutiny of Tesla or protect lucrative credits and subsidies."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Transportation [58]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [59], 10/30/2024
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"E.P.A., Just Rebounding From Trump Years, Faces an Uncertain Future" [60]

"Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [45]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [61], 10/30/2024
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New Reports Ahead of COP29 Show World Spinning Its Wheels on Climate Action [62]

"A trio of reports released ahead of next month’s COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan all show that the existing national policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement will heat the planet by close to 3 degrees Celsius by 2100, as warming has accelerated in the past few years."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [63]
Science [25]
Public [16]
International [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [64], 10/29/2024
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"New Survey Puts Human Face On Pollution Caused By U.S. Wood Pellet Mills" [65]

"A new groundbreaking survey highlights the human toll from pollution and other quality of life impacts connected to those living near the forest biomass industry’s wood pellet mills in the U.S Southeast. Door-to-door interviews were conducted by a coalition of NGOs, with 312 households surveyed in five mostly poor, rural and minority communities located near pellet mills"

Chemicals [44]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [66]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [50]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [67]
Source: Mongabay [68], 10/29/2024
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Albania Turns Away Ship Suspected Of Carrying Toxic Waste [69]

"Albania prevented Monday a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste from docking at Tirana’s main port, officials said, after a watchdog group alerted authorities."

Chemicals [44]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [45]
Waste [70]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [16]
Europe [53]
Source: AP [71], 10/29/2024
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