EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Biden Shields Millions of Acres in Alaska From Drilling and Mining [9]

"The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 04/22/2024
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"Pennsylvania’s First Proposed Chemical Recycling Plant Cancelled" [19]

"Plans to build what would have been one of the largest chemical recycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were canceled this week."

Air [20]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [24]
Waste [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Source: EHN [27], 04/22/2024
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Earth Day: A Senator More Than 50 Years Ago Got People Fighting For Planet [28]

"Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans and assorted trillions of other organisms."

Activism [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [33]
Source: AP [34], 04/22/2024
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RFK Jr.’s Onetime Allies In Green Advocacy Call For Him To Drop Out [35]

"Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his environmental policy in new efforts on Friday, portraying him as a candidate who will increase the chances former President Donald Trump is reelected."

Environmental Politics [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [36], 04/22/2024
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Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Solar Power Grants [37]

"President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [39], 04/22/2024
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"San Francisco Mayor Announces The City Will Receive Pandas From China" [40]

"San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”"

Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [41]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [33]
Asia [43]
Source: AP [44], 04/22/2024
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"The U.S. Just Changed How It Manages A Tenth Of Its Land" [45]

"For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [49], 04/19/2024
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"How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers" [50]

"For people living within three miles of a large solar farm, positive attitudes about the development outnumber negative ones by about a three-to-one margin, according to a new national survey released this week by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [51]
People & Population [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 04/19/2024
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"Trump Rails Against Wind Energy In Fundraising Pitch To Oil Executives" [53]

"“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Technology [54]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [55], 04/18/2024
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"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention" [56]

"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [32]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [24]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HEATED [57], 04/18/2024
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America's 'Most Endangered Rivers' List: Sewage, Toxic Algae, Construction [58]

"Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers."

Activism [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [59]
Infrastructure [51]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Planning & Growth [60]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [61]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: USA TODAY [62], 04/18/2024
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"Will Trump Quit The World Bank? It Would Send Climate Shock Waves." [63]

"A conservative plan to withdraw from global development banks threatens poor nations and U.S. credibility, analysts say."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [33]
Source: E&E News [64], 04/18/2024
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23 GOP States Demand Rollback of EPA Civil Rights Regulations [65]

"A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking."

Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [38]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [66], 04/18/2024
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"SuperFund Tax Shortfall: Trouble For Cleanups, EPA Budget" [67]

"The Biden administration has juiced EPA’s Superfund program with billions of dollars, but an unexpected shortfall for “polluter pays” taxes and election-year politics may bring the high times for the toxic waste site cleanup program to a close."

Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [24]
Waste [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [68], 04/17/2024
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What To Know For The Fourth Round Of Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks [69]

"The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international, legally binding plastic pollution treaty will take place from April 23 to April 29 in Ottawa, Canada."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [61]
Public [15]
International [33]
Source: EHN [70], 04/17/2024
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