EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

What Happens To The Environment, Health Regs Biden Will Leave Unfinished?" [9]

"From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump administration likely would not."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [14], 09/12/2024
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Trillions Of Dollars Of Fossil Fuel Finance Routed Via Tax Havens: Study [15]

"Trillions of dollars of bank finance to fossil fuel companies is being routed via opaque financial centres in several countries, including the Netherlands, research published on Wednesday showed."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 09/12/2024
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"The Huge US Toxic Fire Shrouded In Secrecy: ‘I Taste Oil In My Mouth’" [22]

"Louisianans say a major accident at a sprawling Marathon refinery caused health issues. The company insists there were ‘no offsite impacts’"

Chemicals [23]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Pollution [27]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Guardian [29], 09/11/2024
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"Top Lawmaker Wants COP Host Country To Free Prisoners" [30]

"Senate Foreign Relations Chair Ben Cardin of Maryland is calling on Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and his government to release multiple political prisoners before COP29 gets underway this November in the city of Baku."

Activism [31]
Climate Change [16]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [32]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [20]
Source: E&E News [33], 09/11/2024
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Most US Voters Want Plastics Industry Held Responsible For Recycling Claims [34]

"Concern about the fossil fuel and plastics industries’ alleged deception about recycling is growing, with new polling showing a majority of American voters, including 54% of Republicans, support legal efforts to hold the sectors accountable."

Chemicals [23]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
People & Population [32]
Pollution [27]
Waste [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Guardian [38], 09/11/2024
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Brazilian President Flies Into Amazon Amid Alarm Over Droughts And Wildfires [39]

"Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires sweeping the rainforest region and others parts of Brazil."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [40]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [12]
South America [41]
Source: Guardian [42], 09/11/2024
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"TVA Helped Electrify The South — But Now Its Plans Are Sparking Backlash" [43]

"The Tennessee Valley Authority is coming under fire from energy experts and environmentalists for building gas plants instead of renewables."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [44]
Pollution [27]
Technology [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Washington Post [46], 09/10/2024
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"Trump Vows To Pull Back Climate Law’s Unspent Dollars" [47]

"Donald Trump pledged Thursday to rescind any “unspent” funds under the Inflation Reduction Act should he be elected in November — potentially upending key parts of the Democrats’ climate law and its benefits to Republican-led communities."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Politico [48], 09/09/2024
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"How Oil Companies Could Tap The Climate Law To Pump More Crude" [49]

"President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law could help the fossil fuel industry pump more oil out of existing wells."

Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [50], 09/09/2024
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"Biden Administration Backs Plastic as Coal Replacement to Make Steel" [51]

"Jane Williams read the announcement with dismay. A Pennsylvania company was getting tens of millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to turn plastic waste into a fuel for steelmaking, claiming the climate would benefit."

Air [52]
Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [27]
Waste [36]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 09/09/2024
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"The MAGA Plan To Stop Forest Fires: Remove The Forest" [54]

"Project 2025 plans to increase commercial logging to fight wildfires. Ecologists and fire experts say this will make fires worse."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [40]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [55]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: HEATED [56], 09/09/2024
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"What Would It Take to Bring Renewable, Reliable Power to Puerto Rico?" [57]

"The island is struggling to build a more stable electrical grid. What’s taking so long?"

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [44]
People & Population [32]
Public [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Sierra [58], 09/09/2024
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Colleges With Fossil Fuel Funding Can Become 'Vehicle Of Climate Obstruction' [59]

"For decades, oil and gas companies have donated tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and universities, sat on governing boards, sponsored scholarships and built pro-fossil fuel programming and curriculum — resulting in real or apparent conflicts of interest for universities and their researchers."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [60]
Journalism & Media [19]
Policy [61]
Pollution [27]
Science [62]
Technology [45]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [20]
Source: Floodlight [63], 09/06/2024
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"Opinion: How The Quiet War Against Press Freedom Could Come To America" [64]

"Some foreign leaders have ruthlessly curtailed journalism. U.S. politicians could draw from their playbook."

Environmental Politics [10]
Government [65]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [20]
Source: Washington Post [66], 09/06/2024
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"Biden Administration Approves Natural Gas Exports After Pause Is Halted" [67]

"The Biden administration on Tuesday granted a gas export terminal the authority to ship fuel abroad after a court blocked its efforts to delay such permissions."

Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [20]
Mexico [68]
Source: The Hill [69], 09/05/2024
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