EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Court Delivers Blow To Wetlands Protections In Win For Idaho Landowners [9]

"The Supreme Court on Thursday significantly weakened a landmark water pollution law by ruling that an Idaho couple's property does not include wetlands subject to federal oversight under the law."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NBC News [24], 05/26/2023
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"High-Stakes Talks To End Plastic Pollution Resume" [25]

"Negotiations on a global treaty to combat plastic pollution will resume Monday, with nations under pressure to stem the tide of trash amid calls from campaigners to limit industry influence on the talks."

Chemicals [26]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [22]
International [31]
Source: AFP [32], 05/26/2023
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"Lula Summons Ministers As Congress Seeks To Dilute Environmental Powers" [33]

"Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday summoned his environmental and indigenous affairs ministers for emergency talks after a congressional committee passed a bill gutting the ministries' environmental oversight powers."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [35]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [22]
South America [36]
Source: Reuters [37], 05/26/2023
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"Germany Conducts Raids Against Climate Activists, Alleging Criminality" [38]

"German police launched a series of raids early on Wednesday across the country against a group of climate activists known for attacking art and gluing themselves to roads to raise awareness."

Activism [39]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [22]
Europe [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 05/26/2023
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"Scrapped DOE Funding For Battery Company Fuels New Concerns" [42]

"The Department of Energy’s decision to halt a contentious grant award to a battery company with ties to China is fueling new concerns on Capitol Hill over agency transparency and oversight."

Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [43], 05/25/2023
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"Interior's Oil Plan Is Coming. Here's What To Watch." [44]

"Biden administration officials in recent weeks hosted private listening sessions with environmental groups and oil companies ahead of the release of proposed oil and gas regulations that could represent some of the White House’s most lasting steps on public lands to help address climate change."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [45], 05/25/2023
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Pipeline Co. Spent Big on Police Gear Against Standing Rock Protesters [46]

"TigerSwan worked with law enforcement to fight an information war against the Indigenous-led water protectors."

Activism [39]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Military [47]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Intercept [48], 05/25/2023
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"Interior Sec. Deb Haaland Talks With Arizona Tribes at the Grand Canyon" [49]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paid unannounced visits to the Grand Canyon and several northern Arizona tribes over the weekend, ending with what the agency said was the first-ever visit of a sitting Interior Secretary to Supai in the Havasupai Tribe's lands on the Canyon's floor."

Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [50]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Arizona Republlic [51], 05/25/2023
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"US, EU Lawmakers Push To Depose UAE's Jaber From Climate Talks" [52]

"Over 100 members of the U.S. Congress and European Parliament called on Tuesday for Sultan al-Jaber to be removed as the designated head of the upcoming COP28 climate talks, saying the oil exec's appointment threatened the integrity of negotiations."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [22]
International [31]
Source: Reuters [53], 05/24/2023
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"Climate Protests Over Private Jets Disrupt Geneva Airport Flights" [54]

"Around 100 climate protesters demanding a ban on private jets disrupted flights at Geneva Airport on Tuesday and blocked entry to an aircraft exhibition at Europe's flagship business jet event."

Activism [39]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Transportation [55]
Public [22]
International [31]
Source: Reuters [56], 05/24/2023
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"EPA Grants Expose Cybersecurity, Trade Secrets to Foreign Threat" [57]

"The EPA’s internal watchdog is growing increasingly worried about hostile nations stealing sensitive information from groups that get agency funding, according to an official with the Inspector General’s office."

Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [58], 05/24/2023
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"Colorado River Water Sharing Agreement Likely Dodges Legal Fight" [59]

"A messy Colorado River legal fight is much less likely in the near term now that the seven river basin states have reached consensus on how to conserve water amid a historic 23-year drought, legal observers say."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [60], 05/24/2023
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"America’s Big Shift To Green Energy Has A Woolly Mammoth Problem" [61]

"America’s renewable energy drive needs more than a million miles of new transmission lines but emerging resistance includes opponents worried about building them in one of the country’s richest areas of ice-age fossils."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [62]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [63], 05/24/2023
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7 States Reach Colorado River Deal, Bringing Big Water Cuts For 3 Years [64]

"The seven states that depend on the Colorado River announced on Monday that they have reached an agreement on cutting water use from the river over the next three years to prevent reservoirs from falling to critically low levels."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [65]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: LA Times [66], 05/23/2023
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Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware Won’t Seek Reelection [67]

"Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. Carper’s announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest for the seat he has held since 2001 in heavily-blue Delaware."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [68], 05/23/2023
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