EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"EPA Union Deal to Shield Science From Politics as Election Looms" [9]

"The EPA’s biggest union said on Wednesday it had ratified a new contract with the agency, winning scientific integrity protections for the first time."

Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [17], 05/30/2024
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"The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty" [18]

"With another hot summer looming, Mexico is behind on its water deliveries to the United States, leading to water cutbacks in South Texas. A little-known federal agency has hit a roadblock in its efforts to get Mexico to comply."

Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Mexico [27]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 05/30/2024
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"How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists" [29]

"Subpoenaed emails reveal the ways fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they often succeed."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Drilled [31], 05/30/2024
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"Trump Reboot Would Threaten Pipeline Methane Rule" [32]

"The Biden administration has pushed back its timeline for finishing a rule cracking down on pipeline leaks until next year, leaving it more vulnerable if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [33]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [34], 05/30/2024
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"From Protest To Power: Greta's Eco-Warriors Run For EU Office" [35]

"Inspired by school-strike leader Greta Thunberg, 20-something eco-warriors - with campaigns launched from Paris to Prague - are swapping banners for ballots in their war on climate change."

Activism [36]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
International [38]
Europe [39]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [40], 05/30/2024
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"More Than Dirt" [41]

"Mayor Eric Adams scrapped New York City’s compost project. Here’s what will be lost."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Waste [42]
Public [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Source: Civil Eats [44], 05/30/2024
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"Schools In 47 States To Get EPA Funds For Clean Buses" [45]

"EPA announced this week that it has awarded about $900 million to school districts across the country to buy clean school buses. The money will come in the form of rebates to participating school districts, and it will help pay for about 3,400 buses in 531 school systems in 47 states, plus the District of Columbia and several tribal regions and U.S. territories."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [23]
Transportation [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [47], 05/30/2024
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A Pot Of Unspent Federal Money Could Have Prevented Jackson’s Water Crisis [48]

"Late in the summer of 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency sent the Mississippi state government a routine report assessing its use of federal funding for water infrastructure. The agency concluded with the words “no findings” — that is, the EPA found no issue with how Mississippi was spending its money."

Environmental Health [49]
Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [23]
People & Population [51]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Grist [53], 05/29/2024
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"California Climate Programs Would Lose Billions In Newsom’s Budget" [54]

"Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to support a bond measure to help pay for billions of dollars in climate programs endangered by the state’s record deficit and deepening budget cuts."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
California [55]
Source: CalMatters [56], 05/29/2024
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"What’s At Stake For The Environment In Mexico’s Upcoming Election?" [57]

"Mexico will hold elections on June 2 that are likely to shape the country for years to come. In addition to president, all 500 deputies in the lower house of Congress and all 128 seats in the Senate are on the ballot. The winners will have to reckon with a host of pressing environmental concerns that range from renewable energy and mining to access to clean water and infrastructure."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
Mexico [27]
Source: Mongabay [58], 05/28/2024
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"Can Trump Really Slam the Brakes on Electric Vehicles?" [59]

"Donald J. Trump is crystal clear about his disdain for electric vehicles. The former president has falsely claimed electric cars don’t work, promised to shred President Biden’s policies that encourage E.V. manufacturing and sales, and has said he would slap a “100 percent tariff” on electric cars imported from Mexico if he retakes the White House."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [33]
Transportation [46]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [60], 05/28/2024
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"Haaland Upends NPS Uniform Ban For Pride Parades" [61]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a directive Friday that could pave the way for National Park Service employees to wear their uniforms in Pride marches celebrating the LGBTQ+ community next month."

Environmental Justice [50]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [51]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [62], 05/28/2024
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Senate Dems Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry [63]

"Senate Democrats opened an investigation on Thursday into former President Donald J. Trump’s meeting with oil and gas executives last month to determine whether Mr. Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” when he asked for $1 billion for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House and delete President Biden’s climate regulations."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [64], 05/24/2024
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Deadline Nears. Will The Global Pandemic Treaty Be Finished In Time? [65]

"Delegates from 194 countries are racing to complete a global pandemic treaty before the World Health Assembly starts next week on Monday, May 27."

Environmental Health [49]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [66]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
International [38]
Source: NPR [67], 05/24/2024
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"EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste" [68]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has formally denied Alabama’s plan to allow Alabama Power and other utilities to continue storing toxic coal ash in unlined pits at sites across the state."

Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [49]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [33]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 05/24/2024
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