EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

House GOP Farm Bill ‘Robs Peter To Pay Paul,’ Agriculture Secretary Says [9]

"The House Agriculture committee is trying to fund its farm bill proposals with “counterfeit money,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday morning. Vilsack spoke after a range of groups from across the political spectrum criticized House Republicans’ proposed farm bill, which seeks to direct tens of billions to subsidies for farmers of peanuts, rice and cotton."

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Source: The Hill [18], 05/24/2024
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"Democrats Refer Big Oil Investigation To Justice Department" [19]

"Two congressional Democrats are asking the Justice Department to pick up where they’ve left off in a yearslong investigation into an alleged climate misinformation campaign perpetuated over decades by Big Oil."

Climate Change [11]
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Journalism & Media [20]
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Science [21]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [22], 05/23/2024
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"Top Brands Buy Amazon Carbon Credits From Suspected Timber Laundering Scam" [23]

"An analysis of two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon has found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering."

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Forests [24]
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South America [27]
Source: Mongabay [28], 05/23/2024
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Colo. Gov. Vetoes Bill To End State Incentives For ‘Advanced Recycling’ [29]

"Gov. Jared Polis vetoed legislation on Friday that would have banned state incentives for projects to process waste through pyrolysis and gasification — techniques to break down plastics using heat applied in low-oxygen environments."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Source: CPR [35], 05/23/2024
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"Left And Right Unite In Panning House Republicans’ Farm Bill Proposal" [36]

"The proposed version of the $1.5 trillion omnibus unveiled last week by House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) includes several priorities of big agribusiness — proposals that frustrated both right-aligned groups such as the Heritage Foundation and left-leaning ones including the Environmental Working Group amid progressives’ and populists’ broader dislike of what they see as crony capitalism at the U.S. farmstand."

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Source: The Hill [38], 05/22/2024
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Trump Pitch To Oil Companies Turns Off Two-Thirds Of Likely Voters: Poll [39]

"Broad majorities of voters aren’t happy with Trump’s apparent offer of a quid pro quo to oil companies, a poll from an advocacy group has found."

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Source: The Hill [41], 05/22/2024
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"Biden and Big Oil Had a Truce. Now, It’s Collapsing." [42]

"Companies were enjoying record profits. But the president’s decision to pause permits for gas export terminals has whipped up industry support, and donations, for Donald Trump."

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Source: NYTimes [44], 05/22/2024
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"States Target Biden’s Environmental Permitting Rule in Court" [45]

"A coalition of mostly red states launched the first legal challenge against the Biden administration’s recent environmental permitting rule on Tuesday."

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Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [46]
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Environmental Studies [47]
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National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 05/22/2024
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UK: "Week of Protests Over Equinor’s Media Sponsorship Greenwashing" [50]

"Campaigners likened the fossil fuel company’s patronage of climate events to letting an “arsonist sponsor a fire safety conference”."

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Public [16]
Europe [51]
Source: DeSmog [52], 05/21/2024
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"A Second Trump Presidency Would Target IEA's Green Focus, Advisers Say" [53]

"Donald Trump would likely push to replace the head of the International Energy Agency if he wins the U.S. presidential election to shift the energy watchdog's focus back to maximizing fossil fuel output instead of fighting climate change, according to people familiar with the matter."

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International [26]
Source: Reuters [54], 05/20/2024
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Oil Companies Use Paid Content to Protect Business, Documents Show [55]

"Oil major BP considers deals to place paid-for content in trusted media brands as key to influencing the Washington power players who set U.S. energy policy, according to internal company documents."

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Source: DeSmog [56], 05/20/2024
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Alleged ‘Deal’ Offer From Trump Could Save Big Oil $110 Billion: Study [57]

"A “deal” allegedly offered by Donald Trump to big-oil executives as he sought $1bn in campaign donations could save the industry $110bn in tax breaks if he returns to the White House, an analysis suggests."

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Source: Guardian [58], 05/20/2024
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"$20 Billion: The Delta Tunnel’s New Price Tag" [59]

"California’s contentious and long-debated plan to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and pump more water south finally has a price tag: about $20 billion."

Agriculture [10]
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California [63]
Source: CalMatters [64], 05/17/2024
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Newsom Calls Trump Bid For $1 Billion From Oil Industry ‘Open Corruption’ [65]

"California Governor Gavin Newsom called former President Donald Trump's request for $1 billion from the oil industry to support his reelection campaign "open corruption." Newsom, a Democrat, made the accusation in a speech Thursday at the Vatican Climate Summit, where he addressed other governors, mayors and civic and faith leaders from around the world."

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Source: Courthouse News [67], 05/17/2024
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"DeSantis Signs Bill Scrubbing ‘Climate Change’ From Florida Law" [68]

"Florida will eliminate climate change as a priority in making energy policy decisions, despite the threats it faces from powerful hurricanes, extreme heat and worsening toxic algae blooms."

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Source: Washington Post [71], 05/16/2024
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