EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Biden Launches American Climate Corps" [9]

"President Joe Biden is launching a new federal program that aims to put more than 20,000 young people to work in jobs that promote renewable energy and combat climate change."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 09/21/2023
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"X Ranks Last On Climate Change Misinformation Scorecard" [18]

"X earned last place in a new ranking of social media platforms and their actions against climate change misinformation."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Source: The Hill [21], 09/21/2023
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"United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say" [22]

"Ahead of a groundbreaking treaty to reduce plastic pollution, a group of independent scientists fear that the United Nations is legitimizing industry-backed proposals such as chemical recycling."

Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
International [20]
Source: ProPublica [29], 09/21/2023
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"Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action" [30]

"President Joe Biden issued a warning to international leaders on Tuesday about the global perils that lie ahead if nations don’t work together to slash emissions from fossil fuels."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
International [20]
Source: E&E News [31], 09/20/2023
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"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [32]

"They claim the offshore wind is responsible for a spike in whale deaths. Experts don’t buy it, but interest groups backed by fossil fuel money are spreading false information."

Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [19]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [35], 09/20/2023
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Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour [36]

"Rishi Sunak is planning to row back on some of the government’s net zero policies that impose a direct cost on consumers as the Conservatives attempt to create a dividing line with Labour before the next election."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [26]
Public [15]
Europe [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 09/20/2023
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"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [39]

"Industrial companies in the Netherlands get 39 billion to 46 billion euros ($42-49 billion) in tax breaks and subsidies annually for using fossil fuels, the Dutch government said in a report aimed at spurring international debate on such subsidies."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
Europe [37]
Source: Reuters [40], 09/20/2023
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Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official [41]

"A coal plant seeking hundreds of millions in public funding submitted an analysis riddled with mistakes, according to a former Energy Department official. But the government published it anyway."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 09/19/2023
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Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [43]

"Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), two of Congress’s most vocal proponents for aggressive climate action, on Monday called for President Biden to establish a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC)."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [44]
People & Population [45]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [46], 09/19/2023
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Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York [47]

"Tens of thousands of people, including students, retirees, scientists, politicians and celebrities, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating up the planet."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [19]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [48], 09/18/2023
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"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One" [49]

"If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [50], 09/18/2023
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"States Are Criminalizing Environmental Protest" [51]

"Since the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, 17 states have passed laws aimed at restricting protests, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). Much of that legislation is aimed specifically at environmental protests, raising the penalties for gatherings that take place on "critical infrastructure" sites like pipelines."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Sierra [53], 09/18/2023
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"EPA Bolsters States’ Control Of Water, Infrastructure Permitting" [54]

"The Biden administration is restoring significant state and tribal authority over water resources and expanding their leverage on infrastructure permitting decisions, including for pipelines."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [52]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [55]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [56], 09/15/2023
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"Green Groups Slam World Bank For Backing Indonesian Coal Plants" [57]

"Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia, violating a pledge to stop backing fossil fuels."

Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Natural Resources [44]
Pollution [26]
Public [15]
International [20]
Australia & Oceania [58]
Source: Reuters [59], 09/15/2023
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"Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change" [60]

"ExxonMobil issued its first public statement that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change in 2006, following years of denial. ... Yet behind closed doors, Exxon took a very different tack: Its executives strategized over how to diminish concerns about warming temperatures, and they sought to muddle scientific findings that might hurt its oil-and-gas business ... ."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Science [61]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Wall St. Journal [62], 09/15/2023
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