EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

House Fails To Override Biden Veto Of Resolution To Overturn EPA Water Rule [9]

"The House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency water rule."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: CNN [20], 04/19/2023
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"House Republicans Target Climate Law In Debt Limit Bid" [21]

"House Republicans are considering repealing parts of Democrats’ signature climate law — and replacing it with parts of their own — in their opening bid in talks to raise the debt ceiling."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [24], 04/19/2023
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"The Unlikely Center Of America’s EV Battery Revolution" [25]

"Georgia is gaining thousands of jobs from electric vehicle manufacturing. But lawmakers are hesitant to fully embrace EVs — or the fight against climate change."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Transportation [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Washington Post [29], 04/19/2023
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"As The Climate Suffers, Enforcement Needed For Corporate Green Pledges" [30]

"With many net-zero goals amounting to little more than greenwashing, new measures are required to bring accountability, experts say".

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [33]
Public [18]
International [34]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [35], 04/18/2023
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"Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries" [36]

"The World Bank meetings were supposed to be a first step in a new era of affordable loans for developing nations hard hit by climate change like Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Barbados, one of many Caribbean islands battered by worsening hurricanes."

Climate Change [22]
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Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Public [18]
International [34]
Source: AP [39], 04/18/2023
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"SEC Climate Rules Risk Legal Battle with Environmental Groups" [40]

"The SEC’s upcoming corporate climate disclosure rules face a new legal threat from environmentalists after Republicans and businesses have long signaled they would sue to stop the regulations."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [41], 04/18/2023
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"Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Biden Plan for Offshore Wind" [42]

"The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Military [43]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Bloomberg [44], 04/18/2023
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"DeSantis Takeover of Wetland Permits Erects New Building Hurdles" [45]

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, determined to untangle housing, mines, and other development from time-consuming environmental reviews, asked the Trump administration in its closing months to let the state take over permits for building on federal wetlands from the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers."

Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [47], 04/18/2023
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"Fossil Fuels Find a Loophole in the Latest G-7 Climate Pledge" [48]

"The meeting of Group of Seven energy and environment ministers ended Sunday without a deadline to halt new coal investments or the kinds of firm commitments that climate advocates have said are necessary to limit global warming."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
International [34]
Source: Bloomberg Green [49], 04/17/2023
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"Biden Approves Alaska Gas Exports As Critics Condemn Another ‘Carbon Bomb’" [50]

"The Biden administration on Thursday approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a document showed, prompting criticism from environmental groups over the approval of another “carbon bomb”.

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
Source: Guardian [52], 04/17/2023
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After Spying on Standing Rock Protest, TigerSwan Shopped Info to Oil Firms [53]

"Leaked documents and public records reveal a troubling fusion of private security, public law enforcement, and corporate money in the fight over the Dakota Access pipeline."

Activism [54]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [12]
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Military [43]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: The Intercept [55], 04/17/2023
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"The Incredible Disappearing Doomsday" [56]

"How the climate catastrophists learned to stop worrying and love the calm".

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Harpers [57], 04/17/2023
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"Unsound Climate Studies Sneak Into Print: Scientists" [58]

"Misleading studies sowing doubt about climate change are getting into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing recent papers linked to a lawsuit in Germany whose authors denied conflicts of interest."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [32]
Science [59]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
International [34]
Source: AFP [60], 04/17/2023
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Clean Energy Thriving in Texas. Why Are State GOPers Trying to Stifle It? [61]

"Texas leads the nation for generating the most electricity from solar and wind and plays an outsized role in manufacturing electric vehicles. A slew of new bills could change that."

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [31]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [38]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [62]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 04/17/2023
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Md. Residents Oppose Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Near Their Homes [64]

"A Pepco pilot project to build the 1-megawatt unit poses fire and explosion risks, the residents say. Pepco says the planned facility, intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, meets all safety codes."

Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 04/14/2023
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