EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"FTC Eyes Revisions to the Guidelines that Shape Green Marketing" [9]

"Environmental groups, industries and individuals are jostling to sway the Federal Trade Commission as the regulator mulls revising guidelines that shape how far companies can go in portraying themselves and their products as environmentally friendly."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [18], 04/24/2023
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Earth Day Greenwashing Must Not Detract From Message: Protest Founder [19]

"Corporate greenwashing should not undermine the message behind Earth Day and has nothing to do with its original aims, one of the founders of the annual environmental event has warned."

Activism [20]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [16]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 04/24/2023
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"Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court" [24]

"Some saw my former student’s actions as a climate protest. As I examined the years leading up to his death, I found his grief for our planet was undeniable."

Activism [20]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 04/24/2023
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"EPA Reaches Deal To Police Pennsylvania’s Pollution of Chesapeake Bay" [29]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to step up enforcement in Pennsylvania to ensure that it meets targets for reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, state and environmental officials announced Thursday."

Agriculture [30]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: Washington Post [37], 04/21/2023
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DC’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobby Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy [38]

"On two of the most consequential decisions facing Congress and the Biden administration on energy and climate change, the nation’s newest and largest clean power industry group has decisively aligned itself with companies that want to preserve markets for natural gas."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 04/21/2023
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After 18 Years, EPA Still Has No Method For Measuring CAFO Air Pollution [41]

"The agency says it will move forward on air emissions regulations for livestock operations this year."

Agriculture [30]
Air [42]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [33]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Investigate Midwest [43], 04/21/2023
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"Climate Tension: UN Chief Chides Biden, Other World Leaders" [44]

"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bluntly challenged the climate efforts of President Joe Biden and other world leaders Thursday in a message for a White House summit, charging that expanded oil and gas drilling and other policies of the richest countries amount to a “death sentence” for the planet."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [16]
International [22]
Source: AP [45], 04/21/2023
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"Biden to Pledge $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil" [46]

"The promise to help Brazil protect the Amazon must be approved by Congress, where Republicans are opposed to foreign climate aid."

"WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday will pledge $500 million over five years to fight deforestation in Brazil, a White House official said, in a move that would make the United States one of the largest donors to the global Amazon Fund.
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [47]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
South America [48]
Source: NYTimes [49], 04/20/2023
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Citing Neo-Nazis, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Grid Protesters [50]

"Utah, Georgia and Tennessee are the latest states to pass legislation designed to counter demonstrations like those against the Dakota Access pipeline."

Activism [20]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [52]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: HuffPost [53], 04/20/2023
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House Fails To Override Biden Veto Of Resolution To Overturn EPA Water Rule [54]

"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 [55]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [32]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: CNN [56], 04/19/2023
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"House Republicans Target Climate Law In Debt Limit Bid" [57]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [58], 04/19/2023
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"The Unlikely Center Of America’s EV Battery Revolution" [59]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [13]
Transportation [60]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [61]
Source: Washington Post [62], 04/19/2023
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"As The Climate Suffers, Enforcement Needed For Corporate Green Pledges" [63]

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

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [33]
Public [16]
International [22]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [64], 04/18/2023
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"Slow Start On World Bank Reform Angers Climate-Hit Countries" [65]

"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 [10]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [52]
Public [16]
International [22]
Source: AP [66], 04/18/2023
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"SEC Climate Rules Risk Legal Battle with Environmental Groups" [67]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [68], 04/18/2023
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