EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Recreational Fishing Industry Ranks Safety of Right Whales Below Profit [9]

"Proposed science-backed speed limit reductions could prevent whales from dying in vessel strikes, but boating advocates are pushing back, citing economic impacts."

Biodiversity [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Hakai [16], 05/11/2023
- Read more about Recreational Fishing Industry Ranks Safety of Right Whales Below Profit [9]
"World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says" [17]

"The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions - not the production of oil, gas and coal - at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December."

Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
International [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 05/10/2023
- Read more about "World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says" [17]
"Alaska, Nebraska Wetlands Takeover Tied to Federal Waters Ruling" [24]

"Alaska and Nebraska are the only states that say they’re actively pursuing taking over the EPA’s dredge-and-fill permitting program for waters and wetlands as the agency prepares to update its rule governing such takeovers."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 05/10/2023
- Read more about "Alaska, Nebraska Wetlands Takeover Tied to Federal Waters Ruling" [24]
Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan [27]

"Even as the $21 billion effort unfolds, officials realize that its water infrastructure cannot contend with rising seas, violent storms and Florida’s non-stop influx of residents."

Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 05/10/2023
- Read more about Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan [27]
‘It Gives Life’: Philippine Tribe Fights To Save A Sacred River From Dam [31]

"Each year, members of the Dumagat-Remontado tribe gather at the Tinipak River to observe an Indigenous ritual to honor their supreme being and pray for healing and protection. This year, the rite had an additional intention: to ward off an impending dam project they fear will inundate the site of the ritual."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Infrastructure [34]
Natural Resources [25]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [35]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [36]
Source: Mongabay [37], 05/10/2023
- Read more about ‘It Gives Life’: Philippine Tribe Fights To Save A Sacred River From Dam [31]
"The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans" [38]

"It was a rare sight, an endangered species emblematic of the Colombian Amazon, considered sacred by the region’s Indigenous communities: the pink dolphins."

Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [41]
South America [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 05/10/2023
- Read more about "The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans" [38]
Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias? [44]

"An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come."

"Maria Martínez constantly calculates how much water is left in the 2,000-gallon tank that sits outside her home near El Paso.

When there’s less than 600 gallons, it’s time to place an order. A few loads of laundry and dirty dishes will use every last drop.
Consumer [45]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [46]
Planning & Growth [47]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Source: Texas Tribune [49], 05/09/2023
- Read more about Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias? [44]
Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype? [50]

"The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Transportation [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [52], 05/09/2023
- Read more about Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype? [50]
"Charles Is Not Your Climate King" [53]

"When Queen Elizabeth II died September 2022, her son Charles III became the new king of England. Immediately, headlines advised on how he could brand himself as the climate king."

Activism [54]
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [55]
Public [14]
Europe [56]
Source: Earther [57], 05/09/2023
- Read more about "Charles Is Not Your Climate King" [53]
"West Oakland Faces A Test: Undoing Decades Of Environmental Injustice" [58]

"Highway and city planners saddled a once-proud Black community with freeways and diesel fumes, while more affluent white neighborhoods were spared the traffic and toxics."

Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Planning & Growth [47]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [51]
Public [14]
California [59]
Source: Washington Post [60], 05/08/2023
- Read more about "West Oakland Faces A Test: Undoing Decades Of Environmental Injustice" [58]
"Oil Boom Transforms Guyana, Prompting A Scramble For Spoils" [61]

"ANN’S GROVE, Guyana — Villagers in this tiny coastal community lined up on the soggy grass, leaned into the microphone and shared their grievances as someone in the crowd yelled, “Speak the truth!”"

Economy & Business [62]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [46]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
South America [42]
Source: AP [63], 05/08/2023
- Read more about "Oil Boom Transforms Guyana, Prompting A Scramble For Spoils" [61]
"Some Farmers Resent Ethanol Industry’s Push For Carbon Pipelines" [64]

"Craig Schaunaman, who farms thousands of acres, has been invested in the ethanol industry since its early days and even served on the board of an ethanol plant. But a carbon-capture pipeline supported by dozens of ethanol plants would cross his land, and he’s against it, even though ethanol officials say the pipeline is crucial to the future viability of the industry.

Activism [54]
Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [62]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [65]
Source: States Newsroom [66], 05/08/2023
- Read more about "Some Farmers Resent Ethanol Industry’s Push For Carbon Pipelines" [64]
Black Alabamians Endured Poor Sewage For Decades. Now They May See Justice. [67]

"Officials in Alabama discriminated against Black residents in a rural county by denying them access to adequate sanitation systems, imposing burdensome fines and liens and ignoring the serious health risks plaguing the community, according to a landmark environmental justice agreement announced Thursday by the Biden administration."

Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [46]
Pollution [21]
Waste [68]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Washington Post [69], 05/05/2023
- Read more about Black Alabamians Endured Poor Sewage For Decades. Now They May See Justice. [67]
In ‘Cancer Alley’, Chemical Giants Campaign Against Grassroots Organizers [70]

"After residents of America’s “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana put a national spotlight on their fight for a healthy environment, the state’s economic interests and petrochemical giants are backing the creation of a new “sustainability council” to counter grassroots activists, documents show."

Chemicals [39]
Economy & Business [62]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [71]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Source: Floodlight [72], 05/05/2023
- Read more about In ‘Cancer Alley’, Chemical Giants Campaign Against Grassroots Organizers [70]
"WVa Residents Rip Pesticide Facility Plan As Hearing Looms" [73]

"A West Virginia logging company’s bid to establish a toxic-spewing facility in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains is drawing stiff pushback ahead of a public hearing planned for Thursday evening."

Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [74]
Source: AP [75], 05/05/2023
- Read more about "WVa Residents Rip Pesticide Facility Plan As Hearing Looms" [73]

Pages