EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

After Spying on Standing Rock Protest, TigerSwan Shopped Info to Oil Firms [9]

"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 [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Military [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Intercept [19], 04/17/2023
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"The Incredible Disappearing Doomsday" [20]

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

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Harpers [23], 04/17/2023
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"Unsound Climate Studies Sneak Into Print: Scientists" [24]

"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 [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [22]
Science [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [26]
Source: AFP [27], 04/17/2023
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Clean Energy Thriving in Texas. Why Are State GOPers Trying to Stifle It? [28]

"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 [11]
Consumer [29]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 04/17/2023
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Md. Residents Oppose Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Near Their Homes [34]

"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 [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 04/14/2023
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"Biden Releases $1B For Urban Trees" [37]

"The Biden administration said Wednesday it’s making $1 billion available to help plant and care for trees in cities and towns, a potent means to soften the impacts of a warming climate."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [39]
Government [40]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [42], 04/13/2023
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"Interior Offers Extremes On Colorado River Cuts To Spur Compromise" [43]

"The Interior Department on Tuesday shared its proposal for expected cuts to Colorado River water allocations but acknowledged that the most extreme options — including a plan that would slash water deliveries to Arizona and Nevada — are unlikely to be included in a final decision this summer."

Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [41]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [46], 04/12/2023
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"Fishing Regulators Need More Transparency, Ocean Groups Say" [47]

"Some regional fisheries management organizations that were set up by the United Nations to measure and conserve fish populations — but are difficult to hold to account — need to be more transparent about how they make their rules and regulations if fish species are to be protected and maintained for people reliant on healthy fish stocks for their livelihoods, conservation agencies and fishing industry players say."

Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [17]
International [26]
Source: AP [49], 04/12/2023
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Climate Deniers Ejected From Teachers Conference For Deceptive Comic Book [50]

"At a meeting of science teachers, the CO2 Coalition handed out comic books depicting carbon as good for planet. They got kicked out."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [22]
Science [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [51], 04/11/2023
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"Florida Health Officials Removed Key Data From COVID Vaccine Report" [52]

"The surgeon general’s guidance against the vaccine for young men ignored results showing infection was a greater risk for cardiac-related deaths."

"Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced in October that young men should not get the COVID-19 vaccine, guidance that runs counter to medical advice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [22]
Science [25]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [54], 04/10/2023
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Enviros Sue To Stop Ohio From Leasing State Parks For Oil And Gas Drilling [55]

"Four environmental groups are suing to stop a new law requiring Ohio to accept private petitions to drill for oil and gas underneath state parks."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [56]
Source: Columbia Dispatch [57], 04/10/2023
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World Bank Is Getting a New Chief. Will He Pivot Toward Climate Action? [58]

"As World Bank shareholders gather in Washington for their annual spring meeting on Monday, the global institution appears to be on the brink of significant change."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [30]
Natural Resources [41]
Planning & Growth [59]
Public [17]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [60], 04/10/2023
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"Challenge To Biden ‘Cost Of Carbon’ Policy Dismissed" [61]

"A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals court."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [62], 04/10/2023
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"Deforestation In Brazil's Amazon Rises In March" [63]

"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose 14% in March from the previous year, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting the continued challenges for the new leftist government."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [39]
Public [17]
South America [64]
Source: Reuters [65], 04/10/2023
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Logging Plan on Yellowstone Border Shows Limits of Biden Climate Policy [66]

"Despite new “guidance,” the Forest Service moves to clear-cut mature pines in Montana without a detailed accounting of the cost in carbon emissions."

Biodiversity [67]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [41]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [68]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 04/10/2023
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