EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"White House Raises Tariffs On Chinese EVs, Solar Panels, Batteries" [9]

"The White House enacted steep increases in tariffs Friday that could quadruple the price of electric vehicles from China and double fees on imported solar cells, upping the trade war between the U.S. and the Asian manufacturing giant."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: E&E News [18], 09/18/2024
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"Oil and Gas Sponsorship of Global Sports Hits $5.6 Billion, Report Finds" [19]

"Oil and gas companies are spending an estimated $5.6 billion on sports sponsorships, seeking to extend their social licence to boost production of fossil fuels even as the climate crisis intensifies, according to a new report."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: DeSmog [21], 09/18/2024
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"Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices. Not Fracking." [22]

"Energy businesses and farmers in western Pennsylvania are struggling because of prices, an issue that has not figured prominently in the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 09/18/2024
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Trump Threatens To End Calif. Wildfire Aid Unless Newsom Changes Water Policy [26]

"Former President Trump threatened to withhold federal aid to battle California wildfires, should he be reelected, if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) does not change a policy that protects an endangered species of fish."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [31]
Source: The Hill [32], 09/16/2024
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Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Didn't. [33]

"Seven years ago, Oregon’s biggest natural gas company set out to convince lawmakers and residents that an abundant new source of green energy was out there, just waiting to be tapped."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Source: ProPublica [35], 09/16/2024
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"EPA Denies Duty To Regulate PFAS In Sewage Sludge Spread On Farmland" [36]

"US regulators claim they are not legally required to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals in sewage sludge spread on farmland across the country, according to a court filing the government made this week in response to a lawsuit from an environmental watchdog group."

Agriculture [27]
Chemicals [37]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [40]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [23]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The New Lede [43], 09/13/2024
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"Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule" [44]

"Texas is inching closer to adopting revised oil and gas waste management rules for the first time in four decades." "While environmentalists say the new rule doesn’t do enough to protect groundwater, oil and gas operators are contesting stricter requirements for waste pits near wells."

Chemicals [37]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [41]
Pollution [23]
Waste [42]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 09/13/2024
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Senators Push To Exclude Lucrative Chemicals From Official PFAS Definition [47]

"US lawmakers and the military are pushing for a new definition of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that would exclude a subclass of toxic compounds increasingly used across the economy and considered to be potent greenhouse gases."

Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [48]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [49], 09/13/2024
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"Here's What Happens When Big Data Takes Over a Small Town" [50]

"In Virginia, the planet's largest proposed data center threatens local ecosystems"

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [51]
Natural Resources [41]
Planning & Growth [52]
Pollution [23]
Technology [53]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Sierra [54], 09/13/2024
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"Toronto Politician Moves to Ban Misleading Fossil Fuel Ads on Transit" [55]

"A Toronto city councillor today published a motion proposing to restrict false and misleading advertising from oil and gas lobby groups on public transit, DeSmog can report."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
Canada [56]
Source: DeSmog [57], 09/13/2024
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"Climate at the Debate: Trump Ignored the Question and Harris Hedged" [58]

"At the tail end of the hottest summer in recorded history, as wildfires tear through California and a hurricane heads toward Louisiana, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump failed to say how they would fight climate change during their debate Tuesday night."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [59], 09/12/2024
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Extremists Keep Trying To Sabotage Electrical Grid. What If They Succeed? [60]

"Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [51]
Military [48]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [61], 09/12/2024
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"The California Towns Where Clean Drinking Water Is Out Of Reach" [62]

"Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years."

Agriculture [27]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Justice [63]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [15]
California [31]
Source: CalMatters [64], 09/12/2024
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What Happens To The Environment, Health Regs Biden Will Leave Unfinished?" [65]

"From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump administration likely would not."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [66], 09/12/2024
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Trillions Of Dollars Of Fossil Fuel Finance Routed Via Tax Havens: Study [67]

"Trillions of dollars of bank finance to fossil fuel companies is being routed via opaque financial centres in several countries, including the Netherlands, research published on Wednesday showed."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [20]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: Reuters [68], 09/12/2024
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