EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Newsom Axes Funding To Enforce California Oil Well Protection Law [9]

"Gavin Newsom’s late session proposal to extend deadlines — by more than four years in one case — for oil companies to comply with a new law fizzled and died late this week."

Air [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
California [18]
Source: CalMatters [19], 08/28/2024
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"The Big Lie In The Montana Senate Race" [20]

"Montana GOP Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy has spent the last several months defending himself against accusations that he poses a threat to America’s federal public lands — a mess that the multimillionaire businessman and former Navy SEAL created when, shortly after launching his campaign, he explicitly called for federal lands to be “turned over to state agencies, or even counties.”

Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: HuffPost [25], 08/28/2024
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RFK Jr Faces Call For Probe Into Claim He Chainsawed Whale’s Head Off [26]

"An environmental group is calling for a federal investigation into the former presidential candidate for an episode in which he allegedly severed the head of a washed-up whale with a chainsaw – and drove home with it strapped to his car’s roof."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [28], 08/28/2024
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"Tanzania's Maasai Protest Eviction In The Name Of Conservation" [29]

"For a week, the green hills around Tanzania's famous Ngorongoro crater have been chequered with the blood red shuka cloths of tens of thousands of Maasai herdsman protesting their eviction from their land - all in the name of conservation."

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [30]
Public [17]
Africa [31]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [32], 08/27/2024
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DeSantis’ Plan To Develop State Parks Set Back As Golf Course Backer Quits [33]

"Facing widespread opposition across the political spectrum, Gov. Ron DeSantis ' plan to develop state parks with business ventures — such as golf courses, pickleball courts and large hotels — has hit a snag after a key supporter pulled the plug."

Biodiversity [27]
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: AP [36], 08/27/2024
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US Dam Rules May Cost Residents More On Flood Insurance, Leave Them At Risk [37]

"Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for flood insurance or be left unaware of danger posed by dams built upstream from their homes and worksites, according to an Associated Press review of federal records and data."

Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [39]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: AP [43], 08/26/2024
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Houston’s Plastic Waste Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling [44]

"When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that’s failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly closed a gate displaying a “no trespassing” sign."

Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Waste [46]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 08/26/2024
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Judge Rules EPA Must Publish More Information About Chemicals Under Review [49]

"A Washington, D.C., judge ruled this week that the Environmental Protection Agency must disclose more information than it currently does about chemicals pending review under the Toxic Substances Control Act."

Chemicals [45]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [50]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The Hill [51], 08/23/2024
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"Some of Arizona’s Most Valuable Water Could Soon Hit the Market" [52]

"A small tribal community along the Colorado River could become a major player in the state’s water supply."

Climate Change [53]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [30]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Circle of Blue [54], 08/23/2024
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"DeSantis’s Plan To Bring Golf To Protected Florida Parks Faces Pushback" [55]

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration wants to build hotels, golf courses, pickleball courts and other “amenities” at state parks prized for their pristine habitats — a plan that has sparked outrage and concern across the aisle."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Wildlife [56]
Public [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Washington Post [57], 08/23/2024
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"Harris Goes Light on Climate Policy. Green Leaders Are OK With That." [58]

"President Biden made climate change a cornerstone of his agenda. Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to detail her own plan."

Activism [59]
Climate Change [53]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Policy [60]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [61], 08/22/2024
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"Trump Vows To Ax Power Plant Rule" [62]

"The former president assailed Vice President Kamala Harris for her views on fracking and power plant emissions as he vowed to cut energy costs in half in his first year in office."

Air [10]
Climate Change [53]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [63], 08/22/2024
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"La. Advocate Leading Fight Against Ammonia Plant: ‘I Already Feel Ignored’" [64]

"It wasn’t Kimbrelle Eugene Kyereh’s intention to become a community leader when she moved back to her hometown of St. Rose, Louisiana in 2017. But it’s the role she felt she had to take when she learned a petrochemical company had plans to build a $4.6 billion blue ammonia plant in her predominantly Black community."

Activism [59]
Chemicals [45]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Source: Floodlight [65], 08/22/2024
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"TotalEnergies’ Ad Found ‘Misleading’ Over Sustainability Claim" [66]

"A South African advertising regulator found TotalEnergies SE made a “misleading” claim over its commitment to sustainable development, marking the first time a challenge of this kind has been made in the country."

Chemicals [45]
Climate Change [53]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
International [67]
Africa [31]
Source: Bloomberg Green [68], 08/22/2024
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Oil Firms And Dark Money Fund Push By GOP States To Block Climate Laws [69]

"A powerful group that boasts 28 Republican attorneys general, including many who have sided with oil and gas firms to block states seeking compensation for weather disasters caused by climate change, has raked in millions of dollars from fossil fuel giants and a dark money fund tied to Federalist Society co-chair, Leonard Leo."

Climate Change [53]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [70], 08/22/2024
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