EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks In Focus On Visit To Ohio Toxic Train Site" [9]

"Donald Trump’s record of rolling back environmental protections was highlighted by critics on Wednesday as the ex-president visited the town of East Palestine, Ohio, and called the federal response to the toxic train derailment there earlier this month a “betrayal”.

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [16], 02/23/2023
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"Railroads Fought to Crush Rules That Biden Aims to Revive After Ohio Derailment" [17]

"Long before this month’s fiery derailment, railroad industry leaders battled regulations meant to boost freight train safety, including plans to bolster some of the very same tank cars that ruptured and released chemicals in eastern Ohio."

Chemicals [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Green [22], 02/23/2023
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Feds Slash Gulf Wind Farm Areas To Make Room For Drilling, Shipping, Fishing [23]

"A new wind energy lease sale plan released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management slashes the Gulf’s offshore wind energy development areas by two-thirds, potentially reducing the amount of jobs and clean energy the region’s leaders had hoped wind farms would generate in the coming years."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [27]
Transportation [21]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [29], 02/23/2023
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"EPA Enforcement Budget Even Lower Than Under Trump, Group Says" [30]

"Adjusting for inflation, the budget for the EPA’s main enforcement and compliance programs hit an 11-year low in fiscal 2022, sinking below levels set during the Trump era, according to a new independent analysis."

Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 02/23/2023
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"EPA To Take Control Of Ohio Derailment Response" [33]

"The Environmental Protection Agency will take control of the response to the Ohio train derailment and order rail company Norfolk Southern to clean up the contamination, the agency said Tuesday, the Biden administration’s strongest response yet to the disaster."

Chemicals [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 02/22/2023
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"Trump Heads To Ohio As Biden Critics Assail Wreck Response" [36]

"Former President Donald Trump is slated to visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday as the 2024 presidential candidate and others intensify their criticism of the Biden administration’s response to the environmental disaster caused by a derailed train."

Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [37], 02/22/2023
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"These Natural Gas Ads Are Full Of Hot Air" [38]

"Gas companies say their clean energy claims are backed by science. They fail to mention the science is fossil fuel funded."

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [39]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HEATED [40], 02/22/2023
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"With Two Key Picks, Biden Weaves Climate Into Economy and Regulations" [41]

"The president adds climate champions Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and Richard Revesz as his regulations chief."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [42]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [43], 02/22/2023
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"Jimmy Carter, The President Who Tried To Save The Planet" [44]

"He installed solar panels on the White House. He urged Americans to turn down their thermostats while sporting a sweater. And he pressured Congress into putting tens of millions of acres in Alaska off limits to development."

Environmental Politics [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [45], 02/22/2023
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"UN Ocean Treaty Talks Resume With Goal To Save Biodiversity" [46]

"United Nations members gather Monday in New York to resume efforts to forge a long-awaited and elusive treaty to safeguard the world’s marine biodiversity."

Biodiversity [47]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
International [48]
Source: AP [49], 02/20/2023
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"Before Ohio Derailment, Norfolk Southern Lobbied Against Safety Rules" [50]

"The Trump administration abandoned rail safety rules that were pursued during the Obama era. The Biden administration is trying to revive some of them."

Chemicals [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [21]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: Washington Post [51], 02/20/2023
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Group Is Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Projects In Rural America [52]

"Roger Houser's ranching business was getting squeezed. The calves he raises in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley were selling for about the same price they had a few years earlier, while costs for essentials like fuel and fertilizer kept going up. But Houser found another use for his 500 acres."

Climate Change [24]
Economy & Business [53]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Floodlight/NPR [54], 02/20/2023
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"Water Utilities Brace for Imminent EPA Proposal on PFAS in Water" [55]

"Drinking water systems are preparing for the possibility that the EPA will try to codify its 2022 health advisories suggesting no amount of PFAS substances are safe, water attorneys say."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [31]
Technology [56]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [57], 02/20/2023
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"Two Evangelical Leaders on ‘Radical Faith’" [58]

"With a focus on issues normally considered progressive, the Revs. Jim Wallis and Kyle Meyaard-Schaap hope to expand the evangelical political imagination."

Climate Change [24]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [59]
Environmental Politics [11]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [60]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [61], 02/20/2023
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Feds Send Help After Ohio Derailment, but Residents’ Frustrations Persist [62]

"A visit to East Palestine from the head of the E.P.A. and a White House pledge to lend more support were met with skepticism in the community."

Air [63]
Chemicals [18]
Consumer [64]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [65]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [21]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [66], 02/17/2023
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