EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

As Budget Talks Heat Up, Republicans Ramp Up Attacks on Climate Spending [9]

"Republicans are doubling down on their attacks on clean energy and climate spending, kicking off their return to Congress this week with a slew of bills and amendments that would block key funding pools established under the Inflation Reduction Act and prohibit the federal government from advancing policies aimed at reducing the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to new reports."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 07/13/2023
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"House Republicans Propose Deep Cuts For Interior, EPA" [17]

"House Republicans would take a budgetary buzzsaw to energy and environmental agencies the Biden administration and Democrats had buttressed after years of stagnant funding."

Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [21], 07/13/2023
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"U.S. Truckmakers Reach Deal To Phase Out Polluting Diesel Big Rigs" [22]

"Some of the largest manufacturers of heavy trucks and engines in the country have agreed to accept a California plan to ban sales of new diesel big rigs by 2036 under a deal aimed in part at thwarting potential litigation and maintaining a single national standard for truck pollution rules."

Air [23]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [26], 07/10/2023
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"New Mexico Trail Clash Echoes Culture War Across US West" [27]

"Physiotherapist Spencer Bushnell lives less than a mile from farmer Carlos Arguello in Taos, New Mexico. But they are worlds apart on proposals to lace the foothills they love with up to 71 miles of mountain bike and hiking trails."

Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Transportation [25]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 07/10/2023
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As Some US Cities Confront Climate, Their Lobbyists Work For Big Oil [32]

"Municipalities that are suffering from the climate crisis employ lobbyists already in the pay of fossil fuel companies".

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Guardian [33], 07/07/2023
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Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie Climate Projects [34]

"Lake Erie will face more stormwater runoff, increased erosion and changes in both water levels and quality as climate change continues. Projects to mitigate those impacts range from restoring a wetland to deploying a plastic-scavenging drone named Pixie, and more."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 07/05/2023
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"EPA Closes Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana Pollution" [38]

"In a setback for environmental justice advocates, the Biden administration has closed a civil rights investigation of two Louisiana state agencies without finding discrimination in how the agencies regulated chemical plants in the area known as “Cancer Alley.”"

Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: Washington Post [41], 06/30/2023
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Climate Groups Accept Millions From Charity Linked To Fossil Fuels [42]

"Some of the world’s best-known climate campaign groups have taken millions of pounds in donations from a foundation run by billionaire hedge fund bosses whose investment fund has invested in fossil fuel companies, the Guardian has learned."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
International [43]
Source: Guardian [44], 06/30/2023
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"Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars" [45]

"The auto industry’s largest lobbying organization has come out against the Biden administration’s most ambitious climate change regulation, a proposed rule designed to ensure that two-thirds of new passenger cars sold in the United States are all-electric by 2032."

Air [23]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [46], 06/29/2023
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"EPA Closes Civil Rights Probe Into Louisiana Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution" [47]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday it did not find discrimination by the state of Louisiana against Black residents who face high levels of air pollution, closing a probe into actions by state departments."

Air [23]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: The Hill [49], 06/29/2023
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"New Carbon Accounting Rules Target 'Greenwashing'" [50]

"Common standards unveiled Monday for companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions could curb misleading climate claims in the corporate world, the chair of the body that wrote the norms told AFP."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [43]
Source: AFP [51], 06/27/2023
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"A Giant Wind Farm Is Taking Root Off Massachusetts" [52]

"The offshore energy project will have turbines taller than any building in Boston, but they will be barely visible from Martha’s Vineyard."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [53]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [54], 06/27/2023
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"Russia, China Block Move For New Antarctic Marine Reserves" [55]

"Members of a multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to agree Friday on a roadmap for the creation of three new marine protected areas—a goal that has proven elusive for years."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
International [43]
Antarctica & Arctic [57]
Source: AFP [58], 06/26/2023
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Fertilizer Giant Threw Fundraiser for Sponsor of FL ‘Radioactive Roads’ Bill [59]

"Tampa-based Fortune 500 fertilizer company Mosaic last month hosted and paid nearly $25,000 for a fundraising event for the state lawmaker who sponsored the controversial “radioactive roads” bill recently approved by the Florida Legislature."

Agriculture [60]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: Tampa Bay Times [61], 06/26/2023
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"Meteorologist Who Was Threatened Over Climate Coverage to Leave Job" [62]

"The chief meteorologist of a television news station in Iowa said this week that he was leaving his job to start a career in science, citing in large part the post-traumatic stress disorder that he said he had suffered after he was threatened last year over his on-air coverage of climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [63]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [64]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [65]
Source: NYTimes [66], 06/23/2023
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