EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Biden Tells Pacific Islands Leaders That He Will Act On Climate [9]

"President Joe Biden on Monday told leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region and that his administration is committed to helping them meet the challenge."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: AP [18], 09/26/2023
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"‘False Promise’: DOE’s Carbon Removal Plans Rankle Community Advocates" [19]

"The Biden administration has championed carbon removal projects as better neighbors than the pollution-spewing industries of the past. But the Department of Energy’s first two candidates for its $3.5 billion direct air capture program have conducted an opaque early outreach process in the disadvantaged Louisiana and Texas communities where the projects would be built."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [22], 09/26/2023
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"The Climate Ambition Summit Was Notably Unambitious, Advocates Say" [23]

"For a conference aimed at inspiring world leaders to dramatically ramp up their efforts to combat climate change, the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit was anything but ambitious."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 09/26/2023
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"High School Students Launch ‘Green New Deal For Schools Campaign’" [25]

"Student organizers at 50 different high schools across the country are banding together to launch the “Green New Deal for Schools Campaign.”

Activism [26]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [29], 09/26/2023
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"Misinformation Research Is Buckling Under GOP Legal Attacks" [30]

"An escalating campaign, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans, has cast a pall over programs that study political disinformation and the quality of medical information online".

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Science [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [33], 09/25/2023
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15 Years In, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing [34]

"New York City’s annual Climate Week has just about wrapped up, with the usual guise of inspiring climate solutions. But there’s one glaring disconnect: It is sponsored by some of the biggest perpetrators of the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: Sierra [35], 09/25/2023
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"Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls" [36]

"A US government shutdown would have deep, far-reaching consequences and imperil efforts to protect people from lead and cancer-causing chemicals, a top White House official warned Thursday."

Disasters [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [37]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg [38], 09/22/2023
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"Democrats Pledge To Protect, Expand Biden’s Climate Corps" [39]

"Congressional Democrats are vowing to defend President Joe Biden’s new federal green jobs program from future Republican attacks."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [40]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [41]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [28]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [44], 09/22/2023
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"EPA’s Own Scientists Warn Ethanol Might Not Be Green Enough" [45]

"The US government’s own scientists on Thursday questioned whether corn-based ethanol is better for the environment than traditional petroleum-based fuels, nearly two decades after Congress first mandated its use."

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [32]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Green [47], 09/22/2023
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"At a Summit on Climate Ambition, the U.S. and China End Up on the B List" [48]

"The world’s two biggest polluters were not invited to speak at a United Nations meeting designed to highlight effective action against warming."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: NYTimes [49], 09/21/2023
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"Biden Launches American Climate Corps" [50]

"President Joe Biden is launching a new federal program that aims to put more than 20,000 young people to work in jobs that promote renewable energy and combat climate change."

Activism [26]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [42]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [51], 09/21/2023
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"X Ranks Last On Climate Change Misinformation Scorecard" [52]

"X earned last place in a new ranking of social media platforms and their actions against climate change misinformation."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Source: The Hill [53], 09/21/2023
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"United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say" [54]

"Ahead of a groundbreaking treaty to reduce plastic pollution, a group of independent scientists fear that the United Nations is legitimizing industry-backed proposals such as chemical recycling."

Chemicals [55]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [56]
Waste [57]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: ProPublica [58], 09/21/2023
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"Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action" [59]

"President Joe Biden issued a warning to international leaders on Tuesday about the global perils that lie ahead if nations don’t work together to slash emissions from fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
International [17]
Source: E&E News [60], 09/20/2023
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"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [61]

"They claim the offshore wind is responsible for a spike in whale deaths. Experts don’t buy it, but interest groups backed by fossil fuel money are spreading false information."

Biodiversity [62]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [42]
Journalism & Media [21]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [63], 09/20/2023
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