EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Biden BLM To Add Protections Against Drilling In Alaska Petroleum Reserve [9]

"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit oil and gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [18], 07/18/2024
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"What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment" [19]

"If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A."

Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Source: NYTimes [25], 07/17/2024
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Bioplastics Are Poorly Defined And Regulated, And Possibly Toxic: Report [26]

"The lack of federal regulations and clear definitions for bioplastics make it increasingly difficult to determine whether or not they are a safe alternative to traditional plastics, according to a new report from Beyond Plastics."

Chemicals [27]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [23]
Technology [29]
Waste [30]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: EHN [31], 07/17/2024
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"The Siting Of An Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts In Maine" [32]

"Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: Energy News Network [36], 07/17/2024
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"Nations Gather To Negotiate Deep Sea Mining Code As Opposition Mounts" [37]

"The United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet on Monday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about the economic and environmental risks."

Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [33]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
International [24]
Source: Reuters [39], 07/16/2024
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"At the Republican National Convention, Climate Change Isn’t a Problem" [40]

"As the event opens with a focus on energy, former President Trump and other leaders are calling for more oil, gas and coal development."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [41], 07/16/2024
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Federal Oil and Gas Leases in Question as Lawmakers Eye Collusion Allegations [42]

"A dozen Democratic lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee want to know if shale drillers could see their oil and gas leases and operations on federal lands suspended amid allegations that the companies may have colluded to drive oil prices up."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: DeSmog [43], 07/16/2024
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"Taliban Tries Reconciling Science And Religion In Facing Climate Change" [44]

"When Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers headed to the country’s first “international climate change conference” earlier this year in the eastern city of Jalalabad, few foreign guests turned up."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [45]
Science [46]
Public [15]
International [24]
Asia [47]
Source: Washington Post [48], 07/16/2024
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"West Virginia School Will Remain Open For Now Amid Toxic Groundwater Fears" [49]

"A small West Virginia school will remain open for now after a court temporarily blocked an effort to relocate classes due to the town’s contaminated groundwater being added to a national cleanup priority list."

Chemicals [27]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [50]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [51]
Source: AP [52], 07/16/2024
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"What Project 2025 Would Mean For The Fight Against Climate Change" [53]

"Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules — moves that would restrict the government’s ability to combat climate change and pollution."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [54], 07/15/2024
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"A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside" [55]

"The Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate organization that helped elect President Biden, is now calling on him to quit the race for the White House."

Activism [56]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [57]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [58], 07/15/2024
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"White House Unveils $1.7B To Convert Factories For EV Production" [59]

"Almost a dozen U.S. auto factories will collectively receive $1.7 billion from the Biden administration to retool themselves to make electric vehicles."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [60]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Transportation [61]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [62], 07/15/2024
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The Most Expensive Farm Bill Ever Is Stalled, Blocking Climate Funds [63]

"Lawmakers approved spending bills for agriculture this week, but bickered over environmental regulations and the lack of progress on the bill."

Agriculture [64]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [65]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [66], 07/15/2024
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"Trump Return Could See Climate Progress ‘Unraveled,’ Sally Jewell Says" [67]

"Sally Jewell, who served as US Interior secretary from 2013 to 2017, said the climate stakes of the election in November “could not be higher” and that she’s “really afraid for the future of our planet” should former President Donald Trump return to the White House."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Source: Bloomberg [68], 07/12/2024
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"The GOP Has Found A New Reason To Pawn Off America’s Public Lands" [69]

"The new Republican Party platform, adopted this week in advance of the next week’s nominating convention in Milwaukee, mentions federal lands only once — and rather than a vague call to protect them, it proposes pawning some of them off to address housing affordability."

Economy & Business [60]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [57]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [70], 07/12/2024
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