EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Enviros Demand Emergency Rules To Protect Rare Whales From Ship Collisions [9]

"A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups filed their petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sept. 28 in an effort to protect the North Atlantic right whale."

Activism [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [19], 10/03/2023
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"Fat Bear Week 2023 Is Upon Us. Here’s What You Need To Know." [20]

"It’s the most wonderful time of the year — Fat Bear Week 2023 is here. The annual competition, hosted by the Katmai National Park and Preserve, pits brown bears against each other in a virtual bracket as they stock up for hibernation."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [23]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [25], 10/03/2023
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Onondaga Nation Take Centuries-Old Land Rights Case To International Panel [26]

"The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once thousands of square miles in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse. ... So now the nation is presenting its case to an international panel."

Activism [10]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [28]
Source: AP [29], 10/02/2023
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"Biden to Offer Smallest-Ever Offshore Oil Rights Sale Plan" [30]

"The Biden administration is charting plans to sell offshore oil-drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years, while trimming the program to its smallest level ever.

The oil leasing plan being released by the Interior Department on Friday will contain only a low number of sales, according to people familiar with the deliberations who declined to be named because the blueprint isn’t yet public. That’s far from the 11 sales the agency proposed last year, and it would be the lowest in history.
Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg [34], 09/29/2023
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Trump Administration Forced Joshua Tree To Stay Open During Last US Shutdown [35]

"Emails show David Bernhardt of interior department overrode superintendent of California park, causing ‘chaos and destruction’"

Environmental Politics [12]
Government [36]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [37], 09/29/2023
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"Republicans Fight Over Who Loves Fossil Fuels The Most At Second GOP Debate" [38]

"After dodging surprisingly pointed questions about climate change at the first debate Fox News hosted last month, the contenders hoping to take on President Joe Biden next November battled each other over who would do most to ramp up production of the fossil fuels destabilizing the planet’s weather systems."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: HuffPost [39], 09/29/2023
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"Shutdown Could Hinder Infrastructure Projects, Permits" [40]

"Concerns are mounting over impacts of a possible federal government shutdown on critical infrastructure projects and permitting activities."

Disasters [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [36]
Infrastructure [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [22]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [43], 09/28/2023
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Britain Approves New North Sea Oil Drilling, Pleasing Industry Not Greens [44]

"Britain on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a major oil and gas project in the North Sea, ignoring warnings from scientists and the United Nations that countries must stop developing new fossil fuel resources if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
Europe [45]
Source: AP [46], 09/28/2023
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"Houston OKs $5M To Relocate Residents Near Polluted Union Pacific Yard [47]

"Houston officials on Wednesday approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases."

Chemicals [48]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [49]
Pollution [33]
Public [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Source: AP [51], 09/28/2023
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After Summer’s Extreme Weather, More Americans See Climate Change As Culprit [52]

"New polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicates that extreme weather, including a summer that brought dangerous heat for much of the United States, is bolstering Americans’ belief that they’ve personally felt the impact of climate change."

Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [53], 09/27/2023
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Biden Tells Pacific Islands Leaders That He Will Act On Climate [54]

"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 [31]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [28]
Source: AP [55], 09/26/2023
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"‘False Promise’: DOE’s Carbon Removal Plans Rankle Community Advocates" [56]

"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 [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [57], 09/26/2023
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"The Climate Ambition Summit Was Notably Unambitious, Advocates Say" [58]

"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 [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [17]
International [28]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 09/26/2023
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"High School Students Launch ‘Green New Deal For Schools Campaign’" [60]

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

Activism [10]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [61], 09/26/2023
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"Misinformation Research Is Buckling Under GOP Legal Attacks" [62]

"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 [31]
Environmental Health [63]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [64]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [65], 09/25/2023
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