EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

WV Leaders Fight Pollution Standards Amid Health Risks From Coal Plants [9]

"Asthma and low life expectancy are highly prevalent in communities around West Virginia’s coal-fired power plants, federal data show."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail [20], 08/11/2023
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"Utility Group Calls For Changes To Proposed EPA climate Rules" [21]

"The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities, said in formal comments Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants are too strict, and said power plant owners need more flexibility, including more time to install pollution controls."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NPR [24], 08/10/2023
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"Amazon Deal Lacks Concrete Measures, Say Climate Activists" [25]

"The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation. ... A joint declaration on Tuesday created an alliance to combat deforestation, but left each country to pursue its own conservation goals."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [18]
South America [30]
Source: BBC News [31], 08/09/2023
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"Biden Protects Land by Grand Canyon but Will Still Allow Mining" [32]

"President Joe Biden on Tuesday [announced] plans to block expanded uranium mining around the Grand Canyon by declaring the area a new national monument."

Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [16]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 08/09/2023
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As Feds Cut Red Tape, More Local Governments Are Curbing Wind And Solar [36]

"The number of counties with ordinances on wind turbines quadrupled from 2018 to 2022, a new federal study found."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: HuffPost [37], 08/09/2023
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Indigenous Inspire Amazon City To Grant Personhood To An Endangered River [38]

"On the banks of the Komi Memem River, the activity never ceases: women go down the embankment from Laje Velho village carrying basins to wash clothing, while men embark in small canoes on hunting and fishing expeditions. At day’s end, it’s the children’s turn to dive into its tea-colored waters."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Forests [28]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
South America [30]
Source: , 08/09/2023
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"Biden To Protect Vast Sacred Lands Near Grand Canyon" [41]

"U.S. President Joe Biden will curb land development on a stretch of nearly 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) near Arizona's iconic Grand Canyon, a move intended to cement his environmental credentials in the electoral battleground state."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [42]
People & Population [16]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [33]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: Reuters [43], 08/08/2023
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"In DeSantis’ Fla., Schools Get OK For Climate-Denial Videos" [44]

"Climate activists are like Nazis. Wind and solar power pollute the Earth and make life miserable. Recent global and local heat records reflect natural temperature cycles. These are some of the themes of children’s videos produced by an influential conservative advocacy group."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [46]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: E&E News [48], 08/08/2023
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In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is a ‘Recipe for Disaster’ [49]

"A developer has big ideas to turn tires, plastic and electronic waste into energy at 30 locations, starting with a tire-to-gas plant next to the jail and student housing in the heart of what was once Ohio’s Steel Valley."

Air [10]
Chemicals [50]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [51]
Public [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Source: Inside Climate News [53], 08/08/2023
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"Vineyard Wind Begins Construction After Ducking Financial Peril" [54]

"America’s first major offshore wind farm is coming into focus on the wavy horizon off Massachusetts."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [55]
Source: E&E News [56], 08/07/2023
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"There’s A Crisis Unfolding In Florida's Waters. DeSantis Hasn’t Said A Word." [57]

"The GOP governor and presidential candidate has touted his environmental and economic credentials. He’s ignoring an environmental and economic disaster at home."

Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [58]
Economy & Business [59]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Source: HuffPost [60], 08/07/2023
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"‘Death Star’ Law Will End Water Breaks For Texas Workers" [61]

"Water breaks will no longer be guaranteed for construction workers in Austin and Dallas when a new state law that prevents municipalities from regulating everything from evictions to payday loans takes effect next month."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [58]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [62]
Source: E&E News [63], 08/07/2023
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‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Firms to Avoid Chemical Regulation [64]

"For almost 20 years, U.S. public-health advocates have worried that toxic chemicals are getting into ground water and harming human health because of an exemption to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that allows operators of oil and gas fracking operations to use chemicals that would be regulated if used for any other purpose."

Chemicals [50]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [65], 08/07/2023
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Governments Meet To Talk About Amazon Rainforest. Why Is It So Important? [66]

"The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It’s a crucial carbon sink for the climate, has about 20% of the world’s freshwater reserves and boasts astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species."

Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [28]
Government [67]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [29]
Public [18]
South America [30]
Source: AP [68], 08/07/2023
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The Far Right Has a ‘Battle Plan’ to Undo Climate Progress If Trump Wins [69]

"Far-right conservative groups are promoting a sprawling “battle plan” to obstruct and undo the federal government’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis, with hopes of quickly enacting a series of sweeping changes if Donald Trump, or any other Republican, gets elected as president next year."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [70], 08/04/2023
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