EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Biden Bans Roads and Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest" [9]

"The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it has banned logging and road-building on about nine million acres of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, aiming to settle a two-decade battle over the fate of North America’s largest temperate rainforest."

Biodiversity [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 01/26/2023
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Bill To Withdraw Va. From Carbon-Trading Program Dies In State Committee [20]

"A committee of the Virginia Senate on Tuesday defeated a bill backed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) that would withdraw the state from a regional carbon-trading initiative."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: The Hill [22], 01/26/2023
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US Refuses Calls For Immediate Protection Of North Atlantic Right Whales [23]

"The U.S. government has denied two petitions to immediately protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales during the species’ calving season, raising concerns that this population of whales will continue to decline without intervention. There are currently about 340 of these whales left, making them one of the most threatened cetaceans in the world."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Mongabay [26], 01/26/2023
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"Silencing Science: How Indonesia Is Censoring Wildlife Research" [27]

"Under President Joko Widodo, Indonesia has gained international praise for its conservation policies. But now the government is clamping down on scientists who are questioning official claims that the country’s endangered orangutan and rhino populations are increasing."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Public [16]
Australia & Oceania [30]
Source: YaleE360 [31], 01/26/2023
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"Agency Delays Protections For Imperiled Bat, Prairie Chicken" [32]

"The Biden administration is temporarily delaying stepped-up legal protections for two imperiled species following efforts by congressional Republicans to derail the actions."

Biodiversity [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [33], 01/26/2023
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"4th Circuit Asked to Nix Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline" [34]

"Environmental groups asked the Fourth Circuit during oral arguments Tuesday to toss a key water permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would lead to even more delays for the $6.2 billion project that developers aim to resume constructing this summer."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [36]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 01/25/2023
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"Depleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission" [38]

"Despite an injection of funding, the agency still has not recovered from an exodus of scientists and policy experts, both insiders and critics say."

"WASHINGTON — The nation’s top environmental agency is still reeling from the exodus of more than 1,200 scientists and policy experts during the Trump administration. The chemicals chief said her staff can’t keep up with a mounting workload. The enforcement unit is prosecuting fewer polluters than at any time in the past two decades.
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [43], 01/24/2023
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"Big Tech Helps Big Oil Spread Subtle Climate Denialism" [44]

"Fossil-fuel companies’ climate messaging may have changed to fit the new century, but the goal is the same the industry has had for decades: to delay action and protect profits for as long as possible. Even in the face of an increasingly obvious climate emergency, this message still resonates with many people. Maybe that’s because the biggest social media companies help amplify it."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [29]
Pollution [42]
Science [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [47]
Source: Bloomberg [48], 01/24/2023
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"Georgia Regulators Release Plans For Mine Near Okefenokee" [49]

"Georgia regulators released detailed plans Thursday for a titanium mine near the fabled Okefenokee swamp, a project that’s drawn the ire of environmental groups and the head of the Interior Department."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Source: E&E News [51], 01/23/2023
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"Rough Road For Farm Bill As Divided Congress Takes Hold" [52]

"A chaotic start to the new Republican-led House may spell trouble for the 2023 farm bill."

Agriculture [53]
Biodiversity [10]
Chemicals [54]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [55]
Disasters [56]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Justice [40]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [57]
Government [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [42]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [58], 01/23/2023
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"Thunberg Says Davos Elite 'Fuelling Destruction Of Planet'" [59]

"Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying it was "absurd" to listen to them while they fuelled 'the destruction of the planet.'"

Activism [60]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [56]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [29]
Public [16]
International [47]
Source: AFP [61], 01/20/2023
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"Trump’s Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Ethics Rules, Watchdog Finds" [62]

"The inspector general for the Interior Department said on Thursday it had found no evidence that the former secretary, David Bernhardt, violated federal ethics or conflict-of-interest rules when the department made decisions that affected one of his former clients, a California water district."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [63], 01/20/2023
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"These Farmers Dominate The Colorado River. Cross Them At Your Peril" [64]

"The letter from Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly was greeted like an act of war in California’s Imperial Valley."

Agriculture [53]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [65]
Source: LA Times [66], 01/20/2023
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Shell To Spend $450M On Possibly Worthless Carbon Offsets [67]

"British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows".

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
International [47]
Source: Guardian [68], 01/20/2023
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"Biden Tours Storm-Ravaged California Coast Thursday" [69]

"U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to California on Thursday to tour areas hit hard by a series of deadly "atmospheric river" storms that inflicted widespread flooding, felled trees and brought mudslides to a state long gripped by extreme drought."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [56]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [65]
Source: Reuters [70], 01/19/2023
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