EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls" [9]

"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 [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg [15], 09/22/2023
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"Democrats Pledge To Protect, Expand Biden’s Climate Corps" [16]

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

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [24], 09/22/2023
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"EPA’s Own Scientists Warn Ethanol Might Not Be Green Enough" [25]

"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 [26]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [28]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Green [29], 09/22/2023
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"At a Summit on Climate Ambition, the U.S. and China End Up on the B List" [30]

"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 [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [32], 09/21/2023
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"Biden Launches American Climate Corps" [33]

"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 [34]
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [35], 09/21/2023
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"X Ranks Last On Climate Change Misinformation Scorecard" [36]

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

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [31]
Source: The Hill [38], 09/21/2023
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"United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say" [39]

"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 [40]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [42]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: ProPublica [45], 09/21/2023
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"Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action" [46]

"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 [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
International [31]
Source: E&E News [47], 09/20/2023
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"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [48]

"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 [49]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [37]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [50], 09/20/2023
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Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour [51]

"Rishi Sunak is planning to row back on some of the government’s net zero policies that impose a direct cost on consumers as the Conservatives attempt to create a dividing line with Labour before the next election."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [42]
Public [13]
Europe [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 09/20/2023
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"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [54]

"Industrial companies in the Netherlands get 39 billion to 46 billion euros ($42-49 billion) in tax breaks and subsidies annually for using fossil fuels, the Dutch government said in a report aimed at spurring international debate on such subsidies."

Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
Europe [52]
Source: Reuters [55], 09/20/2023
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Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official [56]

"A coal plant seeking hundreds of millions in public funding submitted an analysis riddled with mistakes, according to a former Energy Department official. But the government published it anyway."

Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 09/19/2023
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Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [58]

"Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), two of Congress’s most vocal proponents for aggressive climate action, on Monday called for President Biden to establish a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC)."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [59], 09/19/2023
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Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York [60]

"Tens of thousands of people, including students, retirees, scientists, politicians and celebrities, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating up the planet."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [37]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [31]
Source: NYTimes [61], 09/18/2023
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"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One" [62]

"If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [42]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [63], 09/18/2023
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