EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Senators Back Solar Tariffs, Oppose Prairie Bird Safeguards" [9]

"The Senate approved a measure Wednesday that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S. Lawmakers also approved a separate plan to undo federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken...."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [19], 05/04/2023
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Senators Hopeful They Can Keep Rail Safety Bill On Track After E Palestine [20]

"Three months after the devastating East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, senators are optimistic they can pass a bipartisan rail safety bill to prevent similar disasters."

Chemicals [21]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [27], 05/04/2023
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"Inside Big Beef’s Climate Messaging Machine: Confuse, Defend And Downplay" [28]

"The US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Guardian [33], 05/04/2023
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"U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Says China Has Invited Him For Talks" [34]

"U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday China has invited him to visit “in the near term” for talks on averting a global climate change crisis even as diplomatic relations between the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters remain tense."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Asia [35]
Source: Reuters [36], 05/04/2023
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"Hawaii Lawmakers Fail To Pass Annual Park Fee For Tourists" [37]

"Hawaii lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have made tourists help pay for the protection of the state’s forests and wildlife even though the idea has widespread public and political support."

Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [39]
Source: AP [40], 05/04/2023
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"Biden’s Push To Disclose Climate Risks Hits Wall Of Industry Resistance" [41]

"Big business is bucking Biden’s efforts to use SEC rules and the purchasing power of the U.S. government to reveal and reduce climate emissions".

Climate Change [29]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [42], 05/03/2023
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"Climate-Hit Wetlands Lay Bare Britain's Biodiversity Struggle" [43]

"As seagulls circled above and tourists watched in confusion, Duncan Holmes steered his boat through thousands of dead fish bobbing at the surface of the River Thurne in east England."

Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [44]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [45]
Public [17]
Europe [46]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [47], 05/03/2023
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"The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesn’t." [48]

"The agency is mandated to safeguard the environment from damage caused by communication infrastructure. But when companies want to add new cell phone towers, build on protected land or launch satellites, the agency typically does little or nothing."

Biodiversity [11]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: ProPublica [49], 05/03/2023
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"Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming" [50]

"In October 2021, Google promised to stop placing ads alongside content that denied the existence and causes of climate change, so that purveyors of the false claims could no longer make money on its platforms, including YouTube."

Climate Change [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [51], 05/03/2023
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"Supreme Court to Mull Voiding Chevron Ruling on Agency Power" [52]

"The US Supreme Court will consider overturning a decades-old legal doctrine that has given federal regulators broad power to define their authority, accepting an appeal that aims to put new constraints on environmental, consumer-protection and financial-watchdog agencies."

Environmental Politics [13]
Government [53]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [54], 05/02/2023
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"Navajo Nation, Activists Feel Cut Out As Company Plans Uranium Mining [55]

"When a foreign company started exploratory drilling for the possible return of uranium mining near Church Rock, community members say they were not informed in advance."

Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [13]
Natural Resources [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [57]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
Source: NM Political Report [59], 05/02/2023
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Climate Change Is Walloping US Farms. Can Farm Bill Create Solutions? [60]

"Although it seems like everyone in D.C. is buzzing about a “climate farm bill,” some of the most impactful changes, including crop diversification and shifting diets from meat toward plants, are barely on the negotiating table."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [56]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [31]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Civil Eats [61], 05/02/2023
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Brazil’s Lula Recognizes Six Indigenous Lands, And Says More To Come [62]

"During the largest gathering of Indigenous people in Brazil, President Lula recognized six Indigenous lands, resuming the demarcation process which stalled for over six years under the two former presidents."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [17]
South America [63]
Source: Mongabay [64], 05/02/2023
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"EPA Allows Gasoline With Higher Ethanol Blend During Summer" [65]

"Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer under an emergency waiver issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency in a move that could reduce prices at the pump and boost demand for the Midwest-based ethanol industry."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [29]
Consumer [30]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [66], 05/01/2023
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"New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Buildings" [67]

"New York may soon become the first state in the nation to ban natural gas in new construction under a budget deal announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul."

Climate Change [29]
Consumer [30]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [25]
Public [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [68]
Source: NYTimes [69], 05/01/2023
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