EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Misinformation Research Is Buckling Under GOP Legal Attacks" [9]

"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 [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Washington Post [19], 09/25/2023
- Read more about "Misinformation Research Is Buckling Under GOP Legal Attacks" [9]
15 Years In, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing [20]

"New York City’s annual Climate Week has just about wrapped up, with the usual guise of inspiring climate solutions. But there’s one glaring disconnect: It is sponsored by some of the biggest perpetrators of the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [17]
International [21]
Source: Sierra [22], 09/25/2023
- Read more about 15 Years In, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing [20]
"Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls" [23]

"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 [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [25]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg [26], 09/22/2023
- Read more about "Government Shutdown Poses ‘Seismic’ Threat to Pollution Controls" [23]
"Democrats Pledge To Protect, Expand Biden’s Climate Corps" [27]

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

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [33], 09/22/2023
- Read more about "Democrats Pledge To Protect, Expand Biden’s Climate Corps" [27]
"EPA’s Own Scientists Warn Ethanol Might Not Be Green Enough" [34]

"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 [35]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Science [16]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Green [37], 09/22/2023
- Read more about "EPA’s Own Scientists Warn Ethanol Might Not Be Green Enough" [34]
"At a Summit on Climate Ambition, the U.S. and China End Up on the B List" [38]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [17]
International [21]
Source: NYTimes [39], 09/21/2023
- Read more about "At a Summit on Climate Ambition, the U.S. and China End Up on the B List" [38]
"Biden Launches American Climate Corps" [40]

"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 [41]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [30]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: E&E News [42], 09/21/2023
- Read more about "Biden Launches American Climate Corps" [40]
"X Ranks Last On Climate Change Misinformation Scorecard" [43]

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

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [21]
Source: The Hill [44], 09/21/2023
- Read more about "X Ranks Last On Climate Change Misinformation Scorecard" [43]
"United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say" [45]

"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 [46]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [47]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [17]
International [21]
Source: ProPublica [50], 09/21/2023
- Read more about "United Nations Seems to Boost Plastics Industry Interests, Critics Say" [45]
"Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action" [51]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
International [21]
Source: E&E News [52], 09/20/2023
- Read more about "Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action" [51]
"Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [53]

"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 [54]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [30]
Journalism & Media [14]
Water & Oceans [49]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [55], 09/20/2023
- Read more about "Wind Opponents Spread Myth About Dead Whales" [53]
Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour [56]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [47]
Public [17]
Europe [57]
Source: Guardian [58], 09/20/2023
- Read more about Sunak Planning To Drop Net Zero Policies In Pre-Election Challenge To Labour [56]
"Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [59]

"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 [10]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [17]
Europe [57]
Source: Reuters [60], 09/20/2023
- Read more about "Dutch Firms Get Up To $49 Bln Annually In Fossil Fuel Subsidies -Report" [59]
Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official [61]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [62], 09/19/2023
- Read more about Errors In A Federal Carbon Capture Analysis Warn Of Waste: Former Official [61]
Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [63]

"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 [41]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [31]
People & Population [32]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: The Hill [64], 09/19/2023
- Read more about Markey, AOC Ask Biden To Create Civilian Climate Corps By Executive Order [63]

Pages