EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Drilling Down on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change" [9]

"The United States has pledged to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, but Russia’s war in Ukraine set off a bonanza for liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Today, we look at how energy companies and the Biden administration are backsliding on promises to move away from oil and gas."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Reveal [16], 01/09/2023
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"Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers" [17]

"The Biden administration is deferring a plan to crack down on smog in the drilling hotbed of the Permian Basin, handing a win to oil producers along with their allies in Texas and New Mexico."

Air [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [20]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg [21], 01/06/2023
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Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [22]

"In the first day of his third mandate as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued measures to protect the Amazon and Indigenous people, acts highly celebrated by environmentalists and activists as a reversal of an anti-environment-and-Indigenous era from predecessor Jair Bolsonaro."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
South America [24]
Source: Mongabay [25], 01/05/2023
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"Biden Taps Democrat On Interstate Energy Commission As Its Interim Chair" [26]

"President Biden will name Willie Phillips as interim head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the White House confirmed Tuesday."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [28], 01/05/2023
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"Farewell To The Senate’s Biggest Climate Denier" [29]

"Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) leaves behind a legacy of climate disinformation, and a small army of pro-industry contrarians."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Science [30]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: HuffPost [31], 01/05/2023
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"Protests Near German Village Vacated To Expand Coal Mine" [32]

"Scuffles broke out on Monday outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that is drawing resistance from climate activists."

Activism [33]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
Europe [34]
Source: AP [35], 01/04/2023
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"Speaker Race In Limbo As GOP Readies Oversight, Energy Bills" [36]

"Republicans will take control of the House this week vowing to hold the Biden administration accountable, but big questions remain over who, exactly, will be leading the chamber."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [37], 01/03/2023
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"Subpoenaed Fossil Fuel Documents Reveal an Industry Stuck in the Past" [38]

"The industry is still running the same five-step plan, to the same end: preserving power, subsidies, and social license."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Intercept [41], 01/03/2023
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GOP Primed To Attack ‘Woke Capitalism,’ Climate Disclosure Rules in 2023 [42]

"Conservative politicians argue that environmental, social and governance principles—known as "ESG"—are diverting asset managers from their duties to investors, and may even amount to illegal collusion."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 01/03/2023
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"Ahead of Major Court Case, E.P.A. Revises Clean-Water Protections" [44]

"A new rule revives an older set of protections for rivers, marshes and waterways, setting aside changes in the Obama and Trump administrations that led to years of legal wrangling." "The Biden administration is working to complete a clean water regulation before a Supreme Court ruling that could complicate the government’s ability to protect wetlands and other waters."

Agriculture [45]
Biodiversity [46]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [48]
Planning & Growth [49]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [50]
Wildlife [51]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [52], 01/02/2023
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"Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida" [53]

"Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday. Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando."

Agriculture [45]
Biodiversity [46]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Justice [54]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [23]
Government [55]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [48]
Wildlife [51]
Public [14]
South America [24]
Source: NYTimes [56], 01/02/2023
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"Thousands Will Live Here One Day (as Long as They Can Find Water)" [57]

"In the increasingly dry Southwest, drought and climate change pose a challenge for developers, who need to find creative ways to provide water supply to new communities."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [58]
Planning & Growth [49]
Water & Oceans [50]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [59]
Source: NYTimes [60], 01/02/2023
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