EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Key House Republican Floats Energy Package" [9]

"House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) on Wednesday signaled the committee will move on a larger energy legislative package under her leadership."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [17], 01/12/2023
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Reversing Trump, White House Moves To Weigh Climate In Infrastructure [18]

"Federal regulators have been instructed to consider planet-warming pollution before approving large projects like pipelines and airports."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [22], 01/11/2023
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"Climate Deniers Try to 'Fact Check' Real Reporting" [23]

"A prominent group of deniers with a history of dark money benefactors is now trying to claim media is biased, thanks to new funding."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [24]
Science [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Earther [26], 01/11/2023
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"Critic Of Fossil Fuels To Lead Key Offshore Oil Agency For Biden" [27]

"The Biden administration is using a new opening at a powerful offshore energy agency to elevate a critic of fossil fuels who previously was blocked from a top Interior Department job because of opposition from oil industry allies in the Senate."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [28]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [30], 01/11/2023
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The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars [31]

"For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [33], 01/11/2023
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Grijalva Blasts House Rules Package For Making Public Land Transfers Easier [34]

"The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee blasted a provision in the proposed House rules package that would make it easier to transfer public lands, calling it an indication the new GOP majority intends to pursue a broadly pro-industry agenda."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [36], 01/10/2023
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"Brazil Authorities Seek To Punish Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters" [37]

"Brazilian authorities were picking up the pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [38]
Public [15]
South America [39]
Source: AP [40], 01/09/2023
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"Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly Air Pollution" [41]

"A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color."

Air [42]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [45], 01/09/2023
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Buyers Of Electric Cars Can Get A $7,500 Tax Credit, But It Won't Be Easy [46]

"Uncle Sam wants you to buy an electric vehicle. And he's willing to throw $7,500 your way to make it happen ... if you and the model you want both qualify."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [47], 01/09/2023
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"Republicans Target Oil Reserve Releases With Initial Energy Bills" [48]

"House Republicans are honing in on releases from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the first set of bills that they’re expected to take up once they can start legislating."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [49], 01/09/2023
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"Drilling Down on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change" [50]

"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 [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reveal [51], 01/09/2023
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"Biden EPA Backs Off Plan to Crack Down on Smog From Permian Oil Drillers" [52]

"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 [42]
Environmental Health [53]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [44]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg [54], 01/06/2023
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Lula’s First Pro-Environment Acts Protect Indigenous People And The Amazon [55]

"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 [13]
Forests [56]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
South America [39]
Source: Mongabay [57], 01/05/2023
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"Biden Taps Democrat On Interstate Energy Commission As Its Interim Chair" [58]

"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 [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [59], 01/05/2023
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"Farewell To The Senate’s Biggest Climate Denier" [60]

"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 [13]
Science [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [61], 01/05/2023
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