EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Protesters Block Road Into Burning Man Festival; Rangers Ram Blockade" [9]

"Climate activists caused a miles-long traffic jam when they blocked the only road leading into the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

Videos posted online show activists using a trailer to block the road that leads into Black Rock City. One video posted to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, shows a white pickup truck appearing to be from the Pyramid Lake Ranger Station crashing through the barricade set up by protesters.
Activism [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: The Hill [19], 08/31/2023
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"EPA Revises Waters Rule to Align With High Court Wetlands Ruling" [20]

"A new rule governing federally protected waters and wetlands was issued Tuesday by the EPA to align agency regulations with a US Supreme Court ruling that will allow unpermitted development in wetlands across the country."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [27]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 08/30/2023
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"Why Climate Denial Could Still Be Taught At Texas Schools" [29]

"PragerU doesn’t need official approval to spread climate denial in public schools, a Texas State Teachers Association representative tells HEATED."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Science [30]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: HEATED [32], 08/30/2023
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Carbon Credit Speculators Could Lose Billions As Offsets Deemed ‘Worthless’ [33]

"Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have no environmental worth and have become stranded assets."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [34]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [16]
International [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 08/25/2023
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"Top Science Publisher Withdraws Flawed Climate Study" [37]

"Top science publisher Springer Nature said it has withdrawn a study that presented misleading conclusions on climate change impacts after an investigation prompted by an AFP inquiry."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Science [30]
Public [16]
International [35]
Source: AFP [38], 08/25/2023
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"Candidates Largely Dismiss Climate Issues At First GOP Debate" [39]

"Climate change received little attention at the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday evening, with Vivek Ramaswamy dismissing it as a “hoax” in what was the most forceful comment on the matter throughout the night."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Science [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [40], 08/24/2023
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"Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries" [41]

"Texas regulators on Tuesday approved a 12,000-acre coal mine expansion despite objections from local governments and a river authority concerned about their water supplies."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 08/24/2023
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PHMSA Raises Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice [44]

"Federal regulators have sent a proposed safety order to the developers of the contentious and highly politicized Mountain Valley Pipeline citing concerns over potential pipe corrosion and land movement in the steep mountain terrain the pipeline will cross in West Virginia and Virginia."

Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [45]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 08/23/2023
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Some States Reject Federal Money To Find, Replace Dangerous Lead Pipes [48]

"As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds."

Environmental Health [49]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [45]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [50], 08/23/2023
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"PragerU Says It's Approved In Texas Schools. It's Not." [51]

"The conservative group's big announcement that its climate denial videos were approved in Texas public schools appears to be a lie, the Texas State Board of Education tells HEATED."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Science [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: HEATED [52], 08/23/2023
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"Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil Drilling In Part Of Amazon, Mining Outside Quito" [53]

"Ecuadorean referendums to ban oil drilling in a part of the Amazon and mining in a forest outside Quito easily passed, drawing cheers on Monday from Indigenous leaders and environmentalists despite warnings from oil and mining groups about billions of dollars in lost income."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [34]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [27]
Public [16]
South America [54]
Source: Reuters [55], 08/22/2023
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"EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review" [56]

"EPA is restarting review of a high-stakes decision on ground-level ozone standards in a step that short-circuits the prospects for any imminent action to tighten limits on the lung-damaging pollutant."

Air [57]
Environmental Health [49]
Environmental Justice [58]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [59], 08/22/2023
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"Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court" [60]

"Oil companies including Sunoco LP, Chevron Corp., and Exxon Mobil Corp. urged justices to dismiss a climate lawsuit they say falls outside of the scope of local law during oral arguments Thursday at the Hawaii Supreme Court."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Science [30]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [61], 08/22/2023
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Enviros Sue To Keep Virginia In Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [62]

"A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Monday in Virginia that challenges Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s move to pull the state out of a regional carbon cap-and-trade initiative."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Source: AP [63], 08/22/2023
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"UN Climate Summit Host UAE Failed To Report Methane Emissions To UN" [64]

"The United Arab Emirates, which will run the crucial Cop28 UN climate summit in December, has failed to report its emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane to the UN for almost a decade, the Guardian can reveal."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
International [35]
Middle East [65]
Source: Guardian [66], 08/18/2023
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