EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling" [9]

"In the past three weeks, President Biden’s administration has proposed regulations to speed the transition to electric vehicles, committed $1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change and prepared what could be the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. And yet, many young voters alarmed by climate change remain angry with Mr. Biden’s decision last month to approve Willow, an $8 billion oil drilling project on pristine federal land in Alaska."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 04/25/2023
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"Granholm Backs Mountain Valley Pipeline" [19]

"The Biden administration has thrown its weight behind the Mountain Valley pipeline, a major natural gas project favored by West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and opposed by environmental advocates."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: E&E News [25], 04/25/2023
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"The Next Big U.S. Power Plant Fight Is Coming" [26]

"On Monday, several outlets broke the story that the Biden administration is planning to release a plan to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. And even though the rule isn’t public yet, if history is any indication, conservative forces are already getting ready to take the EPA to court."

Air [27]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Earther [30], 04/25/2023
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"E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants" [31]

"President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants, according to three people who were briefed on the rule."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [33], 04/24/2023
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"UN’s Weather Agency: 2022 Was Nasty, Deadly, Costly And Hot" [34]

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"Looking back at 2022's weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [36]
Public [15]
International [37]
Source: AP [38], 04/24/2023
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"FTC Eyes Revisions to the Guidelines that Shape Green Marketing" [39]

"Environmental groups, industries and individuals are jostling to sway the Federal Trade Commission as the regulator mulls revising guidelines that shape how far companies can go in portraying themselves and their products as environmentally friendly."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [41]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [42], 04/24/2023
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Earth Day Greenwashing Must Not Detract From Message: Protest Founder [43]

"Corporate greenwashing should not undermine the message behind Earth Day and has nothing to do with its original aims, one of the founders of the annual environmental event has warned."

Activism [44]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [41]
Public [15]
International [37]
Source: Guardian [45], 04/24/2023
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"Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court" [46]

"Some saw my former student’s actions as a climate protest. As I examined the years leading up to his death, I found his grief for our planet was undeniable."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [47]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [48]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 04/24/2023
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"EPA Reaches Deal To Police Pennsylvania’s Pollution of Chesapeake Bay" [50]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to step up enforcement in Pennsylvania to ensure that it meets targets for reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, state and environmental officials announced Thursday."

Agriculture [51]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [21]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Source: Washington Post [54], 04/21/2023
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DC’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobby Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy [55]

"On two of the most consequential decisions facing Congress and the Biden administration on energy and climate change, the nation’s newest and largest clean power industry group has decisively aligned itself with companies that want to preserve markets for natural gas."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [56], 04/21/2023
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After 18 Years, EPA Still Has No Method For Measuring CAFO Air Pollution [57]

"The agency says it will move forward on air emissions regulations for livestock operations this year."

Agriculture [51]
Air [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Investigate Midwest [58], 04/21/2023
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"Climate Tension: UN Chief Chides Biden, Other World Leaders" [59]

"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bluntly challenged the climate efforts of President Joe Biden and other world leaders Thursday in a message for a White House summit, charging that expanded oil and gas drilling and other policies of the richest countries amount to a “death sentence” for the planet."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [41]
Public [15]
International [37]
Source: AP [60], 04/21/2023
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"Biden to Pledge $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil" [61]

"The promise to help Brazil protect the Amazon must be approved by Congress, where Republicans are opposed to foreign climate aid."

"WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday will pledge $500 million over five years to fight deforestation in Brazil, a White House official said, in a move that would make the United States one of the largest donors to the global Amazon Fund.
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [62]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
South America [63]
Source: NYTimes [64], 04/20/2023
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Citing Neo-Nazis, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Grid Protesters [65]

"Utah, Georgia and Tennessee are the latest states to pass legislation designed to counter demonstrations like those against the Dakota Access pipeline."

Activism [44]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: HuffPost [66], 04/20/2023
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House Fails To Override Biden Veto Of Resolution To Overturn EPA Water Rule [67]

"The House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency water rule."

Biodiversity [68]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [69], 04/19/2023
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