EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

EPA Proposes Power Plant Emissions Rule To Confront Climate Change [9]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing on Thursday a draft rule aimed at curbing planet-warming emissions from fossil-fired power plants that is expected to be a key piece of the Biden administration’s climate policy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 05/11/2023
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"In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Plan" [17]

"The White House on Wednesday endorsed a plan by Senator Joe Manchin III to speed the approval of some fossil fuel projects in order to also hasten the construction of new transmission lines critical for meeting President Biden’s climate goals."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [19], 05/11/2023
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"Air Pollution Monitoring Bill Blocked By Louisiana Senate Committee" [20]

"The latest effort to create a public warning system for spikes in air pollution was snuffed out by a Senate committee."

Air [21]
Chemicals [22]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [27], 05/11/2023
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"Climate Maths 'Doesn't Add Up' Without Carbon Capture: COP28 Chief" [28]

"The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Wednesday the world must get "serious" about new emission-capturing technology, rather than focussing only on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [14]
Middle East [29]
Source: Phys.org [30], 05/11/2023
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"Florida Lawmakers Want To Use Radioactive Material To Pave Roads" [31]

"Roads in Florida could soon include phosphogypsum — a radioactive waste material from the fertilizer industry — under a bill lawmakers have sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis."

Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: NPR [34], 05/11/2023
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New Mexico Officials: FEMA Delays Lead To Mistrust Among Wildfire Victims [35]

"Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are criticizing federal emergency managers for missing deadlines as residents seek recovery assistance following the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [37]
Natural Resources [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: AP [40], 05/11/2023
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Recreational Fishing Industry Ranks Safety of Right Whales Below Profit [41]

"Proposed science-backed speed limit reductions could prevent whales from dying in vessel strikes, but boating advocates are pushing back, citing economic impacts."

Biodiversity [42]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Hakai [44], 05/11/2023
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"World Not Ready Yet To 'Switch Off' Fossil Fuels, COP28 Host UAE Says" [45]

"The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions - not the production of oil, gas and coal - at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [25]
Public [14]
International [46]
Source: Reuters [47], 05/10/2023
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"Alaska, Nebraska Wetlands Takeover Tied to Federal Waters Ruling" [48]

"Alaska and Nebraska are the only states that say they’re actively pursuing taking over the EPA’s dredge-and-fill permitting program for waters and wetlands as the agency prepares to update its rule governing such takeovers."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [49], 05/10/2023
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Climate Change Forces a Rethinking of Mammoth Everglades Restoration Plan [50]

"Even as the $21 billion effort unfolds, officials realize that its water infrastructure cannot contend with rising seas, violent storms and Florida’s non-stop influx of residents."

Agriculture [51]
Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [52], 05/10/2023
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‘It Gives Life’: Philippine Tribe Fights To Save A Sacred River From Dam [53]

"Each year, members of the Dumagat-Remontado tribe gather at the Tinipak River to observe an Indigenous ritual to honor their supreme being and pray for healing and protection. This year, the rite had an additional intention: to ward off an impending dam project they fear will inundate the site of the ritual."

Biodiversity [42]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Infrastructure [18]
Natural Resources [38]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [55]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [14]
Australia & Oceania [56]
Source: Mongabay [57], 05/10/2023
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"The Pink River Dolphins of the Amazon Have a Warning for Humans" [58]

"It was a rare sight, an endangered species emblematic of the Colombian Amazon, considered sacred by the region’s Indigenous communities: the pink dolphins."

Biodiversity [42]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
South America [60]
Source: Washington Post [61], 05/10/2023
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Will Billions To Fix Texas Water Systems Reach These Forgotten Colonias? [62]

"An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come."

"Maria Martínez constantly calculates how much water is left in the 2,000-gallon tank that sits outside her home near El Paso.

When there’s less than 600 gallons, it’s time to place an order. A few loads of laundry and dirty dishes will use every last drop.
Consumer [63]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [64]
Planning & Growth [65]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Texas Tribune [66], 05/09/2023
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Can Ethanol Fuel Ever Live Up to Its Hype? [67]

"The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics."

Agriculture [51]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Transportation [33]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Grist [68], 05/09/2023
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"Charles Is Not Your Climate King" [69]

"When Queen Elizabeth II died September 2022, her son Charles III became the new king of England. Immediately, headlines advised on how he could brand himself as the climate king."

Activism [70]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [71]
Public [14]
Europe [72]
Source: Earther [73], 05/09/2023
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