EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Depleted Under Trump, a ‘Traumatized’ E.P.A. Struggles With Its Mission" [9]

"Despite an injection of funding, the agency still has not recovered from an exodus of scientists and policy experts, both insiders and critics say."

"WASHINGTON — The nation’s top environmental agency is still reeling from the exodus of more than 1,200 scientists and policy experts during the Trump administration. The chemicals chief said her staff can’t keep up with a mounting workload. The enforcement unit is prosecuting fewer polluters than at any time in the past two decades.
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [18], 01/24/2023
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"Big Tech Helps Big Oil Spread Subtle Climate Denialism" [19]

"Fossil-fuel companies’ climate messaging may have changed to fit the new century, but the goal is the same the industry has had for decades: to delay action and protect profits for as long as possible. Even in the face of an increasingly obvious climate emergency, this message still resonates with many people. Maybe that’s because the biggest social media companies help amplify it."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [23]
Pollution [15]
Science [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [25]
Source: Bloomberg [26], 01/24/2023
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"Georgia Regulators Release Plans For Mine Near Okefenokee" [27]

"Georgia regulators released detailed plans Thursday for a titanium mine near the fabled Okefenokee swamp, a project that’s drawn the ire of environmental groups and the head of the Interior Department."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: E&E News [31], 01/23/2023
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"Rough Road For Farm Bill As Divided Congress Takes Hold" [32]

"A chaotic start to the new Republican-led House may spell trouble for the 2023 farm bill."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [36]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [38]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [39], 01/23/2023
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"Thunberg Says Davos Elite 'Fuelling Destruction Of Planet'" [40]

"Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying it was "absurd" to listen to them while they fuelled 'the destruction of the planet.'"

Activism [41]
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [16]
International [25]
Source: AFP [42], 01/20/2023
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"Trump’s Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Ethics Rules, Watchdog Finds" [43]

"The inspector general for the Interior Department said on Thursday it had found no evidence that the former secretary, David Bernhardt, violated federal ethics or conflict-of-interest rules when the department made decisions that affected one of his former clients, a California water district."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [44], 01/20/2023
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"These Farmers Dominate The Colorado River. Cross Them At Your Peril" [45]

"The letter from Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly was greeted like an act of war in California’s Imperial Valley."

Agriculture [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [46]
Source: LA Times [47], 01/20/2023
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Shell To Spend $450M On Possibly Worthless Carbon Offsets [48]

"British multinational to spend huge sums on schemes that do not bring genuine carbon reductions, analysis shows".

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
International [25]
Source: Guardian [49], 01/20/2023
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"Biden Tours Storm-Ravaged California Coast Thursday" [50]

"U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to California on Thursday to tour areas hit hard by a series of deadly "atmospheric river" storms that inflicted widespread flooding, felled trees and brought mudslides to a state long gripped by extreme drought."

Climate Change [20]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Politics [12]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [46]
Source: Reuters [51], 01/19/2023
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Granholm Says GOP Bill Would Weaken SPR, Result In Higher Gas Prices [52]

"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is pushing back on a Republican proposal to put stipulations on withdrawing oil from the country’s strategic reserve, arguing that the measure would curtail the use of a key security tool and drive up prices."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [53], 01/19/2023
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"‘It’s Time To Start Suing’: States Tee Up Next WOTUS War" [54]

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday he filed a challenge against the new EPA and Army Corps of Engineers definition of which waterways and wetlands are subject to federal permitting requirements."

Agriculture [33]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Planning & Growth [55]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [56], 01/19/2023
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Greta at Davos: Fossil Fuel Giants 'Throw People Under The Bus' For Gain [57]

"Greta Thunberg is leading some big names in youth climate action at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland."

Activism [41]
Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Public [16]
International [25]
Source: Euronews [58], 01/19/2023
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"How Dark Money Groups Led Ohio To Redefine Gas As ‘Green Energy’" [59]

"Conservative groups helped Ohio lawmakers push the narrative that the fuel is clean, documents show. They are taking their campaign to other states."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [23]
Science [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [60], 01/18/2023
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"Biden’s Green Energy Bank Races to Leverage $394 Billion to Scale Cleantech" [61]

"The Energy Department office that helped Tesla — and made a bad bet on Solyndra — is hustling to get loans out as the GOP vows scrutiny."

Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [12]
Technology [62]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [63], 01/18/2023
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"Federal Government Advances Big Water Projects" [64]

"Before ending its session and swearing in new members, Congress passed a fiscal year 2023 budget with key provisions for water infrastructure and disaster recovery. That’s in addition to approving legislation that authorizes Army Corps of Engineers projects for flood protection, navigation, and environmental restoration."

Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [65]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Transportation [66]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Circle of Blue [67], 01/18/2023
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