SEJ
Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > Environmental Politics

"U.S. Eyes Nuclear Reactor Tax Credit To Meet Climate Goals -Sources" [1]

"The White House has signaled privately to lawmakers and stakeholders in recent weeks that it supports taxpayer subsidies to keep nuclear facilities from closing and making it harder to meet U.S. climate goals, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [8], 05/06/2021
  • Read more about "U.S. Eyes Nuclear Reactor Tax Credit To Meet Climate Goals -Sources" [1]

"U.S. EPA To Hand Over Biofuel Exemption Documents To GAO Probe" [9]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is handing over to the Government Accountability Office information on oil refiners that petitioned for exemptions to biofuel blending mandates, in an effort to help the government watchdog investigate the exemption program."

Agriculture [10]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [13], 05/06/2021
  • Read more about "U.S. EPA To Hand Over Biofuel Exemption Documents To GAO Probe" [9]

"Environmental Enforcement Tool Still Stymied by Trump Regulation" [14]

"A Trump-era Justice Department regulation is preventing the EPA from resuming broad use of a popular enforcement tool that the Biden administration has been asked to revive."

Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 05/06/2021
  • Read more about "Environmental Enforcement Tool Still Stymied by Trump Regulation" [14]

"Maine Fishing Interests Seek Total Ban On Offshore Wind Energy" [17]

"More than 60 commercial fishermen and their supporters testified Tuesday in favor of a bill that would block any attempt to develop offshore wind projects anywhere along the Maine coast."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Source: Portland Press Herald [20], 05/06/2021
  • Read more about "Maine Fishing Interests Seek Total Ban On Offshore Wind Energy" [17]

"Why Won’t This Giant Oil Pipeline Reveal Its Secret Backers?" [21]

"Expansion will stretch hundreds miles and is fiercely opposed by numerous groups – but despite repeated calls the Canadian government has not forced the pipeline reveal its insurers".

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [6]
Canada [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 05/05/2021
  • Read more about "Why Won’t This Giant Oil Pipeline Reveal Its Secret Backers?" [21]

Chemicals: Biden's 'End Cancer' Pledge Begs For Environmental Oversight [25]

"President Biden pledged last week to 'end cancer as we know it,' a bold promise focused on boosting funding to the National Institutes of Health for a special Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health. ... But public health experts who have spent their careers examining environmental causes of cancer say it may not be possible to truly stop cancer without EPA stepping in."

Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [28]
Science [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [30], 05/05/2021
  • Read more about Chemicals: Biden's 'End Cancer' Pledge Begs For Environmental Oversight [25]

"DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion" [31]

"An overwhelming majority of DuPont de Nemours Inc. investors voted in favor of a proposal calling for more transparency on pollution, rebuffing the chemical giant’s management at its annual meeting."

Activism [32]
Chemicals [26]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [22]
Pollution [34]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [35], 05/04/2021
  • Read more about "DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion" [31]

"Biden Plan to Boost Public Transit Funding: Visionary or Wasteful?" [36]

"If President Joe Biden gets his way, the federal government will double public transit funding in the coming years. He sees it as an essential part of his proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package: a way to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality and meet rider demand."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [37]
Transportation [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Pew/Stateline [38], 05/04/2021
  • Read more about "Biden Plan to Boost Public Transit Funding: Visionary or Wasteful?" [36]

Environmentalists Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Pipeline Permitting [39]

"A coalition of five environmental groups on Monday sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the corps did not properly analyze environmental impacts when issuing a broad pipeline permit."

Activism [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [37]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [41], 05/04/2021
  • Read more about Environmentalists Sue Army Corps Of Engineers Over Pipeline Permitting [39]

"California Senator Seeks Expansion Of Land, Water Protection" [42]

"California Sen. Alex Padilla on Monday proposed a vast expansion of government protection for public lands and rivers that he said would fight climate change and safeguard natural treasures for generations to come."

Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [43]
Public [6]
California [44]
Source: AP [45], 05/04/2021
  • Read more about "California Senator Seeks Expansion Of Land, Water Protection" [42]

Pages

  • « first [4]
  • ‹ previous [46]
  • …
  • 555 [47]
  • 556 [48]
  • 557 [49]
  • 558 [46]
  • 559
  • 560 [50]
  • 561 [51]
  • 562 [52]
  • 563 [53]
  • …
  • next › [50]
  • last » [54]
  • Contact Us  |
  • Donate  |
  • Join  |
  • Members  |
  • Privacy & Security Policies  |
  • Reach SEJ Members  |
  • Renew  |
  • Site Map
The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.

Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=558

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-eyes-nuclear-reactor-tax-credit-meet-climate-goals-sources [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/white-house-eyes-subsidies-nuclear-plants-help-meet-climate-targets-sources-2021-05-05/ [9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-epa-hand-over-biofuel-exemption-documents-gao-probe [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [13] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-epa-hand-over-biofuel-exemption-documents-gao-probe-2021-05-05/ [14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-enforcement-tool-still-stymied-trump-regulation [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [16] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/environmental-enforcement-tool-still-stymied-by-trump-regulation [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/maine-fishing-interests-seek-total-ban-offshore-wind-energy [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [20] https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/04/maine-fishing-interests-plead-for-total-offshore-wind-ban/ [21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/why-won-t-giant-oil-pipeline-reveal-its-secret-backers [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [24] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/04/canada-trans-mountain-oil-pipeline-backers [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chemicals-bidens-end-cancer-pledge-begs-environmental-oversight [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [30] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063731675 [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dupont-loses-plastic-pollution-vote-record-81-rebellion [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [35] https://bnanews.bna.com/environment-and-energy/dupont-loses-plastic-pollution-vote-with-record-81-rebellion [36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-plan-boost-public-transit-funding-visionary-or-wasteful [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [38] https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/04/28/biden-plan-to-boost-public-transit-funding-visionary-or-wasteful [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmentalists-sue-army-corps-engineers-over-pipeline-permitting [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [41] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/551478-environmental-groups-sue-army-corps-of-engineers-over-pipeline?rl=1 [42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-senator-seeks-expansion-land-water-protection [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [45] https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-travel-climate-change-environment-and-nature-4e5715b7e372ad9bf0d64290553fb4e2 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=557 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=554 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=555 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=556 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=559 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=560 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=561 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=562 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=1467