EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Schools In 47 States To Get EPA Funds For Clean Buses" [9]

"EPA announced this week that it has awarded about $900 million to school districts across the country to buy clean school buses. The money will come in the form of rebates to participating school districts, and it will help pay for about 3,400 buses in 531 school systems in 47 states, plus the District of Columbia and several tribal regions and U.S. territories."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Transportation [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [17], 05/30/2024
- Read more about "Schools In 47 States To Get EPA Funds For Clean Buses" [9]
A Pot Of Unspent Federal Money Could Have Prevented Jackson’s Water Crisis [18]

"Late in the summer of 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency sent the Mississippi state government a routine report assessing its use of federal funding for water infrastructure. The agency concluded with the words “no findings” — that is, the EPA found no issue with how Mississippi was spending its money."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [13]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Grist [25], 05/29/2024
- Read more about A Pot Of Unspent Federal Money Could Have Prevented Jackson’s Water Crisis [18]
"California Climate Programs Would Lose Billions In Newsom’s Budget" [26]

"Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to support a bond measure to help pay for billions of dollars in climate programs endangered by the state’s record deficit and deepening budget cuts."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
California [28]
Source: CalMatters [29], 05/29/2024
- Read more about "California Climate Programs Would Lose Billions In Newsom’s Budget" [26]
"What’s At Stake For The Environment In Mexico’s Upcoming Election?" [30]

"Mexico will hold elections on June 2 that are likely to shape the country for years to come. In addition to president, all 500 deputies in the lower house of Congress and all 128 seats in the Senate are on the ballot. The winners will have to reckon with a host of pressing environmental concerns that range from renewable energy and mining to access to clean water and infrastructure."

Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
Mexico [31]
Source: Mongabay [32], 05/28/2024
- Read more about "What’s At Stake For The Environment In Mexico’s Upcoming Election?" [30]
"Can Trump Really Slam the Brakes on Electric Vehicles?" [33]

"Donald J. Trump is crystal clear about his disdain for electric vehicles. The former president has falsely claimed electric cars don’t work, promised to shred President Biden’s policies that encourage E.V. manufacturing and sales, and has said he would slap a “100 percent tariff” on electric cars imported from Mexico if he retakes the White House."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [14]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [34], 05/28/2024
- Read more about "Can Trump Really Slam the Brakes on Electric Vehicles?" [33]
"Haaland Upends NPS Uniform Ban For Pride Parades" [35]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a directive Friday that could pave the way for National Park Service employees to wear their uniforms in Pride marches celebrating the LGBTQ+ community next month."

Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [21]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [37], 05/28/2024
- Read more about "Haaland Upends NPS Uniform Ban For Pride Parades" [35]
Senate Dems Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry [38]

"Senate Democrats opened an investigation on Thursday into former President Donald J. Trump’s meeting with oil and gas executives last month to determine whether Mr. Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” when he asked for $1 billion for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House and delete President Biden’s climate regulations."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [39], 05/24/2024
- Read more about Senate Dems Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry [38]
Deadline Nears. Will The Global Pandemic Treaty Be Finished In Time? [40]

"Delegates from 194 countries are racing to complete a global pandemic treaty before the World Health Assembly starts next week on Monday, May 27."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [41]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
International [42]
Source: NPR [43], 05/24/2024
- Read more about Deadline Nears. Will The Global Pandemic Treaty Be Finished In Time? [40]
"EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste" [44]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has formally denied Alabama’s plan to allow Alabama Power and other utilities to continue storing toxic coal ash in unlined pits at sites across the state."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [22]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 05/24/2024
- Read more about "EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste" [44]
House GOP Farm Bill ‘Robs Peter To Pay Paul,’ Agriculture Secretary Says [47]

"The House Agriculture committee is trying to fund its farm bill proposals with “counterfeit money,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday morning. Vilsack spoke after a range of groups from across the political spectrum criticized House Republicans’ proposed farm bill, which seeks to direct tens of billions to subsidies for farmers of peanuts, rice and cotton."

Agriculture [48]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [49]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [50], 05/24/2024
- Read more about House GOP Farm Bill ‘Robs Peter To Pay Paul,’ Agriculture Secretary Says [47]
"Democrats Refer Big Oil Investigation To Justice Department" [51]

"Two congressional Democrats are asking the Justice Department to pick up where they’ve left off in a yearslong investigation into an alleged climate misinformation campaign perpetuated over decades by Big Oil."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [52]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Science [53]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: E&E News [54], 05/23/2024
- Read more about "Democrats Refer Big Oil Investigation To Justice Department" [51]
"Top Brands Buy Amazon Carbon Credits From Suspected Timber Laundering Scam" [55]

"An analysis of two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon has found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Forests [56]
Journalism & Media [52]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
International [42]
South America [57]
Source: Mongabay [58], 05/23/2024
- Read more about "Top Brands Buy Amazon Carbon Credits From Suspected Timber Laundering Scam" [55]
Colo. Gov. Vetoes Bill To End State Incentives For ‘Advanced Recycling’ [59]

"Gov. Jared Polis vetoed legislation on Friday that would have banned state incentives for projects to process waste through pyrolysis and gasification — techniques to break down plastics using heat applied in low-oxygen environments."

Chemicals [60]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [22]
Waste [45]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [61]
Source: CPR [62], 05/23/2024
- Read more about Colo. Gov. Vetoes Bill To End State Incentives For ‘Advanced Recycling’ [59]
"Left And Right Unite In Panning House Republicans’ Farm Bill Proposal" [63]

"The proposed version of the $1.5 trillion omnibus unveiled last week by House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) includes several priorities of big agribusiness — proposals that frustrated both right-aligned groups such as the Heritage Foundation and left-leaning ones including the Environmental Working Group amid progressives’ and populists’ broader dislike of what they see as crony capitalism at the U.S. farmstand."

Agriculture [48]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [64]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [49]
Forests [56]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [36]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [65], 05/22/2024
- Read more about "Left And Right Unite In Panning House Republicans’ Farm Bill Proposal" [63]
Trump Pitch To Oil Companies Turns Off Two-Thirds Of Likely Voters: Poll [66]

"Broad majorities of voters aren’t happy with Trump’s apparent offer of a quid pro quo to oil companies, a poll from an advocacy group has found."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [67]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [22]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [68], 05/22/2024
- Read more about Trump Pitch To Oil Companies Turns Off Two-Thirds Of Likely Voters: Poll [66]

Pages