EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Major Green Group On Track To Spend Record $100M In Midterms" [9]

"Less than two weeks before Election Day, the League of Conservation Voters and affiliated entities are on track to spend a record $100 million in next month’s midterm elections, according to details shared with The Climate 202.

The infusion of cash is aimed at electing pro-climate Democrats in both the House and Senate, as well as in governor’s offices and state legislatures across the country. It comes as the oil and gas industry pours millions of its own dollars into helping Republicans regain control of one or both chambers of Congress.
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [13], 10/28/2022
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"15 State AG Races To Watch On The Environment" [14]

"The midterm elections could bring a new class of environmentally focused state attorneys general."

Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [17], 10/28/2022
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"Climate-Warming Methane Emissions Rising Faster Than Ever, Study Says" [18]

"The amount of methane in the atmosphere is racing ahead at an accelerating pace, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, threatening to undermine efforts to slow climate change."

Activism [19]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [11]
International [24]
Source: Washington Post [25], 10/27/2022
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"Semafor's Infuriating Climate Misinformation" [26]

"Ben Smith's news outlet promised to be "something new," but it's spreading tired fossil fuel industry propaganda just like the rest."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [23]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [24]
Source: HEATED [27], 10/27/2022
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"A Profound Change Is Coming To American School Buses" [28]

"A common smell of American childhood, the diesel fumes wafting through yellow school buses, may soon be obsolete, as school districts across the nation turn to electric buses amid falling costs and growing concerns about global warming."

Air [29]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [32]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [33], 10/27/2022
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"Rishi Sunak Will Keep Ban On Fracking In UK, No 10 Confirms" [34]

"Fracking will in effect remain banned under Rishi Sunak’s government, his spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday, saying the new prime minister was committed to the policy in the 2019 manifesto."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [11]
Europe [35]
Source: Guardian [36], 10/27/2022
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"Oil Companies Helping Fund Republican Takeover Plans" [37]

"If Republicans take the House or Senate majority in next month’s midterm elections, they’ll have the oil and natural gas industry to thank — at least to an extent."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [38], 10/26/2022
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"Rich Countries Keep Funding Our Demise" [39]

"The most powerful countries in the world keep ratcheting up public funding for fossil fuel projects and increasing emissions—despite the fact that continued investment in dirty fuels could push us beyond the warming targets laid out in the Paris Agreement."

Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [11]
International [24]
Source: Earther [41], 10/26/2022
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"Opponents Of US Carbon Pipeline Draw Lessons From Prior Pipeline Fights" [42]

"Landowners hoping to block proposed carbon pipeline projects in the U.S. Midwest are getting help from some of America's most prominent anti-pipeline campaigners, including groups that fought the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [43], 10/26/2022
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"‘He’s A Believer’: Will Sunak Rebuild Green Agenda Torn Up By Truss?" [44]

"Environmental groups see new PM as welcome relief but restoring climate credentials will be difficult".

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [45]
Public [11]
Europe [35]
Source: Guardian [46], 10/25/2022
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Emissions From China-Funded Overseas Coal Plants Equal To Whole Of Spain [47]

"Carbon dioxide emissions from China-invested power plants overseas now stand at an estimated 245 million tonnes per year, about the same as the annual energy-related CO2 emissions from Spain or Thailand, new research showed on Tuesday."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
Asia [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 10/25/2022
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"Egypt COP27 Climate Summit Activists Concerned Voices Will Be Curtailed" [50]

"The decision to hold next month's COP27 climate summit in a highly secured tourist resort in Egypt, along with restrictions on access, is curbing civil society's participation in the event, some prominent activists say."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [11]
International [24]
Source: Reuters [51], 10/24/2022
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"Western Powers Rebuke Russia’s ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims Against Ukraine" [52]

"The United States, Britain and France rejected as “transparently false” claims by Moscow’s defense minister that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” — explosive weapons designed to widely disperse radioactive material — on its own territory with Western help, characterizing the claims as an attempt by Moscow to create a pretext for escalating the conflict."

Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [23]
Military [53]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
Public [11]
International [24]
Source: Washington Post [55], 10/24/2022
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Secret Files Suggest Chemical Giant Feared Weedkiller’s Link To Parkinson’s [56]

"Documents seen by Guardian detail effort to refute scientific research into paraquat and derail nomination of key EPA adviser"

Agriculture [57]
Chemicals [20]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [58], 10/21/2022
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"A New Cold War Is Heating Up the Arctic" [59]

"The North Pole is melting faster than ever, but the chill in the air at this year’s global gathering of Arctic experts had more to do with the widening repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."

Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Military [53]
Natural Resources [60]
Water & Oceans [61]
Public [11]
International [24]
Antarctica & Arctic [62]
Source: Bloomberg Green [63], 10/21/2022
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