EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

Mich., Wisc. Govs Tout Biden’s Investments In Climate Group’s $1.4M Ad Buy [9]

"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) will appear in ads touting the Biden administration’s green investments in ads running in their state. The $1.4 million total buy from climate group Evergreen includes an ad with each governor, highlighting the impact of the Biden administration’s investments in their state."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 06/06/2024
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"Modi Will Feel the Heat in a Third Term. And Not Just Politically." [17]

"Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist prime minister who claimed victory Tuesday for a third five-year term, will face major challenges fueled by climate change. India, the world’s most populous country, is also among the most vulnerable to climate hazards."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
People & Population [20]
Public [13]
Asia [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 06/05/2024
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"A Billionaire-Backed City Promises to Be a Green Urban Paradise" [23]

"But it may not be what it appears"

"A plan to develop a new city northeast of San Francisco has been seven years in the making, but until recently, the details were largely kept under wraps. Now that the plans are public—and the proposal has garnered enough signatures to make it onto the November ballot for voter consideration—residents and activists are squaring off to defeat what the developers promise will be a kind of green urban paradise.
Activism [24]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: Sierra [30], 06/05/2024
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Can Mexico's Sheinbaum, Climate Scientist, Shake Lopez Obrador's Oil Legacy? [31]

"Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, an accomplished climate scientist, could struggle to fulfill her environmental pledges after she sailed to victory, in part, on the popularity of a predecessor who doubled down on fossil fuels."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
Mexico [33]
Source: Reuters [34], 06/05/2024
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"Trump Eyes Cutting Interior, ‘Environment Agencies’" [35]

"Former President Donald Trump said he wants to cut the Interior Department if he returns to the White House, and indicated “environmental agencies” more broadly are also on the chopping block."

Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Wildlife [41]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [42], 06/04/2024
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Vermont Enacts 1st State Law Requiring Oil Companies Pay For Climate Damage [43]

"Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [45]
Source: AP [46], 06/04/2024
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"Electricity From Coal Is Pricey. Should Consumers Have to Pay?" [47]

"Environmental groups are making a new economic argument against coal, the heaviest polluting fossil fuel. Some regulators are listening."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: NYTimes [48], 06/04/2024
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"A Climate Scientist Is Voted President of an Oil Country. Now What?" [49]

"Mexico is the world’s 11th-largest oil producer. It has been gripped by a deadly heat wave. Now, it’s elected as its president a woman with a rare pedigree: a left-of-center climate scientist with a doctorate in energy engineering named Claudia Sheinbaum."

Environmental Politics [11]
Public [13]
Mexico [33]
Source: NYTimes [50], 06/04/2024
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"Congress Weighs Delaying Farm Bill Over SNAP and Climate Disputes" [51]

"A battle that ties food aid for needy families with crop subsidies for American farmers may stall efforts to renew a sweeping agricultural policy law, forcing Congress to consider delaying action on the $1.5 trillion proposal until after this fall’s elections."

Agriculture [52]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Food [53]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [54], 06/04/2024
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"Regan To Square Off With House Oversight Republicans" [55]

"EPA Administrator Michael Regan this week will face off with House Republicans troubled by his agency’s regulations designed to tackle climate change."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [56], 06/04/2024
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"Trump Suggests To Oil Donors He Will Fast-Track Their Merger Deals" [57]

"Former president Donald Trump suggested to oil executive donors this month that he could ease the Federal Trade Commission’s scrutiny of their industry’s mergers and acquisitions if he returns to the White House, according to five people familiar with the matter."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Pollution [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [58], 06/03/2024
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"Mexico Elects Climate Scientist As First Female President" [59]

^{"Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected Mexico’s first ever female president in a historic result. Dr Sheinbaum, 61, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, is a member of the leftist Morena party and the handpicked successor to populist Andres Manuel López Obrador."}

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [60]
Public [13]
Mexico [33]
Source: Telegraph [61], 06/03/2024
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"Ads Claiming LNG Exports Reduce Emissions Are Misleading, Says Regulator" [62]

"Canada’s advertising regulator has determined that ads claiming liquified natural gas (LNG) will lower emissions are inaccurate, misleading, and distort scientific data."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [13]
Canada [63]
Source: DeSmog [64], 06/03/2024
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Dems Urge Justice Department To Prosecute Alleged Oil Industry Price-Fixing [65]

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to “use every tool” at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry."

Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: AP [66], 05/31/2024
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Calif. Backs Big Utilities, Trims Incentives For Community Solar Projects [67]

"California’s utilities regulator today adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will actually undercut efforts to expand solar power options for low-income customers."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [38]
Public [13]
California [29]
Source: CalMatters [68], 05/31/2024
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