EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Meet the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners" [9]

"Seven grassroots environmental activists were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six continental regions."

Activism [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Mongabay [17], 04/30/2024
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"What Is Mexico Doing About Climate Change?" [18]

"The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [15]
Mexico [21]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [22], 04/30/2024
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"How Abrupt U-Turns Are Defining U.S. Environmental Regulations" [23]

"The polarization of politics means that rules are imposed, gutted and restored with each election. Experts say that’s bad for the economy."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
International [16]
Source: NYTimes [27], 04/29/2024
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"For This Alaska Town, Whaling Is a Way of Life" [28]

"The PBS documentary ‘One with the Whale’ explores the importance of subsistence hunting and gathering in a Yup’ik village—and what happens when mainlanders misunderstand it."

Biodiversity [29]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [31]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Source: Civil Eats [36], 04/29/2024
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Oil, Chemical Lobbyists Flood UN Talks On Cutting Plastic Pollution [37]

"Nearly 200 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists plan to join this week's United Nations negotiations on the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution — a 37% jump from the previous gathering in November, an analysis released on Thursday showed."

Chemicals [38]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: Reuters [41], 04/26/2024
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"White House Unveils Plan To Accelerate Power Grid Expansion" [42]

"The Department of Energy created a one-stop shop for federal permitting, helping transmission developers avoid the lengthy patchwork of regulatory approvals that has slowed major projects. The program makes the department the lead agency in permitting and finalizes a yearslong, multiadministration effort to coordinate the work of at least nine agencies with a hand in permitting power lines."

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [43]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Technology [45]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [46], 04/26/2024
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"In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back" [47]

"By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous relations."

Activism [10]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [33]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [48]
Water & Oceans [34]
Wildlife [49]
Public [15]
Canada [50]
Source: Hakai [51], 04/26/2024
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"Foes Wage Attacks As Biden Rolls Out Power Plant Rules" [52]

"The Biden administration hopes its new rules will withstand an onslaught of legal and political opposition."

Air [53]
Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [54], 04/26/2024
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EPA Could Allow 10x as Much of Toxic Pesticide on Your Tomatoes and Celery [55]

"Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. “It’s exactly what we recommended against,” one panelist said."

Agriculture [56]
Chemicals [38]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [25]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: ProPublica [57], 04/25/2024
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"The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Is Still A Bipartisan Unicorn" [58]

"As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’"

Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Forests [59]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
Wildlife [49]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: High Country News [60], 04/25/2024
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"Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks Hit Critical Stage In Canada" [61]

"Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to stop the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution."

Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [25]
Waste [62]
Water & Oceans [34]
Wildlife [49]
Public [15]
International [16]
Source: AP [63], 04/24/2024
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"Biden Admin Vows To Restore 8M Acres Of Wetlands" [64]

"The Biden administration announced a goal Tuesday to protect and restore 8 million acres of wetlands over the next six years in an effort to counter development pressures and recently weakened federal regulations."

Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [19]
Disasters [65]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [66]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
Planning & Growth [67]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: E&E News [68], 04/24/2024
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"California, 21 Other States Back EPA Vehicle Emissions Rules" [69]

"A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful."

Air [53]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [30]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [25]
Transportation [70]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Reuters [71], 04/24/2024
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Top Louisiana University Lets Oil Firms Influence Research – For A Price [72]

"Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms".

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [66]
Journalism & Media [14]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [25]
Science [73]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [74]
Source: Guardian/Lens [75], 04/23/2024
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Oil Companies Must Set Aside More Money to Plug Wells, But It Won’t Be Enough [76]

"For the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside more money to guarantee they plug old wells, preventing them from leaking oil, brine and toxic or climate-warming gasses." "The new Bureau of Land Management regulation, which applies to nearly 90,000 wells on federal public land, is hampered by math errors and overly optimistic cost projections."

Climate Change [19]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [34]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: ProPublica/Capital & Main [77], 04/23/2024
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