EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Ohio Gov. DeWine Campaign Got Secret $2.5 Million Boost From Power Company" [9]

"A dark money group funded by FirstEnergy spent $2.5 million to support the GOP hopeful as the utility pushed bailout of struggling nuclear plants."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: USA TODAY/Floodlight [19], 04/23/2024
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"A Web Of Front People Conceals Environmental Offenders In The Amazon" [20]

"A paper trail left by a notorious land grabber reveals how he used relatives and an employee as fronts to evade environmental fines and lawsuits, shedding light on this widespread practice in the Brazilian Amazon."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [26]
Public [16]
South America [27]
Source: Mongabay [28], 04/23/2024
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Biden Shields Millions of Acres in Alaska From Drilling and Mining [29]

"The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 04/22/2024
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"Pennsylvania’s First Proposed Chemical Recycling Plant Cancelled" [32]

"Plans to build what would have been one of the largest chemical recycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were canceled this week."

Air [33]
Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [26]
Waste [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Source: EHN [38], 04/22/2024
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Earth Day: A Senator More Than 50 Years Ago Got People Fighting For Planet [39]

"Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans and assorted trillions of other organisms."

Activism [40]
Biodiversity [22]
Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [41]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [42]
Source: AP [43], 04/22/2024
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RFK Jr.’s Onetime Allies In Green Advocacy Call For Him To Drop Out [44]

"Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his environmental policy in new efforts on Friday, portraying him as a candidate who will increase the chances former President Donald Trump is reelected."

Environmental Politics [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: CNN [45], 04/22/2024
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Biden Marks Earth Day By Announcing $7 Billion In Solar Power Grants [46]

"President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [48], 04/22/2024
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"San Francisco Mayor Announces The City Will Receive Pandas From China" [49]

"San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”"

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [50]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [42]
Asia [52]
Source: AP [53], 04/22/2024
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"The U.S. Just Changed How It Manages A Tenth Of Its Land" [54]

"For decades, the federal government has prioritized oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining and livestock grazing on public lands across the country. That could soon change under a far-reaching Interior Department rule that puts conservation, recreation and renewable energy development on equal footing with resource extraction."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [55]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [51]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [56], 04/19/2024
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"How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers" [57]

"For people living within three miles of a large solar farm, positive attitudes about the development outnumber negative ones by about a three-to-one margin, according to a new national survey released this week by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [58]
People & Population [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Inside Climate News [59], 04/19/2024
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"Trump Rails Against Wind Energy In Fundraising Pitch To Oil Executives" [60]

"“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Technology [61]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [62], 04/18/2024
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"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention" [63]

"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [41]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [26]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: HEATED [64], 04/18/2024
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America's 'Most Endangered Rivers' List: Sewage, Toxic Algae, Construction [65]

"Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers."

Activism [40]
Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [66]
Infrastructure [58]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Planning & Growth [67]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [68]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: USA TODAY [69], 04/18/2024
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"Will Trump Quit The World Bank? It Would Send Climate Shock Waves." [70]

"A conservative plan to withdraw from global development banks threatens poor nations and U.S. credibility, analysts say."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [42]
Source: E&E News [71], 04/18/2024
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23 GOP States Demand Rollback of EPA Civil Rights Regulations [72]

"A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking."

Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Justice [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [24]
People & Population [47]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [73], 04/18/2024
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