EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"EU Lays Out Plan To Cut Greenhouse Emissions By 90% By 2040" [9]

"The EU aims to slash its net greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 as part of its push to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent, the European Commission has announced before elections in June."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [16]
Europe [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 02/08/2024
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The Industry ‘Scandal’ That Might Upend How America Builds Houses [19]

"Fossil fuel companies are trying to strip a series of climate-friendly measures out of the latest round of model building codes used to regulate construction virtually everywhere in the United States."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Planning & Growth [21]
Pollution [15]
Technology [22]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: HuffPost [24], 02/07/2024
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"‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint" [25]

"The United States’s first major climate legislation dismantled, a crackdown on government scientists, a frenzy of oil and gas drilling, the Paris climate deal not only dead but buried. A blueprint is emerging for a second Donald Trump term that is even more extreme for the environment than his first, according to interviews with multiple Trump allies and advisers."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [29], 02/07/2024
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"Green Amendments Gain Traction in More States Ahead of Elections" [30]

"A new wave of state legislators are pursuing the constitutional right to a safe environment, which attorneys say could strengthen climate lawsuits and policy if interpreted correctly. But the effectiveness of those amendments hinges on their legal language and other details."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 02/07/2024
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"The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists" [32]

"The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [35], 02/07/2024
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"Biden Confronts Unfinished Business With Ohio Train Wreck" [36]

"Stalled efforts to reform the nation’s rail safety and chemical oversight as well as lingering toxic exposure concerns will loom over President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to the Ohio town devastated by last year’s train wreck."

Chemicals [37]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: E&E News [41], 02/06/2024
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"The Dawn Of The Clean Hydrogen Economy" [42]

"Clean electricity alone won’t get us to a fossil-fuel-free society — we’ll need other tools to fully decarbonize. “Clean” hydrogen, for all of its hype and baggage, might be the most promising way to cut carbon from difficult sectors like aviation and steelmaking. It could also be a boondoggle or a bust — it all depends on how the gas is made and how it’s used."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Technology [22]
Transportation [39]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Canary Media [44], 02/06/2024
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"Two Climate Advisers Quit U.S. Export-Import Bank Over Fossil Fuel Plans" [45]

"A federal bank that finances projects overseas is set to vote on Thursday on whether to use taxpayer dollars to help drill oil and gas wells in Bahrain, a contentious decision that prompted two of the bank’s climate advisers to resign, according to people with knowledge of their decisions."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [46]
Middle East [47]
Source: NYTimes [48], 02/06/2024
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"Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves Won’t Get Endangered Species Protections" [49]

"Gray wolves that inhabit the Northern Rocky Mountains will not receive protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced Friday."

Biodiversity [50]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [51]
Wildlife [52]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Source: The Hill [54], 02/06/2024
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"Border Package Contains $2 Billion For Uranium Enrichment" [55]

"The Senate’s border and Ukraine spending package contains more than $2 billion in funds for uranium processing, as the U.S. works to reduce global reliance on Russian energy exports."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [56]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
International [46]
Source: The Hill [57], 02/06/2024
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‘Reversed And Scrubbed.’ How A 2nd Trump Term Could Gut Climate Policy [58]

"Dozens of conservative organizations have banded together to provide Trump a road map — known as Project 2025 — if he prevails in November. It outlines a series of steps that the former president could take to reverse the climate actions taken by the Biden administration."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [59], 02/05/2024
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EPA Rushed To Approve Dicamba In 2020 Despite Scientific Concerns: Documents [60]

"In December 2021, a small team of scientists working for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a stark report on a controversial weed killer that had been the subject of years of complaints from farmers and environmentalists."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [34]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: The New Lede [61], 02/05/2024
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"Bank of America Pledged to Stop Financing Coal. Now It’s Backtracking." [62]

"The changes come as Republican lawmakers step up efforts to punish businesses that consider climate change and the environment in their operations."

Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: NYTimes [63], 02/05/2024
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"The Twisted Tale of Indianapolis’ White River" [64]

"Once considered one of the most-polluted waterways in the nation, the White River has been neglected and abused for 200 years. Can it make a comeback?"

Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [13]
Planning & Growth [21]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [65]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Source: Sierra [66], 02/05/2024
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Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest, Authoritarian Backlash [67]

"As Earth’s annual average temperature pushes against the 1.5 degree Celsius limit beyond which climatologists expect the impacts of global warming to intensify, social scientists warn that humanity may be about to sleepwalk into a dangerous new era in human history. Research shows the increasing climate shocks could trigger more social unrest and authoritarian, nationalist backlashes."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [38]
Environmental Politics [13]
Military [68]
Public [16]
International [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [69], 02/02/2024
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