EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Two Climate Advisers Quit U.S. Export-Import Bank Over Fossil Fuel Plans" [9]

"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 [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [18]
Middle East [19]
Source: NYTimes [20], 02/06/2024
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"Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves Won’t Get Endangered Species Protections" [21]

"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 [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [23]
Wildlife [24]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Source: The Hill [26], 02/06/2024
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"Border Package Contains $2 Billion For Uranium Enrichment" [27]

"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 [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [18]
Source: The Hill [29], 02/06/2024
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‘Reversed And Scrubbed.’ How A 2nd Trump Term Could Gut Climate Policy [30]

"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 [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [31], 02/05/2024
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EPA Rushed To Approve Dicamba In 2020 Despite Scientific Concerns: Documents [32]

"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 [33]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [36]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The New Lede [37], 02/05/2024
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"Bank of America Pledged to Stop Financing Coal. Now It’s Backtracking." [38]

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

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [39], 02/05/2024
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"The Twisted Tale of Indianapolis’ White River" [40]

"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 [35]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [13]
Planning & Growth [42]
Pollution [43]
Water & Oceans [44]
Public [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Source: Sierra [46], 02/05/2024
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Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest, Authoritarian Backlash [47]

"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 [10]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Politics [13]
Military [49]
Public [16]
International [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 02/02/2024
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"What Happened When Climate Deniers Met An AI Chatbot?" [51]

"A study suggests there could be an unexpected upside to ChatGPT's popularity."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Technology [52]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Grist [53], 02/02/2024
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Barbudans Launch New Environmental Lawsuit Against Wealthy Developers [54]

"Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the latest environmental legal fight between angry residents and wealthy foreigners seeking to develop the Caribbean island with support from the government."

Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [55]
Public [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [56]
Source: AP [57], 02/02/2024
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"Utah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement" [58]

"Lawmakers in Utah are advancing legislation aimed at stopping a growing “rights of nature” movement that has coalesced around efforts in the state to save the Great Salt Lake, which is drying up as a combination of climate change, development and agriculture drain on its freshwater sources."

Activism [59]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [23]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Source: Inside Climate News [60], 02/02/2024
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"Podesta To Replace Kerry As Country’s Top Climate Diplomat" [61]

"White House adviser and veteran Democratic strategist John Podesta will assume John Kerry’s international climate portfolio when Kerry steps down later this spring."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [62], 02/01/2024
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"Senate Confirms Head Of EPA’s Air Office, Key To Biden Climate Rules" [63]

"The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Joseph Goffman to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office, which is racing to finalize some of President Biden’s most consequential climate rules before the end of his first term."

Air [64]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Pollution [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Washington Post [65], 02/01/2024
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"Democrats Say Biden Hasn’t ‘Made the Case’ on Climate Despite Achievements" [66]

"President Biden has done more than any president to tackle climate change, but strategists are grappling with an uncomfortable fact: Voters don’t seem to know it."

Climate Change [10]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [67]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [68], 01/31/2024
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"OSHA Issues Major Chemical Safety Enforcement Guide Changes" [69]

"A federal worker safety enforcement directive for refineries, chemical plants, and other facilities with large amounts of chemicals has received an overhaul for the first time in 30 years."

Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [55]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [70], 01/30/2024
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