EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Brazil Congress Overturns Lula Veto On Limit To Indigenous Land Claims" [9]

"Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims, setting up a likely clash at the Supreme Court."

Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [11]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [19]
South America [20]
Source: Reuters [21], 12/15/2023
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"COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out" [22]

"Going into overtime under the cover of a dark winter night in Dubai, climate negotiators at COP28 cooked up a weak sauce of climate half-measures that fail to adequately address the existential risk of global warming to millions of people around the globe, according to leading climate experts at the conference."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 12/14/2023
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"Virginia County Approves Data Center Project After 27-Hour Public Hearing" [28]

"County supervisors in northern Virginia approved one of the world’s largest data center projects after a public hearing that ran through the night and lasted more than 24 hours."

Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Planning & Growth [30]
Public [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: AP [32], 12/14/2023
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COP28 Delegates Agree To ‘Transition Away’ From Planet-Warming Fossil Fuels [33]

"United Nations climate negotiators directed the world on Wednesday to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels in a move the talks chief called historic, despite critics’ worries about loopholes."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
International [26]
Source: AP [34], 12/13/2023
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"Americans Like Home Electrification — But Also Still Love Their Gas Stoves" [35]

"Most Americans would prefer to live in a home where almost all major appliances run on electricity — but only if they can keep their gas stoves. Just 31 percent want to go fully electric."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [29]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [37]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [38]
Source: Grist [39], 12/13/2023
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"Countries Most at Risk Call Proposed Climate Agreement a ‘Death Warrant’" [40]

"Environmental groups and negotiators from countries that are most vulnerable to climate disasters assailed a draft of a final agreement, made public at the United Nations climate talks on Monday, that fell short of calling for a phaseout of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [12]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [41], 12/12/2023
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"Specter Of Second Trump Term Looms Over Global Climate Talks" [42]

"Donald Trump casts a long shadow over the U.N. climate summit in Dubai. If elected, he will likely again pull the United States from the Paris climate accord."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [38]
International [26]
Source: Washington Post [43], 12/12/2023
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Newsom Advances Delta Tunnel Project Despite Environmental Opposition [44]

"In the face of heavy opposition from environmental groups, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration are pushing forward with a controversial plan to build a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta—a project the governor says is vital to modernizing the state's aging water system."

Agriculture [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
California [47]
Source: LA Times [48], 12/12/2023
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"‘A Scam All Around’: Navajo Nation Groups Oppose Hydropower Projects" [49]

"Navajo Nation environmentalists are opposing a “self-described jet setter” and French millionaire’s plans for a massive hydropower project they claim will adversely affect the land, water, wildlife, plants and cultural resources of the largest land area held by Indigenous American peoples in the US."

Consumer [36]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [50]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [51]
Source: Guardian [52], 12/12/2023
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"Big Divisions Loom Over Fossil Fuels As COP28 Talks Head Into Final Phase" [53]

"The president of the COP28 climate summit on Sunday urged negotiators to work harder to find consensus on a proposed first-of-its-kind deal to phase out the world's use of fossil fuels, as the two-week conference entered its final stage."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
International [26]
Source: Reuters [54], 12/11/2023
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"Azerbaijan Is Expected to Host the U.N. Climate Summit in 2024" [55]

"The next United Nations climate change summit appears set to take place in Azerbaijan, a spokesman for the country said Saturday, resolving a bitter, monthslong political standoff over which nation should host the talks in 2024."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [19]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [56], 12/11/2023
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"L.A. County Aims To Collect Billions More Gallons Of Local Water By 2045" [57]

"Over the next two decades, Los Angeles County will collect billions more gallons in water from local sources, especially storm and reclaimed water, shifting from its reliance on other region’s water supplies as the effects of climate change make such efforts less reliable and more expensive."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [29]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [19]
California [47]
Source: LA Times [58], 12/11/2023
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Trump Slams Kerry In Wild Town Hall, Insisting Climate Change Not A Problem [59]

"Former President Donald Trump didn’t shy away from echoing his adamant denial of climate change during a town hall Tuesday in Iowa hosted by Sean Hannity."

Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Science [60]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [38]
Source: HuffPost [61], 12/11/2023
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"Election-Year Rules Could Span Coal Dust To California Owls" [62]

"The Biden administration aims to complete an ambitious set of energy and environment-related rules as it navigates the tumult of a presidential election year."

Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [19]
National (U.S.) [38]
Source: E&E News [63], 12/08/2023
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Canada’s Plans To Crack Down On Greenwashing Don’t Go Far Enough: Advocates [64]

"A new federal government proposal to crack down on corporate greenwashing in Canada doesn’t go far enough to stop the oil and gas industry from using misleading marketing tactics, two environmental advocacy groups have argued."

Activism [65]
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [66]
Science [60]
Public [19]
Canada [67]
Source: The Narwhal [68], 12/08/2023
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