EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Top Ag Republican Offers Bleak Prognosis For Farm Bill" [9]

"Congress might be better off leaving an already overdue five-year farm bill unfinished in 2024, Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday."

Agriculture [10]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [18], 07/19/2024
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"US Court Overturns Alaska Oil Lease Sale In A Win For Environmentalists" [19]

"A federal court in Alaska overturned on Tuesday night an oil and gas lease sale that had been mandated by the Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political compromise, on grounds that the U.S. government violated the law when holding the sale."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
Source: Reuters [23], 07/19/2024
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DOI Names Former Site Of Texas ‘Mexican School’ As Newest National Park [24]

"The Biden administration has named the site of the Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, a segregated school for Mexican American children, as the country’s newest national park, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday."

Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [26], 07/19/2024
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UK: "Meet the Labour Government’s New Climate Team" [27]

"Introducing the key politicians tasked with delivering the government’s energy transformation plans – and the jobs at the top of their intrays."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [28]
Public [16]
Europe [29]
Source: DeSmog [30], 07/18/2024
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Biden BLM To Add Protections Against Drilling In Alaska Petroleum Reserve [31]

"Federal officials are proposing a new set of protections in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If approved, they could come atop the rules that Bureau of Land Management finalized this spring to limit oil and gas drilling on more than half of the giant petroleum reserve."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Environmental Studies [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [33], 07/18/2024
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"What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment" [34]

"If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A."

Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [38]
Source: NYTimes [39], 07/17/2024
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Bioplastics Are Poorly Defined And Regulated, And Possibly Toxic: Report [40]

"The lack of federal regulations and clear definitions for bioplastics make it increasingly difficult to determine whether or not they are a safe alternative to traditional plastics, according to a new report from Beyond Plastics."

Chemicals [41]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Pollution [37]
Technology [42]
Waste [43]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: EHN [44], 07/17/2024
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"The Siting Of An Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts In Maine" [45]

"Coastal residents are conflicted over the planned location of a facility that advocates say will help launch Maine's offshore wind industry."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
Source: Energy News Network [48], 07/17/2024
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"Nations Gather To Negotiate Deep Sea Mining Code As Opposition Mounts" [49]

"The United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet on Monday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about the economic and environmental risks."

Biodiversity [35]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [16]
International [38]
Source: Reuters [51], 07/16/2024
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"At the Republican National Convention, Climate Change Isn’t a Problem" [52]

"As the event opens with a focus on energy, former President Trump and other leaders are calling for more oil, gas and coal development."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [53], 07/16/2024
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Federal Oil and Gas Leases in Question as Lawmakers Eye Collusion Allegations [54]

"A dozen Democratic lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee want to know if shale drillers could see their oil and gas leases and operations on federal lands suspended amid allegations that the companies may have colluded to drive oil prices up."

Climate Change [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: DeSmog [55], 07/16/2024
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"Taliban Tries Reconciling Science And Religion In Facing Climate Change" [56]

"When Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers headed to the country’s first “international climate change conference” earlier this year in the eastern city of Jalalabad, few foreign guests turned up."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [57]
Science [58]
Public [16]
International [38]
Asia [59]
Source: Washington Post [60], 07/16/2024
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"West Virginia School Will Remain Open For Now Amid Toxic Groundwater Fears" [61]

"A small West Virginia school will remain open for now after a court temporarily blocked an effort to relocate classes due to the town’s contaminated groundwater being added to a national cleanup priority list."

Chemicals [41]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Infrastructure [62]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Source: AP [64], 07/16/2024
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"What Project 2025 Would Mean For The Fight Against Climate Change" [65]

"Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules — moves that would restrict the government’s ability to combat climate change and pollution."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Health [36]
Environmental Politics [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [37]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: The Hill [66], 07/15/2024
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"A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside" [67]

"The Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate organization that helped elect President Biden, is now calling on him to quit the race for the White House."

Activism [68]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [12]
People & Population [69]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [70], 07/15/2024
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