Environmental Politics

"How The Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across The US"

"Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion, a new Guardian investigation reveals."

Source: Guardian, 09/27/2024

US Company Uses Government Funds To Suppress Global Pesticide Opposition

"In 2017, two United Nations experts called for a treaty to strictly regulate dangerous pesticides, which they said were a “global human rights concern”, citing scientific research showing pesticides can cause cancers, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and other health problems. Publicly, the industry’s lead trade association dubbed the recommendations “unfounded and sensational assertions”.  In private, industry advocates have gone further."

Source: The New Lede, 09/27/2024

"Biden Boasts of Climate Wins and Warns of Reversals Under Trump"

"President Biden on Tuesday celebrated his record overseeing historic action to fight climate change and warned that the Republican trying to succeed him, Donald J. Trump, would unwind those accomplishments and condemn “future generations to a more dangerous world.”

Source: NYTimes, 09/26/2024

"Climate Protesters Arrested Outside Kamala Harris’ Brentwood Home"

"Two climate change activists were arrested in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Brentwood home Monday, during the final moments of a Sunrise Movement protest in which more than a dozen activists urged the Democratic presidential nominee to stop promoting fossil fuel drilling and release a detailed climate plan."

Source: LA Times, 09/25/2024

House Backs Measure To Overturn Biden Auto Emissions Rule That Promotes EVs

"The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want."

Source: AP, 09/23/2024

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