Congress has authorized the creation of a $40 million ecological restoration program for the lower Mississippi River — the first federal program of its kind for the 1,000-mile swath of river downstream of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Environmental advocates have been lobbying for years for a program that would mirror aContinue Reading
The House passed a bill that would restrict sales of the country’s reserve oil to entities with Chinese ownership or influence. Meanwhile, a new analysis has found ExxonMobil had fairly accurate predictions on climate change in the past decades, and federal agencies are saying that last year was eitherContinue Reading
Just a few months ago, the US was poised to pass one of the most significant environmental laws in history: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. The bill, known as RAWA, would fund species conservation across the country and was considered the biggest piece of environmental legislation since the Endangered Species ActContinue Reading
In a report tied to the massive $1.7 trillion federal budget bill signed last week by President Joe Biden, Congress has signaled to the Environmental Protection Agency that it should not loosen regulations around the chemical recycling of plastic waste. The advice from lawmakers was included in wording in aContinue Reading
The 118th Congress begins. Meanwhile, Treasury issues a new guidance on electric vehicle tax credits and the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers finish new water regulations. Plus: An interview with Steven Donziger, an activist who rallies against Big Oil in Latin America. This is Overnight Energy & Environment,Continue Reading
Matt Seaholm, President and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), defended the industry and proposed solutions to the plastic waste problem in his testimony to Congress on Thursday, Dec. 15. His testimony was in response to “unfair and poorly informed” legislation introduced Dec. 1 by two US senators andContinue Reading
The new act is built on the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, which was introduced in the last two Congressional sessions but failed to move forward. | Rob Crandall/Shutterstock A newly introduced bill in Congress is reviving parts of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act, with a focusContinue Reading
A narrow GOP House majority has activists assessing the years ahead. Meanwhile, the federal government OKs some Chevron operations in Venezuela, and Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) tough reelection fight may doom his hopes for permitting reform. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused onContinue Reading
Brazilians elected a more conservative Congress in the Oct. 2 ballot, with supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro and the agribusiness lobby winning seats in both the lower and upper houses. Experts say that if former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins the runoff presidential vote on Oct. 30, heContinue Reading
Separated plastic bottles in a recycling plant (Ptuj, Slovenia) Radulf del Maresme, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA), U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representatives Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Steve Cohen (TN-09) led a bicameral group of 58 members of CongressContinue Reading
