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Water and drought on the Hill — FEMA program gets a boost

More than 40 groups and individuals asked the state’s top environmental official to block a proposed cattle operation near a trout stream.

by Matthew Choi (Politico’s Morning Energy) Over 75 environmental groups are writing to EPA administrator Michael Regan today urging him not to include electricity generated from burning wood biomass, factory farm gas and landfill gas in renewable fuel standard credits for electric vehicles. The groups argue the fuels contribute to acute pollution around frontline communities and would go against the agency’s commitment to environmental justice. “We need a Just Transition for workers and communities on the frontlines of our fossil fuel economy and a phaseout of fossil fuels — includin...

Pesticide laws fail to protect the most vulnerable people in agriculture: children iStock/m-gucci Two new studies highlight the hazardous conditions inherent in farm work, and show the weakness in standards meant to protect kids from developmental disorders and disease. As a child growing up on his family’s subsistence farm in Puebla, Mexico, Abel Luna loved helping to plant corn and other crops. But in 2001, when he turned 13, his enthusiasm quickly evaporated. That’s when Luna began traveling to New York’s black dirt region to “sell his labor,” working alongside his father in com...

Last month’s Fox News-fueled brouhaha over the ban on beef that wasn’t was a reminder of many things, none of which reflects well on the current state of conservative media. But it would be a mistake to allow a hefty serving of bad-faith fear mongering to end an important conversation before it begins.  No, President Joe Biden is not coming for your burgers. Yes, if we’re going to avert the worst impacts of climate change, Americans are almost certainly going to need to start eating less meat. Livestock accounts for 14.5 percent of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions, and meat and ...