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Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. And as the West Virginia v. JM: That’s right.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $2.9

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Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $2.9

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

Six kids in town besides Jacob were diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. So does fossil fuel combustion. Environmental Protection Agency. But the fact that the facility exists, Corrigan said, is an indictment of the state’s pollution-control measures. “It’s They typically use groundwater.

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Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $2.9

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Corp Watch

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $2.9

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