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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

He retired in January 2024. Dawes was instrumental in the reauthorization of the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Fund in 2006 and served as Chair of the campaign that led to Pennsylvania receiving $1 billion to address Pennsylvania’s mining legacy of more than 185,000 acres of unsafe, mine-scarred lands.

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Alex Pourbaix: The Big Oil Spindoctor

Enviromental Defense

This is despite the expense of CCS , its record of failures and underperformance , and recognition from climate and energy experts that we need to phase out fossil fuels to avoid climate disasters. Both were eventually rejected by governments. Pulling in the big bucks In his final year as CEO of Cenovus, Pourbaix received $12.84

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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Navigating the Urban Landscape: London’s Low Emission Zone vs. NYC Congestion Pricing

Greenbuilding Law

By imposing a daily fee on cars built before 2006, the LEZ changes behaviors encouraging the use of newer cleaner vehicles, and reducing tailpipe global warning gases which in turn reduces broader air pollution and its associated health risks. really, why?) using 1,175 cameras to monitor which cars enter and exit the zone.

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Locals Aim Their Protest at Weapons Maker Raytheon in Support of Palestine

Corp Watch

Locals Aim Their Protest at Weapons Maker Raytheon in Support of Palestine Dallas Observer PaulaR Wed, 02/28/2024 - 16:34 Friday, February 23, 2024 Read more Sara Button On Thursday, hundreds gathered at the Raytheon campus in Richardson to protest the war in Palestine and demand the company stop supplying weapons to Israel.

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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit

Environmental Progress

Information unearthed by Environmental Progress points to a gaping oversight in how the figures influencing government net zero policy and investments in solar worldwide are compiled and collated due to the difficulty of collecting accurate information out of China, especially for the purification processes used to create silicon wafers.

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15 people arrested during peaceful 'free Palestine' protest in Louisville

Corp Watch

15 people arrested during peaceful 'free Palestine' protest in Louisville WHAS 11 PaulaR Wed, 02/14/2024 - 13:00 Thursday, February 1, 2024 Read more Sarah Magin Louisville Metro police arrested 15 people Friday morning who were calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud.