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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

In its early years, between 2005 and 2010, the RFS helped launch the massive scaleup of corn ethanol that established 10 percent ethanol as the de facto standard for US gasoline. After 2010, bio-based diesel fuels (biodiesel and renewable diesel) have been the main beneficiary of the RFS. Bio-based diesel fuels are expensive.

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Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms

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Environmental Protection Agency surveyed more than 49,000 lakes across the country and found that 30 percent contained toxins produced by the blooms. Last year, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research organization, counted 476 harmful blooms in 41 states, five times higher than in 2010. .

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

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The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. So does fossil fuel combustion. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

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On November 16, 2011, at 6:12 p.m., Tyler Larson was diagnosed in 2010 with neurofibroma sarcoma, which resulted in tumors on nerve endings. With fresh eyes, Coulter came to the issue after caring for Jacob and another pediatric cancer patient in 2011. Besides Jacob Peters, four of the Aurora kids died from their cancers.

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

Corp Watch

USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the Raytheon Company and the U.S. Residents in St.

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

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USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the Raytheon Company and the U.S. Residents in St.