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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of New GHG Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

In its legislative findings, which remain in air quality statutes today , Congress justified air pollution regulation because “the growth of the amount and complexity of air pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting dangers to the public health and welfare.”

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Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation

Corp Watch

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer (2016). Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine (Greenpeace, March 2010). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Explainer: China launches first national soil survey in 40 years

A Greener Life

Hence many soil scientists had for years been calling for a third survey, particularly those who are representatives to China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), or its top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPCCC). Forty years of change. Rapid acidification.

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

Corp Watch

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

Corp Watch

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.