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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. In 2018, Toyota was ordered to pay out $21.9 It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S. China fines Toyota 87.6

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. EPA decision , upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act but significantly constrained its ability to do so. billion in damage in September 2018.

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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

Vermont Law

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 23) Since 2010, natural gas flaring and venting have increased 1.52 Turner, Jr. Turner, Jr.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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

Corp Watch

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

Corp Watch

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

Corp Watch

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.