Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

However, the request also references international human rights instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. That initiative ultimately failed due to strong political opposition.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Physics World

AUGUST 3, 2021

The next total solar eclipse to cross the UK won’t be until 2090 – when most of you current readers will be long gone – but on 8 April 2024, North America will once more be graced by an eclipse with a path that will cut across a vast swathe of the country.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 5, 2024

On the 14th of January 2024, he will ascend the throne, and this is a significant date as his mother would then have served as Queen of Denmark for 52 years. In 2010 he wrote the foreword in the book Naturen og klimaændringerne i Nordøstgrønland (The Nature and Climate Change in Northeast Greenland).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. In the end everything turned out differently. The case still occupies the courts in Stuttgart and Wolfsburg to this day. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts IG Metall PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:40 Friday, November 10, 2023 Read more Over 200 employees of VW's CARIAD software division protested last Tuesday against threatened job cuts. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

China: Volkswagen under fire after audit finds no evidence of Uyghur forced labor Radio Free Asia PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:42 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Jilil Kashgary Experts cast doubt on results, saying leaked files show that Uyghur detainees were sent to the Xinjiang factory. By Jilil Kashgary for RFA Uyghur 2023.12.07

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal Law 360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:26 Thursday, September 14, 2023 Read more Matthew Perlman Europe's top court ruled Wednesday that Volkswagen should not have to pay a €5 million ($5.3 Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel Reuters PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:27 Thursday, July 8, 2021 Read more Marine Strauss & Alexander Hübner [1/6] A Volkswagen logo is seen as it launches its ID.6 Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. Today, the food giant still cannot document the source of almost a third of the palm oil it uses.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 7, 2023

Lennar has decided to eliminate irrigated turf in the front yards of all new homes it builds in Colorado by the end of 2024, according to Frank Walker, Lennar’s regional vice president for Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. “We Since 2010, the city has prohibited turf in the front and back yards of new homes.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2024

Earthquake Shakes New Jersey, Felt Across Eastern PA; 4.0 National- $3.58

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine (Greenpeace, March 2010). Major Shareholders Privately Held. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Koch’s Web of Influence by John Farrell (Center for Public Integrity, April 2011). James Parish.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2023

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- AP: Drilling Under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' Town Has Been Banned Since 2010, It's Coming Back [PaEN] -- HEI Energy, Penn State Study Uses 28,500 Water Sample Results To Help Identify Oil & Gas Industry Groundwater Pollution [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Groups Pressure Gov.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 8, 2022

But this reality has not prevented the administration or other political actors from continually pushing against the intent of Congress to protect both the species and the numerous benefits from the Columbia River Federal Power System.” — Sen. A levee failure in 2010 reunited the river with the floodplain. Studies and Reports.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Although not released as an official regulation, over the past decade, the 2010 Guidance generally has been the primary clarifying guidepost for companies trying to discern which climate change risks require disclosure. More recently, the SEC had an opportunity to implement climate-related disclosure requirements, but did not do so.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 11, 2024

Since 2010, its rating has been downgraded by The Economist’s “Democracy Index,” the Freedom House’s “Freedom in the World” measure, and by the VDI’s “V-Dem Index.” Those examining the health of our democracy and elections at the state level also report bleak findings.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

Earlier in his political career, Bettencourt served as Republican House Majority Leader, and as the public face of the conservative agenda in the state’s House of Representatives. New Hampshire’s 2024 climate action plan: redux, revival or redo? Bettencourt, encouraged New Hampshire residents to go out and buy flood insurance.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

has been a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) leadership team since 2010, when he was first appointed Commissioner. An alumna of Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, she lives in Mechanicsburg and is married with three children. Coleman Jr. Coleman Jr.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Of Revenue Reports March Tax Revenue $289.9 Million (4.8%) Above Estimate; Fiscal Year-To-Date $366 Million (1.1%) Above Estimate -- Independent Fiscal Office Reports March Tax Revenue $298 Million (5%) Above Their Estimates; Fiscal Year-To-Date $284 Million (.9%)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

To maintain leverage on Capitol Hill, Koch Industries ’ political action committee (PAC), affiliates and employees also contribute significantly more to federal candidates, party committees, outside groups, leadership PACs and 527 groups than their counterparts at BP America , Chevron , ExxonMobil or Shell. Ted Cruz , Florida Gov.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2023

I wrote then about this decision to stay quiet on the climate impacts of his legislation, asking “Can you build political support for climate action without actually connecting it to climate change?” But we are learning how the president’s message is landing with voters ahead of the critical 2024 election.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

government $265 million plus interest for over-billing on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and in 2010 it was ordered to repay the U.S. USA: Lockheed agrees to pay feds $10M for Marietta overcharges to Air Force and Navy Rhonda Cook | The Atlanta-Journal Constitution | December 10, 2010 According to the U.S. million to a Dutch prince.

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