Enviromental Defense

MAY 15, 2024

In 2023, in the middle of the most devastating fire season in Alberta on record, there was near radio silence on the subject of climate change, and what our political leaders were, or were not doing, to address the calamity. After the 2017 Kenow Fire. At least it hasn’t been so far. But talk we must.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

Cuba’s power system is currently heavily reliant on fossil fuels. In 2022, fossil fuels accounted for about 95% of electricity generation, and about 48% of the fossil fuels used were imported, putting the country at high risk of price shocks and supply shortages.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

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. Most CCS is used for “enhanced oil recovery” meaning the carbon captured is pumped back into the ground to push out more oil.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

Now comes the court’s crippling of the most important federal weapon available to avoid catastrophic climate change and its associated killing of tens of thousands of Americans every year with fossil fuel air pollution. The Supreme Court is ignoring the science on health. Many other studies show that reducing PM 2.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in 2021 were all accompanied by the same question. This has got nothing to do with climate.This is not because of fossil fuels.” Will this smoke alarm wake us up?” This doesn’t make anybody cough. percent consensus.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Last week world leaders gathered in New York for the UN Climate Ambition Summit where countries shared concrete action they’ve taken to phase out fossil fuels. There, the conversation was grounded in science, with leaders such as California’s Governor Newsom saying “The climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Coal mine reclamation has become a flashpoint in the partisan divide over fossil fuel use. A Political Quagmire. In Pizarchik’s experience working for the federal mining office, coal-friendly political pressure is a headwind facing state actors trying to strengthen the programs. Photo © Prairie Rivers Network.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Total Penalties $241,580,318 (July 7, 2023) Number of Records 118 Books Agrifood Atlas: Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & Friends of the Earth Europe (2017) Citizen Coke by Bartow J. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), promising to pay $2.25

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is still much we can do to bend that emissions curve sharply within this decade—but only if world leaders, especially leaders of richer countries and major emitting nations, take responsibility to act together quickly and fossil fuel companies are held accountable for their decades of obstruction and deception.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

percent of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is driven by human burning of fossil fuels, Johnson clings to the lie that there “are facts on both sides.” Despite the United States having spewed a quarter of all the world’s cumulative global warming gases, Johnson blathered at a 2017 town hall: “What about Africa?

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

This blog is co-authored with Alienor Rougeot, Climate and Energy Program Manager Two prominent figures of Canada’s oil and gas industry were recently on Global TV’s politics show, The West Block with Mercedes Stephenson, where they spread a bunch of misinformation and half truths.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Jacob Carter and Martha Kinsella In late August 2017, Hurricane Harvey brought Texas rain that just wouldn’t stop. But given that the area is home to Superfund sites , fossil fuel fired power plants, and other petrochemical hubs, this wasn’t ordinary rainwater.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2023

The bench trial took place last month in the state capitol, Helena, where 16 youth plaintiffs ages 5 to 22 made the case that Montana’s unwavering promotion of fossil fuels violates the state constitution’s guarantee to a “clean and healthful environment.” The admission says a lot about political will.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 4, 2023

Also split by the Ontario-Quebec border, and the state of New York just to the east, Akwesasne’s sovereignty faces numerous legal and political obstacles. Between 2017 and 2022, Canada spent just $33 million US dollars on Great Lakes cleanup efforts, compared to U.S. annual spending of between $300 million and $400 million.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Let’s be real: her talents as a poet, songwriter, performer, and inspiration to millions could be a game changer for messaging around climate actions, like phasing out fossil fuels and holding corporations accountable for planet-heating emissions. She’s been extremely successful in affecting political change in the past too.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In September 2017, Eric Biber and I published a threat assessment after the first 200 days of the Trump Administration. The 2017 report was organized at the tool that Trump could use, rather than specific policy questions. The 2017 threat assessment. The 2017 threat assessment. The 2017 threat assessment.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossil fuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042. Joe Manchin about holding up EPA nominations claiming “overreach” ) But this is not just about the political calculus of a president trying to make good on a climate pledge.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

At least 20 cities, counties and states have filed lawsuits against ExxonMobil and other major fossil fuel companies for climate damages. They are also suing fossil fuel companies for consumer and investor fraud. EN: There is another effort going on at the state and local level that bears mentioning. How cool is that?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

EPA decision, the majority stated the major questions doctrine applies in “‘extraordinary cases’ in which the ‘history and breadth of the authority that [the agency] has asserted,’ and the ‘economic and political significance’ of that assertion, provide a ‘reason to hesitate before concluding that Congress’ meant to confer such authority.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2024

These corporations and politicians don’t want to see a transformational transportation system we need, one that prioritizes people before highways, health before harm, access before asphalt, climate before corporations, freedom over fossil fuels. How did we get here? Why aren’t there more ways to get around my community?

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). filed June 9, 2017).

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program. . – Continual reform to improve ambition, integrity, and buy-in. Most ETS have fallen on the prices-too-low side.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 27, 2023

5 5,000 litres contaminated water leaked ( more here ) 2020 — Kearl Lake, AB Pipeline leak of 90 m3 of diluent on the ground ( more here ) 2019 — Nanticoke, ON 95 litres of diesel was lost from a leaking valve ( more here ) 2017 — Cold Lake, AB 1.2 Leaks and Spills 2022 / 2023 (ongoing) — Kearl Lake, AB 5.3

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

This is a good opportunity for the government of Ontario to select a more appropriate person to lead the agency, ideally one that supports the much needed transition away from fossil fuels. All of the alternatives are available now and are cheaper than fossil gas.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

From 2017 to 2019, the agency counted 321 emergency department visits related to harmful algal bloom exposure. million from 1978 to 2017. million from 1978 to 2017. million acres in both states in 2017. The fossil fuel sector and its industrial allies block curbs to greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

The world will need large amounts of lithium to reduce fossil fuel emissions drastically. Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile are all in complex political, social, and economic situations. Few cases can show more clearly how relevant political approaches, laws, and regulations are for the future of the people and the planet.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Website Summary Repsol is a fossil fuel exploration company that evolved from a Spanish state venture that was set up in the 1920s. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list Political Influence OpenSecrets.org Profile of Repsol Image Similar Companies Related Gulliver Profiles Royal Dutch Shell BP Total S.A.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Elsewhere , I documented how these and subsequent US public policy actions set the stage for Puerto Rico’s contemporary social vulnerabilities that have come full circle in disastrous social, economic, and climatic consequences for the archipelago after Hurricane María in 2017. The risk of landslides is also high.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Celebration when Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. Photo credit: By Lorie Shaull CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen. France could be at a crossroads, and it could be a worrying one if you care about the climate crisis.

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Legal Planet

JULY 19, 2022

The most significant action was the passage of the Defense Authorization Act of 2017, HR 1810. 43 USC 1341) If climate change is a national emergency caused by fossil fuels, then suspension seems like a logical response. Conceivably, these powers could be deployed against companies or countries trafficking in fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. In September 2017, in Sendai Citizens v. Civil law cases.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Oil workers go on strike at Exxon Mobil in Nigeria: union Reuters | May 11, 2017 Nigerian workers at U.S. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Oil workers go on strike at Exxon Mobil in Nigeria: union Reuters | May 11, 2017 Nigerian workers at U.S. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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