U.S. Sea-Level Rise and High Tide Flooding, 1920-2020
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Whole Foods did not break the law by banning Black Lives Matter apparel, judge rules
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JANUARY 2, 2024
Whole Foods did not break the law by banning Black Lives Matter apparel, judge rules CNN PaulaR Tue, 01/02/2024 - 13:37 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Read more Ramishah Maruf New YorkCNN — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Original features of Vale’s tailings dam may have been responsible for failure – study
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JANUARY 25, 2024
Original features of Vale’s tailings dam may have been responsible for failure – study Mining.com PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 17:01 Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Read more Rescuers at Brumadinho following the collapse of the tailings dam at Vale’s Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine. Image by Diego Baravelli, Wikimedia Commons.
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Five Fixes for Michigan’s Drinking Water Woes
Circle of Blue
MAY 16, 2022
Michigan water system managers frequently bemoan rising water treatment costs to meet new regulatory standards, such as PFAS limits that took effect in 2020. Brett Walton 2022-05-02 07:18:48 2022-05-11 11:32:01 After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure. Getting creative. Brett Walton. Circle Blue.
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College, the Student Chapter of NAEP, and Permaculture with Tim Kendzia
Environmental Professionals Radio
MAY 28, 2021
Showtimes: 00:40 Shoutouts 01:07 Nic and Laura talk about their early career paths 09:17 Interview with Tim Kendzia starts 14:41 Tim's funny park ranger story 17:44 Permaculture 20:21 Student chapter involvement Please be sure to ?? Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode Dawson - [link] Help us continue to create great content!
Guidance and Relief for Retirement Plans Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Energy Law Blog
MAY 26, 2020
Discussed below are (1) EBSA Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01, (2) DOL “COVID-19 FAQs for Participants and Beneficiaries,” (3) IRS Notice 2020-23, and (4) IRS “Coronavirus-related relief for retirement plans and IRAs questions and answers.” A complete list of the questions and answers can be found here.
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 4 to 12 - 9 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Leaking Wastewater Tanks; Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Cleanup Continues; Pipeline Land Slips
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 13, 2024
The inspection report notes at least 13 violations at this well go back to an inspection on March 6, 2020 and at least three other inspections after that. Notices of violation were also issued for failure to restore the well site and failure to submit production and waste reports for 2020, 2021 and 2022 (Rimeer 4).
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Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster
Corp Watch
JANUARY 31, 2024
Mining giants told to pay $9.7bn over Brazil dam disaster BBC PaulaR Wed, 01/31/2024 - 13:57 Saturday, January 27, 2024 Read more Peter Hoskins A federal judge in Brazil has ordered mining giants BHP, Vale and their Samarco iron ore joint venture to pay 47.6bn reais ($9.67bn) in damages over a deadly dam burst in 2015. Corporation Vale S.A.
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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta
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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Roundup lawsuit: Bayer ordered to pay Pa. man $2.25B after jury finds weed killer caused cancer
Corp Watch
JANUARY 31, 2024
Essure: Women in England take legal action against sterilising-device maker Sophie Hutchinson | BBC News | November 15, 2020 Lawyers have begun legal action on behalf of 200 UK women against the makers of a sterilisation device, after claims of illness and pain. Bayer Subsidiaries (via Bayer 2020) Bayer Subsidiaries and Investments (via U.S.
French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil
Corp Watch
MARCH 8, 2024
Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. In the U.S. million in 2013.
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Monsanto ordered to pay $857 million to Washington school students and parent volunteers over toxic PCBs
Corp Watch
JANUARY 2, 2024
Essure: Women in England take legal action against sterilising-device maker Sophie Hutchinson | BBC News | November 15, 2020 Lawyers have begun legal action on behalf of 200 UK women against the makers of a sterilisation device, after claims of illness and pain. Bayer Subsidiaries (via Bayer 2020) Bayer Subsidiaries and Investments (via U.S.
Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell
Corp Watch
JANUARY 26, 2024
Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.
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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say
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. billion pounds of ethylene a year.
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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 18 To Hear Presentation On DEP’s Expanded Conventional Abandoned Well Plugging Program
PA Environment Daily
MAY 6, 2022
Klapkowski recently updated the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board on DEP’s efforts to implement the program - Click Here to review [3:01:45] Visit DEP’s Abandoned and Orphan Well webpage for more information. See Related Articles below for related issues.)
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PA GreenGov Initiatives Lower State Government Energy Use By More Than $8 Million In 3 Years
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 15, 2022
percent in Fiscal Year 2020-21. In 2019, Governor Wolf signed Executive Order 2019-01 to establish Pennsylvania’s first climate goals, as part of his strategy to fight climate change and protect Pennsylvania from climate dangers. Commonwealth agencies and commissions under the governor’s jurisdiction reduced energy usage by 3.2
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Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:46 Friday, January 12, 2024 Read more Brett Wilkins "As Africans, we need to show TotalEnergies the red card," said one climate campaigner. BRETT WILKINS Jan 12, 2024 4 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. In the U.S.
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Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project
Corp Watch
JANUARY 2, 2024
Total operates the world’s largest* polystyrene factory in Carville, Louisiana, which released 28,114 lbs of toxic chemicals in 2020 including 21,776 lbs of styrene and 5,507 lbs of ethylbenzene, less than a mile away from the town of St. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts.
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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals
Corp Watch
JANUARY 23, 2024
Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.
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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.
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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
Russian police suspects Nestle of land theft RPA | October 30, 2020 According to the Kaluga region department of Rosreestr (Federal Service for State Registration, Cadaster and Cartography), it was one of Nestlé's managers who was engaged in the transaction with individual entrepreneur Arabadzhi.
Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. of the environmental code," said Michel Adam, president of the Ardennes Fishing Federation.
Commission Ruling Reopens the NEM 3.0 Record to Invite Comment on and Consider Limited Issues
Renewable + Law
MAY 10, 2022
In 2020, the Commission opened a rulemaking proceeding ( R.20-08-020 Background. The Commission adopted California’s existing solar tariff, known as NEM 2.0, on January 28, 2016 in Decision (D.) Customers opting into this tariff pay a one-time interconnection fee (less than $150 for systems under 1 MW and $800 for systems over 1 MW).
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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
I nvestigative website O Joio e O Trigo calculated that JBS slaughterhouses in Brazil averaged seven work accidents a day between 2018 and 2020 with regular reports of severe injuries and horrific deaths. JBS also has a history of poor safety practices in the workplace.
NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments Fox PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:06 Thursday, February 29, 2024 Read more Thomas Catenacci NY AG says company's net zero goals aren't feasible considering its high carbon footprint Corporation JBS S.A.
Michigan’s ‘Very Big Opportunity’ in Infrastructure Windfall
Circle of Blue
MAY 11, 2022
A report from the University of Michigan and the Environmental Policy Innovation Center examined SRF distributions by state between 2011 and 2020. Circle Blue 2022-05-03 08:01:36 2022-05-10 10:56:26 Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades. Historically, Michigan has not spread its SRF loans widely.
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Michigan’s 20th Century Water Systems Too Big For Its Shrinking City Populations
Circle of Blue
MAY 3, 2022
of all persons in Flint lived below poverty level, while 2020 census data shows that 37.3% The NRDC announced in April that the Flint city council agreed to set a September 2022 deadline to finish identifying and replacing its remaining residential lead pipes, an extension from its previous deadline of November 2020. . Circle Blue.
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Brazil: Uber Driver Accused of Anti-Candomblé Religious Intolerance
Corp Watch
JANUARY 11, 2024
Brazil: Uber Driver Accused of Anti-Candomblé Religious Intolerance Bitter Winter PaulaR Thu, 01/11/2024 - 14:09 Saturday, May 13, 2023 Read more Massimo Introvigne He refused to take to a terreiro a family dressed according to their religion, and is now under police investigation.
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DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Schlapfer S BRA 2H (2020) -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA LLC - Canton Twp. Harnish 01 032 02 G 2H (2020) -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA LLC - Columbia Twp. Jacobson Unit 3HX (2020) -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Franklin Twp. Jacobson Unit 4HX (2020) -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Monroe Twp. Ridgebury Twp.
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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison Radio Free Asia PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:44 Thursday, January 11, 2024 Read more Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in 2017 following massive demonstrations against a Taiwan-owned steel plant. By RFA Vietnamese 2024.01.11
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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits
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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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation
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. The ruling sets a precedent for thousands more cases.
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Germany: Scandal at Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA: The company is refusing to sign a collective agreement, but gets millions in state subsidies
Corp Watch
JANUARY 4, 2024
Germany: Volkswagen pulls ad, apologizes for racist overtones DW | May 20, 2020 After being criticized for their first statement regarding the controversial ad, VW has issued a second apology. The ruling sets a precedent for thousands more cases. The commercial contained references to colonialism and appeared to show a racial slur.
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Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts
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. The ruling sets a precedent for thousands more cases.
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China: Volkswagen under fire after audit finds no evidence of Uyghur forced labor
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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VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal
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 The ruling sets a precedent for thousands more cases.
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EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel
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 6 CROZZ SUV at a world premiere ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2021.
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Inspired by Strike Wins, 1,000 Volkswagen Workers Sign Union Cards
Corp Watch
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Inspired by Strike Wins, 1,000 Volkswagen Workers Sign Union Cards Labor Notes PaulaR Tue, 12/12/2023 - 17:01 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Luis Feliz Leon Today workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant announced their third bid to unionize plant-wide with the Auto Workers (UAW).
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How British American Tobacco lobbied Kenya to water down nicotine pouch warnings
Corp Watch
JANUARY 25, 2024
How British American Tobacco lobbied Kenya to water down nicotine pouch warnings The Guardian PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:58 Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Read more Sarah Marsh, Matthew Chapman and Thomas Mukhwana Exclusive: tobacco giant said it would pull investment from a Nairobi factory if its request for smaller health labels was not met, leaked documents (..)
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Some Michigan Water Systems Are Overbuilt, Underfunded. Are Mergers The Answer?
Circle of Blue
MAY 11, 2022
Between 2016 and 2020, systems with 1,000 customer connections were nearly twice as likely to violate health-related standards than those with 25,000 connections. . 2020 that the 91-year-old water plant is “nearing the end of its useful life,” plagued by corroding parts and malfunctioning equipment. . Brett Walton. Circle Blue.
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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support
Corp Watch
JANUARY 3, 2024
Russian police suspects Nestle of land theft RPA | October 30, 2020 According to the Kaluga region department of Rosreestr (Federal Service for State Registration, Cadaster and Cartography), it was one of Nestlé's managers who was engaged in the transaction with individual entrepreneur Arabadzhi.
Amazon lobbyists face ban from European Parliament
Corp Watch
MARCH 1, 2024
Amazon lobbyists face ban from European Parliament Politico PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:22 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more GIOVANNA FAGGIONATO The company may regain access if it shows a ‘willingness to cooperate,’ says key lawmaker. We have estimated that in 2017 Amazon’s tax avoidance from profit shifting alone cost the UK £52million.
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Amazon Fined in France for Illegally Spying on Workers
Corp Watch
JANUARY 31, 2024
Amazon Fined in France for Illegally Spying on Workers Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/31/2024 - 13:59 Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Read more Julia Conley The retail giant was also ordered to pay more than $30 million last year after allegedly surveilling customers with its tech products.
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