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FRESH, February 7, 2023: Development Planned for Greater Toronto Would Require a Controversial Water Shake-up

Circle of Blue

February 7, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. government halts new mining leases in a northeast Minnesota national forest for 20 years. ” — Deb Haaland, U.S. secretary of the Interior.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to an October 2023 report by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC), a nonprofit watchdog organization, the industry has been gaslighting us by promoting the idea that “cooking with gas” is a good thing, despite knowing as far back as 1970 that gas stoves pose a threat to public health and the environment.

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Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

Corp Watch

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In the U.S.

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Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

Corp Watch

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts.

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Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Corp Watch

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Corp Watch

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Corp Watch

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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