Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mitt Romney issued a press release crowing about all the money he secured for his state in the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that lays out what the government will spend on the US military in the following fiscal year. Last December, Utah Sen. He specifically cited the $4.3 The evidence, however, suggests otherwise.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, mandates that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspect registered public accounting firms in both the United States and in foreign jurisdictions, and investigate potential standards violations committed by registered public accounting firms and their associated persons.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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. Federal Government (via USA Spending) Toyota contracts with the U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2022

energy industry and the government.” -- Financial Times: U.S. natural gas futures have doubled this year, far more than the increases in retail gasoline and diesel that have made Americans angry at the U.S. What’s Your Community Doing? Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Erie Times/Reuters: U.S.

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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. In 2002, Scientific American named Dr. Mann one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology, and in 2012, he received the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Guest Post By Anna Clare Monlezun , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. I work with government-owned conservation lands, coupled human-natural systems, that are managed to protect and conserve natural resources, provide public access to wild open spaces, and sustainably produce quality food for growing populations.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added acrylamide to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens in 1990, but acrylamide was not detected in foods until 2002. © Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 2021 All Rights Reserved. Office of Disciplinary Counsel , 471 U.S. Becerra , No.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Total Penalties $29,196,927,856 (May 9, 2021) Number of Records 283 Books Adventure in Oil: The Story of British Petroleum by Henry Longhurst (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1959). Federal Government (via USA SPENDING). Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit by Loren C. Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011).

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Interestingly, this sense of urgency has compelled various scholars, governments, development practitioners, and activists to turn toward the language of security to convey the increasingly dire need to confront widespread ecological change. Flooding on the banks of Rio Negro in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil, 2021.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Total Penalties $29,196,927,856 (May 9, 2021) Number of Records 283 Books Adventure in Oil: The Story of British Petroleum by Henry Longhurst (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1959). Federal Government (via USA SPENDING). Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit by Loren C. Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011).

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 9, 2023

The easement is then purchased or donated to a land trust or government agency, which is responsible for enforcing its stipulations. The conservancy was founded in 2021 with the goal of using easements to protect the shrinking Ogallala Aquifer. In 2002, amid a severe drought, groundwater levels plunged.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists, December, 2004). Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food by Kathleen Hart (Pantheon, 2002). June 2007).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2023

For example, an NPR analysis from 2021 found that Pennsylvania had some of the longest wait times in the country for issuing nursing licenses. Governor Shapiro is making clear his Administration will be customer-service oriented and that state government will work harder to get them a response, so that they can pursue their dreams.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Steingraber noted similar conclusions were reached in 2014 when New York State banned fracking, saying “At the time, and again, this is nine years ago in 2014, there were 400 studies and investigations in the peer-reviewed scientific literature in government reports and by journalists that showed evidence for harm. They are also born smaller.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Steve Chester. On September 30, 2021, U.S. Yet, as a former state director of an environmental agency, I’m curious about government-to-government consultations between states and tribes.

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Physics World

MAY 17, 2022

By contrast, the US agency’s Perseverance rover , which landed on the red planet in 2021, can steer clear of such obstacles with ease, thanks to the use of artificial intelligence. It has six hazard-detecting cameras, or “HazCams”, of which four are in the front and two in the rear.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food by Kathleen Hart (Pantheon, 2002). June 2007).

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Physics World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I graduated from the Technical University of Delft’s Policy Analysis and Systems Engineering department in 1999 and after a two-year stint at KPN Research as a consultant, I joined the Ministry of Economic Affairs as an adviser in 2002. Quantum Delta NL recently received € 615m from the Dutch government. How will that be spent?

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 14, 2022

Instead it begins with this: A brief on how adept engineering for dams and aqueducts, government subsidy, technological development for pumps and water recycling, surpassing marketing, and an advantageous assemblage of natural resources – sun, warmth, blue sky, and open spaces – produced one of the greatest desert civilizations in human history. .

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

By 2002, Flint was $30 million in debt and the state of Michigan stepped in with an emergency financial manager. . Now, Flint residents are back on Detroit water and nearly all of the city’s lead pipes have been removed with the assistance of funding from the state and federal government. million deficit by 2012. Michigan Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food by Kathleen Hart (Pantheon, 2002). June 2007).

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Vermont Law

MAY 17, 2023

In South America Indigenous communities in the Amazon Basin have been forced to rely on commercial food supplies rather than their traditional food sources because government supported mining along the river has caused extremely dangerous levels of mercury contamination. (6) 3 (2002) [link] Id. Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing? ,

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food by Kathleen Hart (Pantheon, 2002). June 2007).

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Acoel

JULY 19, 2021

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Amy L. AULs are described in detail in Section 6 of that Standard Guide; they include proprietary controls, state and local government controls, statutory enforcement tools, and informational devices. Neither the 2002 Brownfields Amendments nor the Common Elements Guide ever uses the term PUL.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

2021 WL 5023371 (Fed. This holding aligns with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) case law interpreting “interested party” status and “direct economic interest” in a multiple award procurement and creates an internal split within the COFC. 2021 WL 5023371, at *13.]] 2021 WL 5023371, at *20 n.37]]

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Total Penalties $794,315,508 (April 6, 2021) Number of Records 131 Books A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops (Union of Concerned Scientists ,December, 2004). Eating in the Dark: America's Experiment with Genetically Engineered Food by Kathleen Hart (Pantheon, 2002). June 2007).

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 1, 2021

Businesses cannot ignore or refuse to think about the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space; it is not going away. And since the passage of Sarbanes Oxley in 2002, boards at public companies directly oversee the audit of financial statements which processes must consider and often disclose environmental and other matters.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 31, 2023

In 2021, for example, approximately 4,000 cubic meters of garbage overflowed into the Drina. There are environmental activists within Bosnia that are challenging the government to examine its role in destroying the ecosystems surrounding hydropower plants. These garbage seasons have been occurring in Bosnia for over two decades.

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 18, 2023

Both the number and total dollar amount of corporate FCPA settlements were higher in 2022 than in 2021, though remained lower than in 2019 or 2020. million in profits related to bribes paid to win lucrative train lavatory contracts with the Chinese government. 10, 2021).]] N: See United States v. Rafoi-Bleuler , No. 2, 2022).]]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government. If it did, it would be subject to rules governing offsets that CARB would be required to enforce. dairy herds fell by more than half between 2002 and 2019, with an accelerating rate of decline in 2018 and 2019, even as milk production continued to grow.”

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

The plan includes resources and suggestions for the General Assembly, state agencies, local governments, and the public. Wolf for exceptional accomplishments in 2021. The Governor’s Award for Excellence was created in 2002 by Gov. The PennDOT and DEP team were among 50 employees from 12 state agencies honored by Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Note: The Environmental Justice Advisory Board was established in 2001 and the Office of Environmental Advocate was created in 2002 during the Ridge and Schweiker Administrations.] For too long the impact of environmental hazards on minority and low-income populations were ignored by government at all levels,” Sen. Hughes said.

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