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Green Building may be our Best Hope to Repair the Planet

Greenbuilding Law

The de riguer environmental imperative of responding to the immediate threat of global warming through reducing greenhouse gas emissions, to the detriment of other environmental impacts, is simply taking one environmental impact too far. This is not my perspective alone.

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Analysis: Ecocide in Gaza: Who will hear and heal its dying environment?

A Greener Life

A 2002 B’Tselem report shows Israel has destroyed agricultural areas, claiming they were used for “terror attacks.” ” The recent conflict has left Gaza’s natural resources decimated. Unfortunately, Israel has targeted Palestinian farmlands for a long time.

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October 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

22 Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition Natural Areas Assn. 22 Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition Natural Areas Assn.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Circuit Stayed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Truck Trailers.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta by Amnesty International (2009). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report.