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House Republicans Now Want To Take Away All DEP’s Application Fee Revenue To Further De-Fund Environmental Protection Programs

PA Environment Daily

David Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) introduced House Bill 1755 which would take away all Department of Environmental Protection permit application fees collected by the agency and deposit them into the General Fund rather than into the accounts now set up in law to pay for specific environmental protection programs.

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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

A wave of frontline resistance is now breaking across the Upper Midwest and around the country as organized campaigns aimed at regulating concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs, are being felt at every level of government, and in state and federal courts. It’s now being raised as a political issue. As a legal issue.

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. The cost, currently set by the US government at US$51 per metric tonne, plays a pivotal role in determining policy. What is the social cost of carbon?

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Locals Aim Their Protest at Weapons Maker Raytheon in Support of Palestine

Corp Watch

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. It was also forced to pay out US$25 million in 2003 for illegally exporting U.S. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides.

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15 people arrested during peaceful 'free Palestine' protest in Louisville

Corp Watch

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. It was also forced to pay out US$25 million in 2003 for illegally exporting U.S. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

Law Columbia

It’s long past time to stop relegating the climate problem to a narrowly conceived field of “environmental law.” Corporate and securities law – as well as companies and their leaders acting through lobbying and politics – also have major roles to play. [9] 26] About 8,000 facilities are required to report. [27] 46] The U.S.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

Corp Watch

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.