Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017, and Hurricane Irma in 2021 were all accompanied by the same question. A 2021 analysis of more than 88,000 studies since 2012 now finds 99.9 A Philadelphia Inquirer column carried the headline, “America sleepwalks through a climate crisis.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

“The impact of groundwater pumping on basin aquifers during ongoing drought conditions is largely unknown and continued reliance may not be sustainable,” cautioned a report on the water bank published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2005. Water levels then dipped again in 2012, when the water bank was reactivated.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. per megawatt-hour on average in 2012 to $30.42

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

I have working on the costs of climate change for 15 years now going back to my 2005 Death Toll paper. Here is 2012 video where I elaborate. Take a look at David Sattherthwaite's 2010 tough review of my 2010 Climatopolis book. You will see that John and I share many thoughts in common on this topic. This claim merits more research.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. I also went looking for something to inspire me politically. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. I also went looking for something to inspire me politically. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. I also went looking for something to inspire me politically. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012). There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. HarperCollins, 1991). The History of the Standard Oil Co.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012). There have been more than 3,000 spills since 2005, with the number peaking in 2011 at 484. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. HarperCollins, 1991). The History of the Standard Oil Co.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

So starting in Act 13, passed in 2012, which I know lots of people are familiar with, that was really an act of deference to the oil and gas industry. At face value, investigative initiatives like advisory bodies seem like positive steps, but at several points in time, it really was merely political theater. Read more here.]

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi after that hearing I noted that I am aware that Congressional hearings involve some political theater. However, I am not a political appointee. I did not expect to be drawn into political theater that violates basic civility. That may be the case. I do not represent a large trade association.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

PIRG Education Fund, April 2005). Wages of Inequality: Wage Discrimination and Underpayment in Hybrid Seed Production in India by Davuluri Venkateswarlu and Jacob Kalle (Fair Labor Association and India Committee of the Netherlands, December 2012). Raising Risk: Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States (U.S.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

PIRG Education Fund, April 2005). Wages of Inequality: Wage Discrimination and Underpayment in Hybrid Seed Production in India by Davuluri Venkateswarlu and Jacob Kalle (Fair Labor Association and India Committee of the Netherlands, December 2012). Raising Risk: Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States (U.S.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

PIRG Education Fund, April 2005). Wages of Inequality: Wage Discrimination and Underpayment in Hybrid Seed Production in India by Davuluri Venkateswarlu and Jacob Kalle (Fair Labor Association and India Committee of the Netherlands, December 2012). Raising Risk: Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States (U.S.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

PIRG Education Fund, April 2005). Wages of Inequality: Wage Discrimination and Underpayment in Hybrid Seed Production in India by Davuluri Venkateswarlu and Jacob Kalle (Fair Labor Association and India Committee of the Netherlands, December 2012). Raising Risk: Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States (U.S.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

PIRG Education Fund, April 2005). Wages of Inequality: Wage Discrimination and Underpayment in Hybrid Seed Production in India by Davuluri Venkateswarlu and Jacob Kalle (Fair Labor Association and India Committee of the Netherlands, December 2012). Raising Risk: Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States (U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. After she took office in January 2019, that pledge went out the window.

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Physics World

JULY 12, 2022

Ten years ago this month, on 4 July 2012, two of the largest scientific collaborations in history – ATLAS and CMS – announced the discovery of the long-sought Higgs boson at CERN. Part of CERN’s success as a citadel of modern physics was the decision to base it in Switzerland – a nation long renowned for its political neutrality.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

RGGI began with discussions among the governors of seven New England and mid-Atlantic states, which led to a 2005 Memorandum of Understanding that outlined the program. [23]. After the 2012 program review, RGGI lowered the cap by 45 percent between 2014 and 2020. [46]. Through independent regulations, each state’s CO.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Seven employees have been killed by or died from injuries at Georgia-Pacific since Koch Industries bought the company in 2005. Faces Behind a Global Crisis: US Carbon Billionaires and the UN Climate Deadlock (International Forum on Globalization, December 2012). billion methanol production complex under construction in St.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. In 2012, coal generated 37 percent of US electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rose asked Tillerson open-ended questions on a range of subjects, including climate change and national energy policy. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 12, 2023

2005 Congress passes first tax credit for solar. 2012 EPA adopts regulation limiting carbon emissions for new cars. Senate ratifies the UNFCC treaty. 1997 Senate passes resolution that U.S. should not enter into any climate agreement that fails to limit emissions from developing countries. 1998 U.S. advocacy.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Meet the New Interrogators: Lockheed Martin Pratap Chatterjee | CorpWatch | November 4, 2005 Just for signing up, they got a $2,000 check from a company that is rapidly becoming one of the key employers in the world of intelligence: Lockheed Martin, the world's biggest military company, based in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

4: Establishing a political “Review Council “ On January 24, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing a FEMA Review Council to provide the president recommendations on how to improve FEMA and give states more of a role in disaster response. Whats next?

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