Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. 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 refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. 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 refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. 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 refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. 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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. 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 refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. 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 16, 2023

In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the Clean Air Act, the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency said May 1. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The petitioners who brought this case include state-level political officials and coal companies who are single-mindedly determined to block climate action and perpetuate fossil fuel dependence to serve their narrow political or business interests. With this decision, the Court has instead hamstrung that authority.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Oliver Schmidt had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act and conspiracy to defraud the US government in August for his role in Dieselgate, where VW was found to have used hidden software to hide the fact that many of its cars weren’t meeting emissions standards. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Several workers have also been injured and others killed in explosions at the Point Comfort plant in 2005 and at a PVC plant in Illiopolis , Illinois in 2004. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp.,

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Mexican shopkeeper defeats Coke BBC | November 17, 2005 A small shopkeeper in Mexico City has won a David versus Goliath legal battle against the US drinks firm, Coca-Cola. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Mexican shopkeeper defeats Coke BBC | November 17, 2005 A small shopkeeper in Mexico City has won a David versus Goliath legal battle against the US drinks firm, Coca-Cola. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Mexican shopkeeper defeats Coke BBC | November 17, 2005 A small shopkeeper in Mexico City has won a David versus Goliath legal battle against the US drinks firm, Coca-Cola. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

Joe Manchin about holding up EPA nominations claiming “overreach” ) But this is not just about the political calculus of a president trying to make good on a climate pledge. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2023

In recent years, the RMP has been subject to a political tug-of-war: partially strengthened under the Obama administration and then promptly rolled back under the Trump administration. Note: The aerial photo above, courtesy of the National Archives, shows a chemical fire near New Orleans, Louisana following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The agency estimates that in 2030, the proposal would reduce methane from covered sources by 87 percent below 2005 levels. Oil and natural gas operations are also significant sources of other health-harming air pollutants, including smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and toxic air pollutants such as benzene.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The states asserted counts under the Administrative Procedure Act and of ultra vires action. 66,496 (Dec. 15,2 2009).

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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. EPA Supreme Court decision in 2022.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court said the plaintiff had not alleged an injury connected to any particular action or law and that her allegations instead suggested disagreements with the defendants’ policy positions, which made her claims nonjusticiable political questions. Republican National Committee , No. 3:17 -cv-00123 (W.D. Foster , No. 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

At face value, investigative initiatives like advisory bodies seem like positive steps, but at several points in time, it really was merely political theater. Released from a lot of federal oversight, it left this big, blank slate for states to regulate the industry in whatever manner suited them.

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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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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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