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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

The company sued the government of Argentina in 2012 for $10 billion after the country nationalized YPF with the backing of 80 percent of legislators of parliament. SEC 2006) Repsol Subsidiaries (via U.S. The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion. Major Procurement Contracts Raytheon contracts with the U.S.

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EXTENDING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TO FARM ANIMALS

Vermont Law

This leaves the disaster preparedness plans vulnerable to the politics of government. 991, 1007 (2012). [2]. The National Academies Press (2012), [link]. [3]. 1725 (2006). ; 1355, 1394 (2006); Pets Act (Faq), am. 1355, 1394 (2006); Pets Act (Faq), am. The National Academies Press (2012), [link]. [15].

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern. According to global witness 64 of the 212 activists murdered came from Columbia, with South America being the worst affected region for activist killings since 2012 [6]. 2 pp 105-110. (2) 2) Geraldo B. 110, pages 173-177. (3)

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CEQA Remedies Go Both Ways:  Fourth District Reverses Judgment Upholding San Diego County Board’s Decision Granting Project Opponents’ Administrative Appeal, Holds Board Erred In Finding CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Statutory Exemption Inapplicable And Ordering EIR Prepared for Exempt Industrial Project

CEQA Developments

The Site-Specific Industrial Development Project In 2012, developer Hilltop Group, Inc. City of Turlock (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th 4th 273, 294 [analyzing whether City zoning ordinance was eligible for exemption].)

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The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups

Circle of Blue

In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013. The political story behind this change in financing has a main character: the Wyoming congressional delegation. In 2021, the fee was lowered by an additional 20 percent.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. political and public support) for fossil fuels, but we can tell our elected officials not to fall for CAPP’s pro-oil propaganda and to instead prioritize climate action.

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A Trip Down Memory “Train”: A Brief History of Public Transit

Union of Concerned Scientists

This led to an unfair distribution of funds until the FTA’s tribal transit program was implemented in 2006 with a direct funding and application route to the federal government.