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Conflict & Climate Change: The Real Triple C

Vermont Law

Climate change causes sea-level rise, natural resource scarcity, and natural disasters. First, scarcity of natural resources can change the political economy of a state. The drought was ongoing between 2006-2009 . These external pressures pose a considerable threat, particularly to developing nations.

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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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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature. Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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Unweighted Cost-Benefit Analysis Under Arbitrariness & Environmental Justice Principles

Vermont Law

By failing to account for equity-based granularities among regulatory stakeholders, policymakers run the risk of ignoring valuable data that would better inform them when making tough decisions involving the sustainable use of natural resources, economic development, and public health. 2006) (West); See also Nat’l Assoc.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

Circle of Blue

Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. Coulter has a particularly keen interest. He was 19 when he died.

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

Germany: VW Presses for Increased Work Week at Same Pay DW | June 13, 2006 Extending the work week from the current 28.8 Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. labor costs than not only its Detroit rivals but its Japanese competitors on American soil.

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

Corp Watch

Germany: VW Presses for Increased Work Week at Same Pay DW | June 13, 2006 Extending the work week from the current 28.8 Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. labor costs than not only its Detroit rivals but its Japanese competitors on American soil.

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