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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

The genesis of ExxonMobil’s brazen hypocrisy can be traced back to 2007. In 2007 alone, the company gave $2 million to 37 denier groups, including the American Legislative Exchange Council, Heartland Institute and Manhattan Institute.

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Stronger Fuel Economy Standards Are Needed to Clean Up Combustion Vehicles

Union of Concerned Scientists

While the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)has drawn all the attention lately for its spring proposals to cut emissions from new vehicles by electrifying both passenger cars and heavy trucks, the o.g. EPA , and Congress finalized the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 , requiring increasing fuel economy standards.

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Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. But the calculus changes when it comes to compliance.

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Emerging Investigator Series – Changseok Han

Water Research & Technology

Changseok Han is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Engineering at the INHA University, Korea. in Department of Environmental Engineering at Yeungnam University, Korea, in 2005 and 2007, respectively. I believe that AOPs could be promising technologies to degrade them in the environment.

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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

Environmental Protection Agency. While this authority—itself rooted in a prior Supreme Court decision , the 2007 Massachusetts v. This term, alongside a number of cases with the potential for seismic implications, the Supreme Court also took up West Virginia v.

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

Corp Watch

USA: ‘Huge’ Win for Code of Excellence: On-Clock Training at Raytheon Plant International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | May 8, 2023 More than 2,400 Raytheon Technologies missile and defense workers are getting on-the-clock training on the IBEW’s Code of Excellence program , thanks to a years-long effort by the leaders of Waltham, Mass.,

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

Corp Watch

USA: ‘Huge’ Win for Code of Excellence: On-Clock Training at Raytheon Plant International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | May 8, 2023 More than 2,400 Raytheon Technologies missile and defense workers are getting on-the-clock training on the IBEW’s Code of Excellence program , thanks to a years-long effort by the leaders of Waltham, Mass.,