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

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Website Summary Repsol is a fossil fuel exploration company that evolved from a Spanish state venture that was set up in the 1920s. Mediterranean Reefs Will Be Destroyed Upon Repsol's Prospecting Published by Oceana | July 21, 2011 Information provided by Repsol Investigaciones Petrolíferas, S. Corporation Repsol S.A.

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels.

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Israel has just given BP licences to drill for gas off the coast of Gaza. So, people blockaded its head office.

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Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011). Historical Refernces Britain’s first North Sea oil rig collapses Julian Gavaghan | Yahoo News | December 24, 2013 December 27, 1965: Britain’s first ever North Sea oil rig collapsed and killed 13 men during a bitter snowstorm and 20ft-high waves on this day in 1965. complaints from 1995-present day.

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BP projects have helped fund Azerbaijan military aggression, say campaigners

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Steffy (McGraw-Hill, 2011). Historical Refernces Britain’s first North Sea oil rig collapses Julian Gavaghan | Yahoo News | December 24, 2013 December 27, 1965: Britain’s first ever North Sea oil rig collapsed and killed 13 men during a bitter snowstorm and 20ft-high waves on this day in 1965. complaints from 1995-present day.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

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On November 16, 2011, at 6:12 p.m., His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes.

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Dutch court orders halt to export of F-35 jet parts to Israel

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million Nate Raymond | Reuters | February 20, 2013 Lockheed Martin Corp has agreed to pay $19.5 Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. face divestment from major UK banks, for manufacturing cluster bombs. face divestment from major UK banks, for manufacturing cluster bombs. Its answer: no.

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

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USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.