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The Stream, November 17, 2021: Meet The Activist Saving a Polluted Chinese Lake

Circle of Blue

Environmental Protection Agency links proximity to agricultural land to high levels of toxic algal blooms in Midwestern lakes. HotSpots H2O: In Afghanistan, Political Upheaval Aggravates Drought-Fueled Famine – Drought, a financial crisis, and political collapse are accelerating the country’s decline into all-out famine.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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US oil company ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals

Corp Watch

Exxon agrees to $1 million fine over 2011 Yellowstone River oil spill Reuters | June 5, 2019 Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. charges involving a 2011 pipeline rupture that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana. Environmental Impacts Three Exxon refineries top the list of U.S.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the most recent RFS rulemaking finds that more than 90 percent of the costs of complying with the RFS, $7 to $8 billion a year, are associated with bio-based diesel fuels [i]. A non-binding RFS is not a stable long-term situation, for both economic and political reasons.

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Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors

Corp Watch

Exxon agrees to $1 million fine over 2011 Yellowstone River oil spill Reuters | June 5, 2019 Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty to settle U.S. charges involving a 2011 pipeline rupture that spilled oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana. Environmental Impacts Three Exxon refineries top the list of U.S.

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

A native of Chilean Patagonia, Boric became known as one of the leaders of the country’s student protests of 2011. The president-elect, who is currently finishing his second term as a congressman, made environmental and climate change issues central to his campaign. “By

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The Year in Water, 2022

Circle of Blue

But bad economic, managerial, and political choices serve to sharpen the teeth and deepen the bite. Environmental Protection Agency began distributing the $50 billion for water systems that was a part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. A climate shark is fearsome enough for water. Many chose to do so.

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