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In 2012, Groff took a mail delivery job with the United States Postal Service. Balance that history with the fact that the official motto of the United States “In God We Trust” which first appeared on the 1864 two cent coin, proclaims that the political and economic prosperity of the nations is in God’s hands.

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Wages of Inequality: Wage Discrimination and Underpayment in Hybrid Seed Production in India by Davuluri Venkateswarlu and Jacob Kalle (Fair Labor Association and India Committee of the Netherlands, December 2012). The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides by Mitchel Cohen (Skyhorse, January 2019).

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

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Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. SEC Charges Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. SEC Charges Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Site-Specific Industrial Development Project In 2012, developer Hilltop Group, Inc. City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th City of Irvine (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v.

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Total to pay $15 mln to settle US false claims case Reuters | February 22, 2012 Units of French energy concern Total have agreed to pay $15 million to settle U.S. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. Baiton was at COP27 and is expected to return for COP28, which runs from November 30th until December 12th, 2023. CAPP is trying to buy and build the social license (ie.

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Consequently, unresolved negotiations over its content can sometimes lead to the bill’s expiration without a successor, as they did in both 2012 and 2018, leaving many programs and the individuals who rely on them without funding or authority.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors Yahoo News PaulaR Tue, 11/07/2023 - 17:23 Thursday, October 12, 2023 Read more Raphael Satter & Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012).

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The rule follows an existing framework of performance management started in 2012 that already tracks outcomes for safety, infrastructure conditions, and reliability. A single project can take years or decades to go from an idea to implementation and can go through political twists and turns along the way. But change is coming.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Subsequent federal transit funding bills generally followed the status quo, in which highways get a much greater share of funds than transit, and barely keeping pace with inflation and transit industry operational, managerial, and political factors that increase costs even higher.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 25, 2023

In Iowa, a Tale of Politics, Power, and Contaminated Water Lawmakers silence Chris Jones, a prominent University of Iowa water quality researcher. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – May 25, 2023 IOWA CITY, IOWA – Here in the heart of US farm country, the wretched quality of Iowa waterways is a well-known lament.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

In 2012, he directed the Academy’s participation in the William Penn Foundation’s watershed protection planning, resulting in the launch of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in entomology and applied ecology, both from the University of Delaware.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

USA: California dialysis clinic workers push to unionize over short-staffing and low pay Michael Sainato | The Guardian | February 7, 2023 Two corporations, DaVita and Fresenius, own about 70% of the dialysis clinics in the US and the growth of large corporate chains in the market resulted in increased patient loads of 11.7%

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Germany: Hospital group vs trade unionist: Fired because she went home 28 minutes too early TAZ PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:45 Thursday, July 13, 2023 Read more Emily Kietsch Helios terminated an anesthetist without notice because she allegedly went home too early. The Marburger Bund suspects another reason.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

USA: California dialysis clinic workers push to unionize over short-staffing and low pay Michael Sainato | The Guardian | February 7, 2023 Two corporations, DaVita and Fresenius, own about 70% of the dialysis clinics in the US and the growth of large corporate chains in the market resulted in increased patient loads of 11.7%

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JANUARY 16, 2024

USA: California dialysis clinic workers push to unionize over short-staffing and low pay Michael Sainato | The Guardian | February 7, 2023 Two corporations, DaVita and Fresenius, own about 70% of the dialysis clinics in the US and the growth of large corporate chains in the market resulted in increased patient loads of 11.7%

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Dialysis Caregivers at Fresenius and Satellite: Unfair Labor Practice Strike at clinics in US Public Services International PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:48 Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Read more 99% of workers voted in favor of an unfair labor practice strike as Fresenius Kidney Care and Satellite Healthcare refused to bargain in good faith.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

USA: AG Platkin Sues Fresenius Vascular Care After Vulnerable Kidney Dialysis Patients Are Allegedly Subjected to Unnecessary Surgeries in Fraud Scheme State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:49 Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Read more TRENTON — Attorney General Matthew J.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In an increasingly polarized world, geothermal occupies a rare political and social space where environmental and climate-focused groups and oil and gas entities can unite to support the same cause, and it is at this nexus that Project InnerSpace focuses its funding and efforts.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Dutch Consumer Group Sues Amazon Over Data Tracking Catherine Stupp | Wall Street Journal | October 18, 2023 Consumer-rights body SDBN has filed a lawsuit against the tech company that mirrors a previous penalty, this time aiming to win damages for consumers.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Dutch Consumer Group Sues Amazon Over Data Tracking Catherine Stupp | Wall Street Journal | October 18, 2023 Consumer-rights body SDBN has filed a lawsuit against the tech company that mirrors a previous penalty, this time aiming to win damages for consumers.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2023

Of Agriculture: 1,000 Pound Butter Sculpture Highlights 2023 Farm Show Theme: Rooted In Progress -- Dept. . -- Williamsport Sun: DEP Issued Thousands Of Violations To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators For Newly Abandoned Wells That Can Cost PA Taxpayers $1.8 6 RiverWatch Video Report -- EPA To Host Jan.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

PHOTO Leonhard Lenz Read More Recent & Ongoing Campaigns Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country Morgan Meaker | WIRED | November 2, 2023 The union’s members are threatening the blockade in support of workers at Tesla’s Swedish repair shops, who do work for Tesla and who have been on strike since last Friday.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Elon Musk sees $56bn Tesla pay deal cancelled in Delaware court BBC PaulaR Thu, 02/01/2024 - 14:09 Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Read more Mariko Oi & Michael Race A judge in the US state of Delaware has annulled a $55.8bn (£44bn) pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PHOTO Leonhard Lenz Read More Recent & Ongoing Campaigns Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country Morgan Meaker | WIRED | November 2, 2023 The union’s members are threatening the blockade in support of workers at Tesla’s Swedish repair shops, who do work for Tesla and who have been on strike since last Friday.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

PHOTO Leonhard Lenz Read More Recent & Ongoing Campaigns Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country Morgan Meaker | WIRED | November 2, 2023 The union’s members are threatening the blockade in support of workers at Tesla’s Swedish repair shops, who do work for Tesla and who have been on strike since last Friday.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Tesla's troubles in Scandinavia escalate as court rules in favor of Swedish union blocking license plates, and a 4th country joins the blockade Business Insider PaulaR Mon, 12/11/2023 - 15:44 Friday, December 8, 2023 Read more Pete Syme Tesla workers in Sweden have been on strike since October.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Tesla beats US claim that it fired factory workers amid union campaign Reuters PaulaR Fri, 12/01/2023 - 13:29 Monday, November 27, 2023 Read more Daniel Wiessner Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Tesla sues Swedish government after postal workers allegedly block license plate deliveries CNBC PaulaR Thu, 11/30/2023 - 13:12 Monday, November 27, 2023 Read more Ashley Capoot Tesla filed a lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency on Monday that claims it should be able to collect license plates directly instead of receiving them by mail.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

If elimination is not politically feasible, they recommended canceling the Sentinel ICBM replacement program and extending the life of the current Minuteman ICBMs for at least another 20 years. When asked in a 2017 interview about their role, Butler replied: “I would have removed land-based missiles from our arsenal a long time ago.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

Since then, EPA has consistently regulated GHG emissions from motor vehicles, although the scope of EPA’s GHG emissions regulations has been the subject of a political tug-of-war. These standards required each automobile manufacturer to reduce the average emissions from its vehicle fleet by approximately 5% per year between 2012 and 2025.

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