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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

Shy’s study provided a shining example of the threat posed by industrial pollution that galvanized public attention in the late 1960s and led to the first Earth Day in April 1970. Since May 2018, AGA also has spent more than $113,000 on 440 Facebook and Instagram ads. There is no EPA standard for indoor air.)

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

Shell ends National Gallery sponsorship – to delight of campaigners Adam Vaughan | The Guardian | October 19, 2018 Shell has ended its 12-year sponsorship of the National Gallery, to the delight of campaigners who have fought to keep fossil fuel financing out of the arts. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

The goal of conferring rights to nature is to secure the highest level of environmental protection under which an ecosystem can thrive and whose rights are not violated. By Tiffany Challe*. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. The complaint also alleges that climate change is one of the threats faced by the river.

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

Shell ends National Gallery sponsorship – to delight of campaigners Adam Vaughan | The Guardian | October 19, 2018 Shell has ended its 12-year sponsorship of the National Gallery, to the delight of campaigners who have fought to keep fossil fuel financing out of the arts. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

Corp Watch

Shell ends National Gallery sponsorship – to delight of campaigners Adam Vaughan | The Guardian | October 19, 2018 Shell has ended its 12-year sponsorship of the National Gallery, to the delight of campaigners who have fought to keep fossil fuel financing out of the arts. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

Corp Watch

Shell ends National Gallery sponsorship – to delight of campaigners Adam Vaughan | The Guardian | October 19, 2018 Shell has ended its 12-year sponsorship of the National Gallery, to the delight of campaigners who have fought to keep fossil fuel financing out of the arts. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.