Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. We need governments to regulate industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

C mark, because of decades of inaction on the part of policymakers and decades of deception and obstruction on the part of fossil fuel companies. To secure the livable future that children around the world deserve, we must double down, ratchet up pressure on governments, and break the power of the fossil fuel industry.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

So, what if all parties – government, private sector, environmental groups, the public more broadly -actually made difficult choices and compromises, sometimes even involving important principles, in the face of dire consequences. percent of GDP in 2020 and are expected to increase to 7.4 trillion or 6.8

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While communities and governments rallied to action in the wake of disasters, can you guess how oil and gas companies responded? They met with the government 131 times to promote their interests. – 12 meetings Two of June’s biggest lobbyists, TC Energy and Suncor, both announced big workforce layoffs in June.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2023

As they celebrated riparian successes, river advocates accomplished two huge feats in recent years, convincing Toronto’s government to pledge financial investments for the Don’s future welfare. The federal government has allotted $1.2 In March 2023, Iraq became the first Middle Eastern country to join the UN Water Convention.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

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A Greener Life

MARCH 14, 2024

Analysis by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a US government body, found that crude oil production leads global oil production with a record- breaking average production of 12.9 New record In December 2023 crude oil production in the country hit a new monthly record high of over 13.3 million barrels per day (bpd).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 9, 2024

In a 2023 national poll , 60% of respondents across party lines said that Big Tech has too much power, and nearly half said government should do more to regulate these companies. Google, Apple, Amazon, and Meta have all been accused of using their market power to undermine competition and limit consumers’ choices.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2024

Despite having made commitments to reduce the emissions from their investments and reach net-zero by 2050, Canada’s banks have instead increased their funding in risky oil and gas assets every year since 2020. The banks are also lobbying against climate-related policies. Canadians are being misled.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 18, 2023

In this instance, 16 young people from across Montana, who were between 2 and 18 years old when the case was filed in 2020, brought their constitutional climate lawsuit, Held v. State of Montana , against their state government. What would the impact be when the conservative Montana legislative branch sides with the executive branch?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 14, 2022

In a twisted parody of the band that played on to calm the doomed passengers of the Titanic, a conservative chorus—horribly off key to science, but music to the ears of its fossil fuel patrons—continues to belt out disinformation in full throat to drown out the urgency of climate catastrophe.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Total Penalties $241,580,318 (July 7, 2023) Number of Records 118 Books Agrifood Atlas: Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & Friends of the Earth Europe (2017) Citizen Coke by Bartow J. Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Vehicles powered by biomethane consume about one percent of California’s transportation fuel, but in the first three quarters of 2023, biomethane used to fuel these vehicles accounted for 17 percent of LCFS credit generation. California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It stops the government from factoring in the social cost of greenhouse gases in budgets and environmental reviews. But it exacerbates the party’s hypocrisy on the environment just as European scientists say 2023 is “virtually certain” to be Earth’s warmest year on record. Despite the fact that 99.9

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2023

Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”), with support from the Sabin Center, has published a survey of global climate change litigation that provides an overview of existing cases and a discussion of their key legal issues: Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review (“Report”). Read the full Report here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

On December 31, 2023, he retired from the Clean Air Council after serving as the organization's executive director and chief counsel for over 35 years. Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020. And Eversource Energy’s New Hampshire utility won approval from the state Public Utilities Commission over the summer to increase electric rates by a whopping 53 percent through the end of January 2023 to account for high gas prices in New England. Don’t believe the industry spin.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Shapiro -- DEP Secretary Negrin Resigns Effective Dec. Matt Bradford Sounds Like Reagan On Taxes - By Sen. Scott Perry ‘Central To Planning Of Jan.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. photo credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Alamy.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 27, 2023

And if you want to challenge the power that Brad Corson has you can help us hold Imperial Oil accountable for its recent toxic tailings disaster by clicking here to send a letter to the federal government and government of Alberta. His estimated net worth is at least $26 Million dollars as of June 2023.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 10, 2024

While it is too early to say how much of this freak weather event is due to climate change, scientists are saying there’s no doubt that the increase and severity of extreme weather events around the world is due to the burning of fossil fuels. In 2023 Ukraine harvested more than 22 million tons of wheat. Source: Carboncloud.com.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen When Bernard Looney took over the helm of oil and gas giant BP (British Petroleum) in 2020 it was with the objective to, once and for all, change its image to one without hydrocarbons. In addition, it raises a significant governance question, he added. degrees C.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide that the US government banned for use on food crops after we published our study, though it is still used in other parts of the world. The people of Flint demanded that their government recognize their human right to clean and safe drinking water, and they won.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Our new fellows join Beth Kent, Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2020-22. – Andria So joins us an Emmett/Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy for 2021-2023, building on her interest in air quality, climate change, and environmental justice. Among other projects, Daniel will co-teach the Frank G.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

The government has also reversed a policy of military minimalism that dates back to the end of World War II, as new Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the goal of building “a powerful… armed forces that can be relied upon to protect us.” Dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Germany is a large net importer of fuel.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Renewables” include low-income energy assistance and “natural gas and petroleum-related subsidies became a net cost to the federal government.”] [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: Mountville Holds Community Watershed Event Oct. 4 -- FEMA And FCC Plan Nationwide Emergency Alert Test For Oct. PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- AP: Gov.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

By Prof Martin Siegert, University of Exeter (Cornwall) Image: Shutterstock.com 42 governments around the world have agreed to protect Antarctica’s environment. July 2023 is measured as the hottest month ever recorded, preceded by the hottest June on record.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Recent & Ongoing Campaigns Greenpeace stage ‘socially distanced protest’ at BP AGM Allister Thomas | Energy Voice | May 27, 2020 Greenpeace is staging a “socially distanced protest” outside BP’s London headquarters as the energy giant is due to begin its annual general meeting. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING).

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Law Columbia

JULY 11, 2023

A full report detailing the findings of the Landscape Analysis will be released in late summer 2023. Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance Forum, March 11, 2023. Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, April 25, 2023, Webinar: Does Antitrust Help or Hinder Sustainability?

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Recent & Ongoing Campaigns Greenpeace stage ‘socially distanced protest’ at BP AGM Allister Thomas | Energy Voice | May 27, 2020 Greenpeace is staging a “socially distanced protest” outside BP’s London headquarters as the energy giant is due to begin its annual general meeting. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING).

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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