Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2022

Catatonic politics on climate change. Communities suffocating from environmental injustice. All these issues are tragically linked by the hardening divisions in the United States over our acceptance or rejection of expertise in science, public health, and environmental protection. Beyond partisan politics.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

” Five years ago, in the aftermath of the 2016 election, the picture seemed even worse: “These are dark days for the cause of environmental protection, and it would be easy to give way to despair.”. Our environmental law center has compiled a list of 200 environmental rollbacks during the Trump Administration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v. The court’s 103-page decision in Held v.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

Of Agriculture: PA Senate Confirms Russell Redding To Serve As Secretary Of Agriculture -- Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, Stream Cleaning, Take ‘Protection’ Out Of The Dept. Senate, Governor Races -- PA Capital-Star: Lt.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

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. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency surveyed more than 49,000 lakes across the country and found that 30 percent contained toxins produced by the blooms. Last year, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based research organization, counted 476 harmful blooms in 41 states, five times higher than in 2010. . In 2009, the U.S.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

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. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

For almost a decade, these disincentives effectively kept crop-based diesel fuels out of the California market. However, for reasons explained below, this incentive-based safeguard has become ineffective, and since 2020 California’s bio-based diesel has increasingly been made from soybean oil, some of it sourced directly from South America.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

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. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

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. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These actions, which address several recommendations of the 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury released in 2020. 2020 Grand Jury Report Gov. Shapiro concluded his remarks at the announcement by saying, “Look, there are far too many people demigoding in our politics today. Read more here.

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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. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

“It is clear that not only are we devastating the health of these children when they are young, the oil and gas industry and their political supporters are inflicting harm that will follow them throughout the entirety of their lives. This is a moral outrage. Click Here for a copy of the study.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

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. In the U.S. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

They commenced the roll-back of over 100 environmental regulations by the EPA [1] , saw a 30-year low in criminal prosecution by the EPA [2] , and sought to radically change the US narrative on climate change, its causes and importance. Environmental Protection Agency. ” Environmental Research Letters 14: 7-9. .”

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. Collectively they produced 294 million bushels of soybeans in 2020, ranking fifth nationally. Nebraska agriculture is a behemoth. billion bushels. Studies and Questions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A problematic “ dirty deal ” between leadership and Senator Joe Manchin promised that in exchange for Manchin voting yes on the bill, his federal permitting bill that would fast-track more fossil fuel projects would be included in the must-pass bill to keep the government open after the fiscal year’s end.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

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. In the U.S. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

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. In the U.S. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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. In the U.S. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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. In the U.S. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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. In the U.S. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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. In the U.S. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2022

The bill contains a laundry list of many proposals Republicans have tried to get enacted for years to emasculate environmental protection efforts in Pennsylvania. The bill was referred to the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee for consideration. Click Here for the announcement of the legislation. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Global Treaty Needed to Halt Deep Sea Mining, Greenpeace Investigation Concludes Carly Nairn | EcoWatch | December 9, 2020 The investigation, Deep Trouble: The murky world of the deep sea mining industry, decries the increasing use of the ocean floor by large corporations, such as U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

17, 2020, after Buncombe County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a $27 million tax incentive for the manufacturing center, the group's website says. USA: Collins Aerospace parent Raytheon discloses criminal probe over financial accounting in defense business The Gazette | October 29, 2020 In a filing Tuesday with the U.S.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

17, 2020, after Buncombe County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a $27 million tax incentive for the manufacturing center, the group's website says. USA: Collins Aerospace parent Raytheon discloses criminal probe over financial accounting in defense business The Gazette | October 29, 2020 In a filing Tuesday with the U.S.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. The original NDC considered an unrealistic 5% GDP growth and an energy growth based entirely on fossil fuels – which is extremely unlikely in a country with a significant representation of clean energy. The NPCC establishes a binding commitment to reduce GHG emissions between 36.1% In PSB et al.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

How Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich The American Prospect PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:53 Monday, July 6, 2020 Read more Jonathan Guyer They had been public servants their whole careers. But when Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election, two departing Obama officials were anxious for work. Trump’s win had caught them by surprise.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Washington Post Runs Pro-War Column Without Disclosing Author’s Raytheon Ties Truthout PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:55 Friday, January 10, 2020 Read more Robert Galbraith Stephen Hadley is on defense contractor Raytheon’s board — and owns company shares worth more than $2.4 The group, called Reject Raytheon Asheville, was formed Nov.

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