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Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix

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In Durban, South Africa, Shell is a part-owner of the South Africa Petroleum Refinery, where rates of leukemia are 24 times higher than the national average and children suffer 4 times the respiratory problems. The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away.

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Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice

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In its simplest explanation, what occurred in this corner of northwest Michigan, some 300 miles from Lake Erie, is that Platte Lake’s citizen activists refused to be deterred. Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. Photography by J.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science Union of Concerned Scientists PaulaR Thu, 06/08/2023 - 03:44 Friday, August 14, 2015 Read more Deborah Bailin Almost 130 years ago, Coca-Cola first quenched Americans’ thirst and splashed its irresistible blend of sugar and, yes, cocaine , across our taste buds and brains.

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