Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

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. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. Posted: September 3, 2023] PA Environment Digest 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Here are 120 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- We Remember Sept.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. billion complex in St. She hopes to bring justice to the Vietnamese fisherman.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. To help achieve these goals, the bill alters and directs additional resources to a number of existing programs and initiatives, including by way of example, in fiscal 2023, $2.5 Stormwater Management.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. The conventional regulations were challenged in Commonwealth Court by conventional oil and gas operators. Methane pollution, however, is a global problem.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is part of an occasional series of posts about the evolution of pollution standards. Today’s subject is pollution control for new vehicles, which have been known to cause smog since the 1960s. The history of these pollution standards is quite distinctive. Congress adjusted the standards twice.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Josh Shapiro and CNX Resources Corporation President and CEO Nick Deiuliis announced a first-of-its-kind statement of mutual interests that will further heighten the company’s operational disclosures in collaboration with state environmental regulators and the public. DEP Pursue Regulation, Policy Changes Immediately Gov.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In applying state law to ending a harmful algal bloom, the Platte Lake Improvement Association joined a select group of governments, citizen groups, researchers, and private companies seeking to achieve the same result. The federal government paid 80 percent of that bill. . Ohio is investing $91.7 Stabenow said. .

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

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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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Here are 63 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Million Initiative To Electrify Truck Fleets For Cleaner Air; Awards $1.7

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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. This blog post summarizes the history of federal vehicle emissions regulations, the arguments made by Petitioners in Texas v. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

According to an October 2023 report by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC), a nonprofit watchdog organization, the industry has been gaslighting us by promoting the idea that “cooking with gas” is a good thing, despite knowing as far back as 1970 that gas stoves pose a threat to public health and the environment.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters Rivers and lakes are becoming saltier while law and practice limit effective responses. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – January 26, 2023 In a dim hangar outside of Traverse City, towering piles of white crystals cast a glow in the twilight. A new truck might cause $250,000.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. The change in administrations has prompted a considerable increase in emphasis on chemical regulation and significant new initiatives at EPA.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

May 22-- House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1442 (Borowski-D-Delaware) amending the Third Class City Water Services Act to require 75% of municipalities they service to approve the sale of their water, sewer or other authority. Click Here to watch online.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

House passes measure keeping the government open through March 11. The policy should remain in place, the resolution says, until the Forest Service drafts and completes new regulations that would establish a revised wildfire strategy. The federal government has been operating under a continuing resolution since October 2021.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2023. The Biden administration seeks to replace the Trump regulations. House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. The backstory: The question of which streams and wetlands are federally regulated under the Clean Water Act has been in limbo for the past decade and a half, since the Supreme Court issued a muddled decision in the 2006 case Rapanos v.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Regulations Back On and Only the Beginning. In the final days of the Trump Administration, EPA issued final determinations to regulate PFOA and PFOS in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a process the Agency started in 2018.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Courts Supreme Court decision about California’s pork regulations could impact state climate regulations. This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collaborate with state and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification. The House also passed Rep.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

3531 ) that requires the federal government to develop a National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy and authorizes a chief resilience officer position in the White House. The Supreme Court may not issue its ruling until 2023. ESC – Recommendation to the White House Office of Management and Budget for FY 2023 Budget (Nov.

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