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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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

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

JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

The earliest action covered is Biden’s rejoining the Paris Agreement; the most recent is a burst of final actions taken around Earth Day 2024. Biden sets target of at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions below 2005 levels by 2030. March 6, 2024. March 28, 2024. April 4, 2024. April 22, 2024.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. Extended alternative funding arrangement authority for tribal governments.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Countries like Bangladesh emit relatively low amounts of carbon emissions but are also the most vulnerable to climate change. Countries will also continue work on emissions reduction commitments and climate finance, or funding for climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. . ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

GDP and the growth of AI across the globe, as well as the ramifications of wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and embracing Elon Musk, our clients and their stakeholders concentrated on the surge in post pandemic sustainable initiatives aimed at curbing carbon emissions and fostering eco friendly and healthy living and working spaces.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch online. Read more here. Voters To Be Asked To Approve Open Space Tax; South Whitehall Twp.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2024

That replaces the oil and gas systems currently in use, reducing carbon emissions significantly. Similar plans are underway across federal government buildings, as part of the Biden Administration ’s efforts to lead from the front on sustainability. The Pentagon will also save over a million dollars a year in energy costs.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

Praise For New Energy Plan Labor, business, environmental, and government leaders praised the plan as a “bold” and “nation-leading” plan to create thousands of energy jobs, lower costs, and ensure Pennsylvania remains an energy leader below. Click Here for the Senate Republican reaction to Energy Plan. Click Here for Gov.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 10, 2022

Further delay means having to cut emission much more rapidly to make up for lost time. That could turn the goal of getting to net zero emissions by 2050 from merely very difficult to virtually impossible. Because cutting carbon emissions also reduces emissions of deadly particulates, delay could also cost thousands of lives.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 28, 2024

The Energy Secretary said the projects would slash emissions from numerous industries including iron and steel production, cement, concrete, aluminium, chemicals, food and beverages, pulp and paper, which account for about a third of US carbon emissions.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Elon Musk proposes Tesla move to Texas after Delaware judge voids $56 billion pay ARS Technica PaulaR Fri, 02/02/2024 - 20:35 Thursday, February 1, 2024 Read more Jon Brodkin Musk is sick of Delaware judges, says shareholders will vote on move to Texas. billion tax break in Nevada.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Tesla in Germany: Locals vote against factory expansion plan DW PaulaR Fri, 02/23/2024 - 15:39 Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Read more Residents of Grünheide near Berlin have voted against expansion plans for the large Tesla facility there. Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Elon Musk sees $56bn Tesla pay deal cancelled in Delaware court BBC PaulaR Thu, 02/01/2024 - 14:09 Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Read more Mariko Oi & Michael Race A judge in the US state of Delaware has annulled a $55.8bn (£44bn) pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla. billion tax break in Nevada.

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ESA

AUGUST 29, 2022

Members of the House Science Committee urge the White House to increase its requested spending for the Department of Energy Office of Science in FY 2024 budget request. Over the long term, OSTP will continue to coordinate with federal agencies to ensure that government public access policies adapt to new technologies and emerging needs.”.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. The changes target emissions from the production and transport of building materials like concrete, steel, insulation and wood. State climate policy is a big deal. in concrete.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

CLICK HERE to View or Print the May 22 PA Environment Digest.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- PennLive: Gov. Laughlin Presses Libel Suit, Judge Imposes Sanction Over His Missed Deposition -- US Senate/House -- PennLive: PA Republican Con. National- $3.53 National- $3.53 National- $3.53 National- $3.53

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Here are 105 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! -- Sen. 1 Draw -- DCNR To Hold Feb.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Because it spans the entire government, though, it has many provisions relating to climate change. But the fact that they can pass as part of a bipartisan spending law is a sign of how climate change is slowly becoming normalized as a political consideration. The omnibus spending bill is by no means a “climate law.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The committee followed up that hearing —during which the executives disingenuously denied funding such a campaign—with another hearing on February 8 focusing on the oil companies’ inadequate plans to cut their carbon emissions. By contrast, the second-largest funder of climate disinformation, ExxonMobil, spent $39.2 Rick Scott.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 5, 2024

If you have somehow managed to escape the frenzied political headlines about electric vehicles, first I envy you and second, I must regrettably inform you that the EV has become an acronym of partisan rancor on par with IVF, DEI, and CRT. They intersect with labor politics and growing tensions with China. Download as PDF

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2022

Output -- Reuters: Russian Natural Gas Keeps Flowing To Europe Despite Putin’s Deadline To Pay In Roubles American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The second reason is politics. And there’s a real risk of another Republican trifecta that would give Trump unified control of the government. is the “colossus” preventing a global crackdown on emissions. Eighty-five percent of the world’s carbon emissions come from other countries. And while the U.S.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 2, 2024

We will face some important forks in the road in 2024 in terms of environmental law. You probably don’t need reminding that 2024 is an election year. The 2024 map for the Senate strongly favors the Republicans, so observers generally expect Senate control to flip. Too many businesses and state governments are relying on it.

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Legal Planet

MAY 25, 2023

A default would mean that the government wouldn’t have the funding to pay all its debts immediately. The grantees or government contractors would still get their money. government debt. And the government’s response to the recession could also matter. That brings us to the topic of political ripple effects.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

But the result would surely be a surge in carbon emissions, dooming us to even more severe climate change. The federal government has gotten a late start in cutting US emissions anyway, due to Republican resistance. All of these possibilities fall within what might be considered “normal” political behavior.

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