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Why is EPA at War with Its Own Employees?

Legal Planet

Trump Signed One Damn Dirty Deal I have to admit I was wrong when I wrote in 2023 that repealing the Inflation Reduction Act was politically impossible because it was “a candy shop” for corporations and red states hungry for manufacturing jobs who would fight any repeal effort.

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Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene

Circle of Blue

Sometimes referred to as “Over the River” territory, or “OTR” for short, the island’s northern parts also go by the name written on a sign that juts from the sprawling landform’s parched banks: “Carib Country.” . It travels north along the Mahakam River, and two days later arrives in the central highlands of Borneo’s ancient rainforests.

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On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Environmental Progress

I became an environmentalist at 16 when I threw a fundraiser for Rainforest Action Network. In the final three chapters of Apocalypse Never I expose the financial, political, and ideological motivations. Groups motivated by anti-humanist beliefs forced the World Bank to stop trying to end poverty and instead make poverty “sustainable.”

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Memo to JPMorgan Chase Shareholders: Stop Banking on Climate Chaos

Union of Concerned Scientists

Fortunately, spring also provides an opportunity for scientists to demand that bank shareholders and investors take responsibility and act, since it is when private and public sector banking institutions hold their annual meetings. degrees Celsius (2.7 trillion in the seven years since the adoption of the Paris climate agreement.

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

South America is home to the largest biodiverse rainforests on Earth. This is equivalent to a rainforest the size of the United Kingdom [3]. It is also important to realise that politics and governments have a lot of control on the land they govern. Written by: Danielle McGuire. 110, pages 173-177. (3)

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

It acquired oil fields and refineries in South America in the 1990s by taking advantage of the wave of privatizations of state-owned oil companies, pushed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, notably of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) in Argentina. Major Procurement Contracts Raytheon contracts with the U.S.

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The EU-MERCOSUR Deal: A Litmus Test for Resolving the Growing Paradox of Development and Conservation

Vermont Law

There can be no political freedom without there also being economic freedom. by world leaders regarding the Bolsonaro administration’s inaction to prevent or stop the burning of the Amazon rainforest—. World Bank estimate; UNICEF estimate is 32%), with rural poverty twice as high as urban poverty. And vice-versa. contributing.