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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the United States, a 2022 study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that more than 50,000 lives per year would be saved by eliminating those emissions. The court’s conservative majority went so far as to ignore EPA science conducted during the conservative George W. Bush administration.

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

Corp Watch

Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m