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Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison

Corp Watch

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. USA: Deparment of Environmental Quality analysis for $9.4B

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , Nos.

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Road Salt, A Stealthy Pollutant, Is Damaging Michigan Waters

Circle of Blue

This is the first story in a series of reports from the Great Lakes News Collaborative that will investigate contemporary water pollution challenges in the Great Lakes region. Developing those pollution diets takes years. Broad-based is the classic definition of non-point pollution.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. Leaders also announced a series of pacts to address aspects of climate change during the conference: Seven countries, led by Denmark and Costa Rica, joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, which pledges to end their use of fossil fuels.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

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. Executive Branch. International.

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