Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. Who's to blame?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 12, 2024

Maker of Boeing door plugs was sued over ‘quality failures' before midair Alaska Airlines blowout NBC News PaulaR Fri, 01/12/2024 - 14:30 Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Read more Marlene Lenthang Spirit AeroSystems, the manufacturer of the Alaska Airlines door plug that detached from the 737 Max 9 plane, said Wednesday it’s supporting the NTSB investigation (..)

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 11, 2023

lithium company, known as EnergyX, will provide GM with exclusive lithium supply from its contracted mining companies in North America and South America, according to … Continue reading GM invests in lithium maker to bolster EV materials supply

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 20, 2023

The luxury fashion maker Gucci has quit calling itself a carbon-neutral company. It says the carbon credits it buys need more transparency.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

is looking to insects as an alternate source of protein for livestock and people and is easing regulations and subsidizing makers of insect-derived food. To rein in emissions, the E.U. In a photo essay, Luigi Avantaggiato explores the emerging bug food industry in northern Italy. Read more on E360 →

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Through the Leading with Equity initiative, ACEEE researchers have synthesized perspectives from community-based organizations (CBOs) and advocates to provide recommendations to help decision makers advance an equitable energy future through state- and utility-level action.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 12, 2023

million jobs, some of the highest rates of job growth can be … Continue reading SLOPE platform puts clean energy job growth insights into hands of decision makers Of those 1.6

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Three Rivers Waterkeeper and other organizations traced the nurdles to a separate plastic plant nearby — BVPV Styrenics LLC — owned by the Texas-based polystyrene maker Styropek. “We started seeing these plastics that we couldn’t attribute to Shell,” Clark said.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2023

OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma heads to Supreme Court in case over whether $6bn payoff can shield Sackler owners from future lawsuits Fortune PaulaR Wed, 12/06/2023 - 13:16 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Mark Sherman The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The new 123,000-square-foot bakery will more than triple Bobo’s current production capacity to churn out a million bars, bites and toaster pastries per day, according to the … Continue reading Snack maker triples output with launch of wind-powered production facility.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 23, 2023

The dataset provides location-specific and demographic water risk information, empowering decision-makers to address water-related challenges more effectively.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 11, 2023

After showcasing the zero exhaust emissions vehicles last year, the vehicle maker took their fuel cell trucks on public roads in northern Sweden.

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Yale E360

MAY 16, 2023

Emissions from the world's 88 largest fossil fuel firms and cement makers are responsible for 37 percent of the forest burned in the western U.S. and Canada since 1986, according to a new study. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

First, while overall EV sales are up compared to last year, there are short-term sales dynamics negatively impacting some, but certainly not all, EV makers. Charging networks and sales Sales of the leading EV maker, Tesla, continue to grow with 2023 sales in the US of nearly a half million vehicles.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Companies are updating vaccines and testing them on people to prepare for whatever comes next in the pandemic. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Northrop Grumman makes depleted uranium rounds for the US Army, but has made a surprise announcement it will no longer do so, suggesting the controversial weapons are becoming unacceptable

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NRDC

JUNE 21, 2023

In addition to fighting state efforts to cut pollution from trucks, truck companies were able to weaken federal NOx standards designed to save lives.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JANUARY 4, 2022

An excellent new NBER Working Paper t itled "Mandated vs. Voluntary Adaptation to Natural Disasters: The Case of U.S Wildfires" has been published. The authors have assembled a great data set to document that building codes cause upgrades of properties such that subsequent wildfires cause lower damage to property.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

However, through creating better communication networks between voters, policy makers, and scientists, such hurdles can be overcome. Scientists must also be willing to communicate their research findings with policy makers and to the public to help inform our policies and our voting choices.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Read the full story at Waste Dive. The supervisor for global accounting rules announced Wednesday the creation of a board to draw up corporate disclosure standards for environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, including carbon emissions.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 5, 2022

The deal Fortesque and Covestro will accelerate the use of green hydrogen in the market, allowing an increasing number of manufacturers and chemical makers access to it at better prices. The post The Door Is Open to Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

Two decades ago, the so-called “Hockey Stick” curve , published in 1999 by me and my co-authors (Mann, Bradley and Hughes, 1999) , was featured in the all-important “Summary for Policy Makers” (SPM) of the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment report. The relevant statements in the SPM and Technical Summary are: A.2.2

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

The researchers say these results should be a call to action for communities and policy makers affected by fracking development. The study found that the risk continued even after drilling ended, indicating that the health impacts could be connected to the byproducts of the regular functioning and production of the well.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Read the full story at Waste Dive. Bottlers must use at least 15% postconsumer resin in plastic containers by 2022, and more from there, but a recent CalRecycle report shows many haven’t yet hit the mark. Read more →

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NRDC

JANUARY 9, 2024

At COP28, countries, companies, investors, and other decision-makers sent a clear signal to spur greater action now and increase ambition this decisive decade.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The UK’s peatlands store vast amounts of carbon and need protecting – but is that compatible with the traditional use of peat smoke as a flavouring in whisky-making?

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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 7, 2023

The survey, Change in the Climate, released this morning, polled 300 senior-level decision makers with knowledge or responsibility for ESG reporting at U.S.-based based public companies with at least $500 million in annual revenue.

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NRDC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

State decision makers should move to ambitiously conserve our state's vulnerable seascape. A prime opportunity to bolster California's MPA network is close at hand.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2024

Makers of blockbusters, take note From the ancient Counter-Earth to the modern many-worlds interpretation, physicist Paul Halpern's guide explores the rich science of multiverses.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The ideal behind the notion of the faceless bureaucrat is that decisions should be based on professional knowledge and established rules and policies, not on the individual characteristics of the decision makers. But personalized decision making also means being at the mercy of the personal qualities of the decision maker.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By 2026, the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat and Jeep vehicles will attribute 100% of its electricity. Automotive manufacturer Stellantis entered into the second-largest power purchase agreement (PPA) ever recorded to acquire 400 MW of new solar development in Michigan through the MIGreenPower program of diversified energy company DTE Energy.

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Cheddar cheese's distinct but often subtle flavour comes down to interactions between different bacteria, which cheese-makers could utilise to create a specific taste

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 16, 2022

Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Solar projects in Vietnam by a South Korean manufacturer for leading brands like Under Armor and Victoria’s Secret represent a small start for an industry whose emissions may eclipse those of shipping and aviation. Read more →

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

I was nevertheless pleased to see a great improvement from last time, which is that the full report (‘AR6’) was made available by the time of the launch of the summary for policy-makers ( SPM ), but I still have some issues with the way the SPM has been laid out. A shorter summary for policy-makers in layman terms.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Film-maker Ian Cheney built an ark on his parents' land in Maine as a visual metaphor to help him explore the hubris of keeping anything from our modern world – and why we would think even our fragile digital world could last

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2023

Read the full story at Chemical & Engineering News. As the materials face regulatory fire, producers look to eliminate problematic polymerization aids.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 31, 2022

Read the full story at Supply Chain Dive. The Russia-Ukraine war and booming EV demand are contributing to surging battery commodity prices. Federal funding and private-sector investments could boost recycling.

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