AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. As the U.S. Numerous studies show that polluting facilities and their emissions tend to concentrate in disadvantaged communities.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

Those levels are more than 400 times the protective health limits designated by the U.S. If the industry was not exempt from hazardous waste law,” said Troutman, “the characterization of their waste would be far better, the tracking would be far better, and it would be harder for companies to manipulate the system like this.”.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. Vasant Narasimhan, CEO, Novartis; Basel, Switzerland LinkedIn | Company profile “Vas” Narasimhan views this moment as the best to be alive, partly because science promises to advance health by unlocking genetic mysteries that have built up over 3.7

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. He developed a form of environmental justice law focused on community empowerment and mobilization. Meanwhile, the island is rapidly eroding out from under the village.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Angus is a long-serving legislator, having represented his Northern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay since 2004. If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing.” “The The bill proposes fines up to $1.5

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

It’s deeply concerning that Downing Street’s doors are open to fracking enthusiasts,” Good Law Project Executive Director Jolyon Maugham told DeSmog. Price formerly worked for the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA), both of which are part of the Tufton Street network.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2024

The construction industry is responsible for 18 percent of large particle pollution in the UK, a figure that rises to 30 percent in London, according to a report by Impact on Urban Health, and the Centre for Low Emission Construction. Aviation entrepreneur Christopher Harborne has given more than £1.6

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 20, 2024

The annual spring price ramp that we are once again encountering has averaged 74 cents per gallon since 2004. [1] From 2004-2023 (ignoring 2020, the only year in which prices declined over the spring due to the COVID pandemic), both the average and median price increase has been 74 cents per gallon (Figure 2). [3]

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better , Annie Leonard. George Bush came into the U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better , Annie Leonard. George Bush came into the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

We absolutely should be moving to establishing independence from fossil fuels, both for geopolitical and for public health and climate reasons,” said Luke Tonachel, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) clean vehicles and fuels group. “I That was a step in the wrong direction, efficiency advocates say. “We

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

The BLM’s mission is to manage its lands for multiple uses and “to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of public lands.” Jackson talks of preserving the national park and also the health impacts of living near oil and gas development. So we still want these issues to be addressed.”. Those issues are myriad.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2024

Predator and prey dynamics are complex: The calves may have died anyway from injury or disease, and their removal may reduce competition for food and resources, improving the herd’s overall health. Elsewhere in the state, removing 96 percent of black bears in 2003 and 2004, reducing hunting, and killing wolves boosted the number of moose.

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Grist

JANUARY 29, 2020

Its purveyors escaped, through a judge’s decision, tougher scrutiny by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The rollback prompted lawsuits from the public-interest law firm Earthjustice and the United Steelworkers. “At It was left off a list of hazardous substances marked for special attention by the U.S.

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