DeSmogBlog

APRIL 24, 2024

And, eventually, it all became this book, Petroleum 238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It — available here on Amazon , here on Bookshop , or it can be ordered at any local bookstore. law, it is still considered nonhazardous. It is out of this unknowing, and deception, that this book can exist.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This was due to ongoing scientific research and publications such as Silent Spring , plus the creation of bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bayer, which now owns Monsanto , announced at the end of July that it will re m ove the harmful pesticide glyphosate — a “ probable carcinogen ” — from its Roundup herbicide products by 2023, as it continues to face mounting pressure from lawsuits about the product’s health impacts. .

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This was due to ongoing scientific research and publications such as Silent Spring , plus the creation of bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A new book deals with the psychological, cultural and practical changes many believe will be necessary to avoid climate catastrophe – or, if it’s too late to avoid it, to advance strategies of adaptation. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A new book deals with the psychological, cultural and practical changes many believe will be necessary to avoid climate catastrophe – or, if it’s too late to avoid it, to advance strategies of adaptation. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read.

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Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

Plastics threaten “near-permanent contamination of the natural environment,” according to one study , and pose a global health crisis , with plastic chemicals linked to preterm births , heart attacks , and cancer. Elmore recounts in the book Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism. The laws eventually passed in 39 states.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 15, 2021

Lew Milford founded CEG in 1998, after working over several years on clean energy and utility restructuring dockets in New England while with the Conservation Law Foundation. After graduation from Georgetown Law, he first worked for the federal government to enforce civil rights laws among government contractors.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2023

This follows on from the government's Retained EU Law Bill proposed last week - in which 4,000 laws and standards (a large proportion of which relate specifically to the environment) will vanish at the end of 2023 unless the government updates or replaces them, at an eye-watering cost of £83 billion.

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2022

David George Haskell, a biologist and author of the book Sounds Wild and Broken, said he experiences the diminished soundscape as a “very thin, worn cloth,” comparing the richness of an untrammeled soundscape to the texture of thickly woven tapestry. “It These three policies still form the backbone of federal environmental law.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Weatherford, a lawyer from the corporate law firm Baker Hostetler, stated in opening arguments that Mann was so disliked that “even his own family won’t come to court to defend him.” Oreskes, author of the books “Why Trust Science?” Even if you don’t like a particular scientist, it doesn’t mean his science isn’t true.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

It follows a debate in the House of Commons yesterday over the government's Retained EU Law Bill, which proposed a deadline of the end of 2023 for all EU-derived legislation - including an estimated 1,000 environmental laws - to be reviewed and retained, or scrapped altogether.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It was published in the International Journal of Human Rights As defined by by Polly Higgins, in a book titled Eradicating Ecocide: Laws and Governance to Prevent the Destruction of Our Planet (London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 2010). However, the final version of the Statute only included ecocide as a crime in times of war.

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Low Impact

JUNE 30, 2021

It has also provided, as Barbara Griggs writes in her excellent book ‘Green Pharmacy, a history of herbal medicine’, a flimsy legal roof under which (the profession of herbal medicine) has sheltered and flourished to this day in Britain. In 1512, under the rule of Henry VIII, an Act was passed that became known as the Herbalists’ Charter.

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Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But it’s disingenuous for companies to pretend they are passive observers of regulations, laws, or the political climate. Companies need to take a broader view of their interests and shift from constantly chasing individual issues to focusing on the health of the larger systems on which business and humanity depend. Political spending.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

These seven members of the public serve on the Virginia State Water Control Board, an independent regulatory body tasked with administering the state’s water laws. The damage to the health and wellbeing of residents along the pipeline route is incalculable. The MVP has received over $2.5 He is a co-founder and Senior Advisor at 350.org,

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 7, 2021

Metrus Energy is seeking a Business Development Manager who is excited about Metrus’ value proposition and is ready to independently build their own book of business in the east coast. health care, public sector, F500) and engage key partners from day one. Ability and desire to independently build your own book of business.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 21, 2020

Metrus Energy is seeking a Sales Director who is excited about Metrus’ value proposition and is ready to independently build their own book of business. health care, public sector, F500) and engage key partners from day one. Ability and desire to independently build your own book of business. And can you sell it?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We are on the brink of a world in which the orangutan and the black rhino can be found not in the jungles of Borneo or the savannahs of Africa, but confined to the pages of a history book. And consider the pangolin - that scaly mammalian miracle of evolution boasting a prehensile tongue that is somehow attached to its pelvis.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 9, 2020

To me – Yoga has been a saving grace for my health and connecting me back to my own spirituality. Does this mean all drivers will be full time with health benefits and paid vacation? . I recently finished the book Lunch with Lucy – the author/founder sold her company for $40 million. Law school is safe and stable. .

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

Covid-19 has been a terrible blow to public health, and the economy, but the emergency of climate damage is worse. The Act enables a Green New Deal, a Clean Revolution, and crucially it recodes the laws that cause climate damage. One way or another, the principles of Green Recovery Act will be put into law.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

The Blue Economy is sustainable use of ocean resources for: economic growth, improved livelihoods, job creation, and ocean ecosystem health. Without clean water, health is compromised, and lives are endangered. When she’s not writing, she’s reading an inspirational book (preferably with an accurate dose of funny).

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Fairsnape

MAY 3, 2021

Also noted in respect of new books is “Design Studio Vol. Also noted in respect of new books is “Design Studio Vol. Most of the UK’s environmental protections stem from EU law and so could be changed as a result of Brexit. Earthhour occurs on the 27th of March.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In the UK, poor food choices are leading people to consume excess sugar, salt and fat which is rapidly impacting society, creating health issues across all demographics and age ranges. The government can help support businesses to make decisions that positively impact society through changing company law.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But we were not required to by law. Those kinds of things were people paying attention to issues of human health and dignity and trade and quality. That is the stuff of their business and they still have it on their books. The key thing, though, is that it is really about ecological health down to the molecule.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

A study of California’s fires in 2018 – another hot, dry year – when the town of Paradise burned, estimated the damage , including health costs and economic disruption, at about $148.5 link] pic.twitter.com/ZHageFyGwl — U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

His book Social Responsibilities of the Businessman advocates the ethics and responsiveness of business to societal stakeholders. Such challenges include creating a diverse and equal workforce, human rights and workplace health and safety. CSR is known as a soft law, which means initiatives are not legally binding.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 19, 2020

We explore fact, truth reality, democracy and the current dilemmas of technology vs freedom and surveillance vs health which are affecting everyone on the planet. Thinking about climate, health, economy and biodiversity-loss and moving into a brighter future-less damaging for the earth and nature, and more sustainable for all of us!

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Decades later, Hill’s PR firm was even a named defendant in many of the lawsuits that sprang up against tobacco companies for their efforts to downplay smoking’s health impacts. In the face of such delay and inaction, it is critical that scientists, researchers, lawyers, lawmakers, activists, and many others sound the alarm.”.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. This is a summary of the book ‘Kweekvlees, Fake Vlees & Pizza’s uit de Printer’ from Sebastiaan van de Water. In particular protein.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

"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 Addressing health equity is a special focus area for Narasimhan, who cut his teeth as a public health doctor addressing malaria and HIV in developing nations.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

That year, lawmakers passed SB-181, a sweeping piece of legislation that set the stage for a broad regulatory overhaul, while also giving ECMC a mandate to protect human health and the environment over industry profits. The law was passed, in part, to hold fossil fuels companies accountable for their plugging obligation.

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Low Impact

JUNE 24, 2020

If deciding to specialise further, be sure to head out with an expert forager – or at the very least ensure you have consulted reputable books, or other resources, to help with identification. These pesticides and herbicides can be far more detrimental to human health. Of course, common sense is crucial when foraging. Coastlines.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

Calls for the government to match its ambitious goals with stronger regulations to crack down on pollution and greater investment in nature recovery are only set to mount as the Chancellor preps his first Budget and the government proceeds with its controversial plans to strip out EU law from the UK's statute book.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 4, 2021

Develop and maintain standard product price books for our energy storage products. In addition to federal law requirements, Borrego complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Compensation, Benefits, and Culture. EEO M/F/D/V.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

After a dispiriting stint in corporate law, she turned to full-time environmentalism, joining Dogwood Alliance in 1997 and becoming its executive director at the age of 30. “I If we’re stewards of the Earth,” he once told a reporter , referring to the Book of Genesis, “we’re supposed to be doing something about this.”.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Nevertheless, lawyers are building cases on the oil industry’s own documents , seeking to echo the success of a previous generation of lawsuits against tobacco companies for covering up the health risks of smoking. These included Shell-produced content such as the Time For Energy film, and a book called Energy published the same year.

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