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Exxon's leaked documents reveal devastating pollution plan

Inhabitat - Innovation

Despite these initial claims, the company's internal documents paint a different picture. Earlier this year when ExxonMobil announced its intention to reduce its methane emissions and gas-burning, many welcomed and celebrated the news.

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Guidance document helps understand regulations for Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERNs) for plastics

Envirotec Magazine

This document helps members interpret the regulations for the 2022 accreditation year. As a result, we have worked with the EA to produce a Recycling Association guidance document to help Members understand the interpretation of the regulations for the 2022 accreditation year.”

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‘Zero draft’ lends shape to global plastics treaty

GreenBiz

NGOs are cautiously optimistic about the draft document for a global plastics treaty, which will be used during the third set of negotiations scheduled for mid-November.

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Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

The Guardian: Energy

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not Previously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new coalmine in Cumbria.

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North Sea oil and gas firm Perenco failing to seal old wells, documents show

The Guardian: Energy

Last year, the fossil fuel firm Perenco faced controversy after an oil spill from its Poole Harbour operations polluted the Dorset site, which is internationally recognised for its ecological importance.

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Oil Companies Use Paid News Media Partnerships to Protect ‘Social Licence to Operate’, Documents Show

DeSmogBlog

energy policy, according to internal company documents. They were subpoenaed as part of a Congressional investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s decades of deceptive advertising, “Sponsored content advertising is a powerful way to reach a specific audience focused on specific issues,” BP states in the document. “We

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California sues Walmart for allegedly dumping hazardous waste

Inhabitat - Innovation

The 42-page document directly implicates Walmart for dumping 160,000 pounds of hazardous waste each year over the past six years. The state of California, through its Attorney general, has filed a lawsuit accusing Walmart of allegedly illegally disposing of hazardous waste in landfills across the state.

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