DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

The impacts would be similar to the 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, “in terms of level of releases and resulting damages to the environment, health, and safety,” the Multnomah County report concluded. Portland finally had leverage over the oil-by-rail operations.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com). Air pollution does not just cause health problems, it also presents a significant social and economic burden.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the past several decades, public health and environmental concerns have made controlling smog a top national policy goal in China and enforcement an increasingly critical issue for companies to navigate. This enshrined into law China’s first air emissions management plan and formalized an approach to regional collaboration.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

While many previous reports had documented the buildup of plastic bottles and bags in the natural environment, much less attention had been paid to what the scientists dubbed “microplastics.” While Thompson’s 2004 paper documented small fragments of acrylic, nylon, and polyester in coastal environments around the U.K.,

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 16, 2024

But a growing chorus of California legislators say that nonenforcement stance violates a groundbreaking law they fought to pass just months ago — and they, along with dozens of environmental groups, are demanding that regulators change course. They’re pointing to AB 1167, signed into law by California Gov. billion in the deal.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Investigators have documented children as young as 4 — some working alongside their parents and siblings — hammering rock from walls in illegal mines, then carrying heavy loads through slippery tunnels. We are focused on safety for human health. School of rock.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

DeSmog documented meetings held by six MEPs from the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), the largest group in parliament. Around 20 percent of the MEPs’ meetings were with unregistered groups, and at least one in six meetings documented by DeSmog was not declared on the parliamentary website.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

But the law is too lenient. A fate well-documented in the recent history of the global carbon credits market. BNGAI uses AI and satellite data to provide habitat mapping, detection of invasive plants, and data to help profile the health of trees and plant populations.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Under a newly proposed law, ads like these could be banned in the state of Pennsylvania. Troves of internal documents have revealed an industry-wide strategy to market unproven technologies, like carbon capture and algae biofuels, and unsubstantiated climate pledges in order to sidestep demands to phase out fossil fuels.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

Business regulation and tax policy could be subject to a 'future generations law' to assesses its impact on young people if a new 'Youth Manifesto' is enacted.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2025

After six-months of sifting through 6,000 pages of internal AER documents accessed by Alberta Freedom of Information laws, Timoney found that many spills were simply not reported. Effective law enforcement also needs to earn the respect of the public particularly among those impacted by crime. .

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

According to ads and internal powerpoints scrutinized by DeSmog and documents revealed by ProPublica , the RNG ad campaigns were part of a strategy to beat back the growing “anti-fossil fuel chorus.” We care deeply about the communities we serve—and where our employees live.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Health & Safety Regimes and Public Confidence Safety is a key concern when dealing with a combustible gas such as hydrogen. Poor health and safety standards resulting in accidents, death, personal injury and damage to property could potentially deter the  industry from moving forwards. 

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2020

However, in order for there to be a health risk from asbestos, it is necessary for a person to inhale asbestos fibres. Due to the significant health risks, employers have additional legal responsibilities, over and above other health and safety law, towards employees who are potentially working with asbestos.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Government agencies managing vast forests can now leverage satellite imagery to monitor forest health more effectively, overcoming traditional challenges like limited resources and personnel. Why Is Traditional Forest Health Monitoring So Difficult? For example, consider the following areas some countries must manage: The U.S.

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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Washington passed 100% clean electricity into law earlier this year, and with public input government agencies are currently drafting rules to guide utilities on how to comply with the law by phasing out fossil fuel emissions and integrating equity in their service models. 100% Clean Energy by 2045 is now the law in Washington!

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Climate change is already negatively impacting the health of Canadians, impacts that will become more severe in relation to the extent of warming that occurs. The link between airborne pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels and respiratory health is well-known. billion in health-related costs per year. [xv] xii] [xiii].

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Vandersat’s innovative products help customers better measure and understand water management and crop health in major markets. In connection with the vote of dMY IV’s stockholders, dMY IV has filed a Registration Statement with SEC, which includes a proxy statement/prospectus and certain other related documents.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The rights to life, health, food and water, cultural rights and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment are being violated and will continue to be violated, and the rule of law will continue to be undermined, unless the ISDS system is eliminated,” Boyd reports. Despite their impacts, ISDS cases are cloaked in secrecy.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

biodiversity (protecting health of local wildlife and water bodies), lower strain on aging utility infrastructure (reducing the risk of damage and repair), local revenue (sourcing materials from local businesses), and new green jobs ( there’s a growing need for developers, builders, policymakers and agents knowledgeable about sustainability).

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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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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This case is “truly historic,” said Sébastien Duyck, senior attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law. Over the past three years, the young people’s legal team filed a number of supporting documents, including a detailed climate science briefing. threshold agreed by states at the COP27 climate talks last year.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Vague ethics laws, lack of enforcement, and a campaign finance system soaked in fossil fuel cash all combine to make the Texas Railroad Commission a “captive agency,” argue Commission Shift and Texans for Public Justice, two watchdog groups, in their new report. The laws are vaguely defined and that is being exploited.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many of these arguments have been around for decades,” said Cóilín Nunan, a policy and scientific adviser to Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a coalition of health, sustainable farming, and civil society organisations. drug makers Elanco Animal Health Inc., Phibro Animal Health Corp., and Zoetis Inc. and Zoetis Inc.,

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Canadian pipeline company TC Energy is aiming to expand the volume of methane gas that it ships through a long distance pipeline in the Pacific Northwest, potentially locking in higher gas use despite laws in western states that chart a path away from fossil fuels in the years ahead. By November, FERC said the impact would only be 1.9

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

The facility is located just down the street from a high school football stadium and less than 1,000 feet from a set of city drinking water wells, raising public health concerns from a nuclear forensics scientist about the extent of possible radioactive contamination. Oilfield Waste: A Long Arc of Documented Contamination in Fracking Country.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Outlaw Ocean Project documented the forcible transfer of more than a thousand Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities 2,000 miles from their homes in landlocked Xinjiang to 10 fish processing plants in the coastal province of Shandong since 2018. government has described China’s actions in Xinjiang as a form of genocide.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Clutch of campaigning organisations seek judicial review of Defra's refusal to investigate reported links between pollution and Covid-19 health outcomes. Defra refused a request from the Good Law Project for a review of the strategy in June, citing a lack of "compelling reasons" for such a review at the time.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

This local advocacy group has documented a lengthy list of concerns. Macy Pressley, a spokesperson with EPA Region 5, which covers Ohio, says EPA will work with local property owners to obtain access to collect samples, and that the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) have been notified.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

“By charging them, we can both seek to hold them criminally accountable and send a clear message to others about how seriously we take protecting the environment and public health.”. Under our state laws, if convicted, this company will be sentenced to fines and restitution. A Pipeline Plagued by Problems. Wolf took in around $1.5

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While using a free speech defense to protect oil companies from liability for deceiving the public about climate change, Gibson Dunn is simultaneously representing them in a slew of lawsuits that accuse their critics of violating the law.

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Charged

AUGUST 6, 2023

Several researchers have documented the vulnerabilities. The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes cybersecurity measures, but these fall short of what experts say is needed. Johnson says the 2022 Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care Act could serve as a model for an EVSE cybersecurity regime.

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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. The laws eventually passed in 39 states. So where did the three arrows go wrong?

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2022

More and more, researchers are documenting the fragility of the planet’s natural soundscape; many say the changes to Earth’s acoustic fabric speak to just how much new, unpredictable climatic conditions are messing with the Earth’s natural balance. These three policies still form the backbone of federal environmental law.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Under Italian law, a request for mediation is a mandatory prerequisite for filing a defamation lawsuit. Human rights and press freedom organizations , international bodies , and courts worldwide have documented the rising legal threat of SLAPPs. does not yet have a federal anti-SLAPP law (a bill introduced last year by Rep.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

There is an increased awareness of the link between our own health, and that of the planet.    Studies across the spectrum, from health to financial risk, remind us that it is in our best interests to look after nature. We know that a connection with nature contributes to well-being, and improved mental health.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2022

A 2019 water quality assessment of Deer Lakes Park by a scientist at Duquesne University documented the presence of chemical contaminants associated with fracking, offering evidence that in the lone instance where the gas industry drilled beneath a county park water was contaminated. Taken March 2021. Taken March 2021. Credit: Tim Resciniti.

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