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Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled

Envirotec Magazine

By Gauthier Eppe Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. 5 New sensitivity in food contaminant analysis POPs pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. ” American Journal of International Law 95.3

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9-11 responders with the greatest exposure to toxic dust have a higher likelihood of liver disease

Envirotec Magazine

World Trade Center responders had a higher likelihood of developing liver disease if they arrived at the site right after the attacks as opposed to working at Ground Zero later in the rescue and recovery efforts, according to findings reported by researchers working with the Mount Sinai Health System in New York.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

GreenBiz

The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. In 2001’s Whitman v. Replace “public health” with “planet,” and you have the argument for an ambitious green recovery and rebuilding program. —. Photo by Wake Forest University School of Law/Flickr.

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How Should California Wind Down Its Fossil Fuel Industry?

GreenTechMedia

By law, California must have 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045, and an executive order signed by former Governor Jerry Brown calls for economywide carbon-neutrality by the same year. Clean energy is the state’s future. California's revised budget included $1.5 A COVID-related opportunity?

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

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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Recent Changes to California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program, Explained

GreenTechMedia

SGIP was initially conceived of to provide customers with incentives to reduce their energy use during peak demand times and to promote energy self-sufficiency in response to California’s electricity crisis of 2001.

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Continuing to fight the fashion revolution

Business Green

As the idea of 'fast fashion' proliferated, clothing supply chains lengthened under relentless pressure on costs with emerging economies offering lower wages, weaker labour laws and tax breaks to win contracts from major brands. Now more than ever, the ability to manage a supply chain will determine success in the fashion industry.

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